Connecting Skies • Bridging Continents
The airline’s South Africa country lead points to digital convenience, personalisation and sustainability as the forces reshaping how people choose to fly. As South Africa observes Transport Month in October, Cathay Pacific said evolving traveller expectations around convenience, personalisation and digital experience are increasingly shaping travel decisions alongside established considerations such as safety, reliability and […]
As more-electric aircraft add avionics, sensors and power electronics, engineers are rethinking cooling as a design decision rather than an afterthought, Honeywell says. Every electrical system added to an aircraft increases the heat that must be managed, and Honeywell Aerospace says the job of air and thermal management systems has expanded well beyond cooling the
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An Air New Zealand DHC-8 Q300 descended to 1,022 feet above ground approaching Timaru at night in June 2023 before the crew recovered and landed safely; the Transport Accident Investigation Commission’s final report also found shortcomings in the regulator’s own oversight of the aircraft type. New Zealand’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has responded to the
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Cargo and aircraft movements also reached record levels last year, but ACI’s 2026 Annual World Airport Traffic Report finds growth cooling sharply this year amid geopolitical and economic headwinds. Airports Council International (ACI) World says global airports carried a record 9.8 billion passengers in 2025, with air cargo and aircraft movements also reaching all-time highs,
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The proposed directive would require inspections on 95 US-registered aircraft after Boeing reported some elevator control bearings may have been installed incorrectly, or without sealant, during production. The FAA has proposed a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Boeing 737-8, 737-9 and 737-8200 airplanes, marketed as the 737 MAX 8, MAX 9 and MAX 200,
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The Johannesburg-based University of the Witwatersrand and the Institut Superieur de l’Aeronautique et de l’Espace will align their engineering curricula and run a reciprocal faculty exchange, backed by Airbus Southern Africa. AIRBUS, WITS UNIVERSITY AND ISAE-SUPAERO SIGN AGREEMENT TO BOOST SOUTH AFRICA’S AEROSPACE CAPABILITIES Airbus Southern Africa, the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) and
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Sandra Diaso, Head of Human Resources at private charter and ACMI operator KlasJet, argues that what keeps professionals in aviation for decades has less to do with cockpits than with how freely people move between departments. WHY AVIATION CAREERS BECOME LIFELONG, ACCORDING TO KLASJET’S HR CHIEF Sandra Diaso started her career as a civil
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The Rand Airport Airshow returned on Sunday 30 August 2026 for the first time since 2023, bringing aerobatic displays, historic aircraft and flying school exhibits back to one of South Africa’s oldest airfields, with Essential Fuels as headline sponsor. FIRST AIRSHOW AT THE GERMISTON AIRFIELD SINCE 2023 The Rand Airport Airshow returned to Rand
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Boeing forecasts that commercial aviation will need 674,000 new pilots over the next two decades, yet competition for entry-level First Officer positions remains intense. Industry figures interviewed by BAA Training argue the contradiction is not real: the shortage is a twenty-year projection, while today’s hiring is shaped by delayed aircraft deliveries, parked capacity and a
An analysis by Texas Christian University’s Center for Supply Chain Innovation finds that American Airlines’ hub at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport supports around $70 billion in annual economic output and an estimated 350,000 jobs across North Texas, and identifies its connectivity as a factor in the region’s corporate headquarters growth. A HUB LARGER THAN
