Connecting Skies • Bridging Continents
The 36th Amendment to South Africa’s Civil Aviation Regulations — which would enable the long-awaited Condition Monitoring Programme under Appendix 3 of the Part 43 CATS and replace the blanket 12-year engine overhaul rule — remains unpromulgated, held up by an unanticipated State Law Adviser review process and a formal objection lodged by AOPA-SA with […]
Airbus’s 2026–2045 Global Market Forecast projects annual passenger traffic growth of 3.9%, driving demand for 42,060 new aircraft over the period, with decentralising urban growth opening new city pairs and making the case for increasingly efficient single-aisle and widebody aircraft across a broadening network. URBANISATION AND MIDDLE CLASS GROWTH THE TWIN ENGINES OF DEMAND
easyJet has disclosed that its Board is minded to recommend the financial terms of a fifth takeover proposal from US investment firm Castlelake, valuing the airline at £5.5 billion on a fully diluted basis, after four earlier proposals were rejected — though no firm offer has yet been made and the outcome remains uncertain. FIFTH
EASYJET MOVES CLOSER TO CASTLELAKE TAKEOVER AFTER £5.5 BILLION PROPOSALRead More »
NATO’s Communications and Information Agency has selected a consortium formed by Thales and Leonardo to deliver a next-generation secure deployable communications and information system for the Alliance’s Special Operations Forces Command, including real-time full motion video sharing across deployable headquarters — a first in a NATO operational context. CONTRACT COVERS SIX DEPLOYABLE HEADQUARTERS FOR SOFCOM
LIFT has become one of the first airlines to implement GO7’s Orchestrated Virtual Interlining solution, a model that returns pricing, settlement and customer relationship control to the airline rather than a third-party marketplace, with the South African carrier calling on more African airlines to adopt the approach. AIRLINE-CONTROLLED VIRTUAL INTERLINING GOES LIVE WITHIN WEEKS
SITA’s Impact Report 2025 documents a year of measurable advances in airport biometrics, AI-driven operations and baggage management, as the aviation industry uses technology rather than physical expansion to prepare for a projected doubling of passenger numbers by 2050. SOFTWARE, NOT CONCRETE, IS AVIATION’S NEW CAPACITY ANSWER SITA has published its Impact Report 2025,
Leonardo has disclosed the purchase of 880,000 of its ordinary shares on the Euronext Milan market between 29 June and 1 July 2026, as part of the share buyback programme authorised at the company’s May shareholder meeting. BUYBACK COMPLETED AT WEIGHTED AVERAGE OF €46.87 PER SHARE Leonardo S.p.A. has published its scheduled disclosure relating
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Garmin has unveiled AXIS, a new family of flight displays combining an IFR GPS, VHF NAV/COMM radio and a four-place audio panel within a single certified display unit — an industry first — with coverage spanning hundreds of certified piston aircraft models, as well as experimental and Light Sport Aircraft. A SINGLE DISPLAY REPLACES MULTIPLE