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• AIRCRAFT CBT'S
• Felix - Can you contact me....
• New Forum established!!!!!!!
• Pushing it to the max!
• SAA new routes on hold
• SA and MK codeshare
• China Eastern to South Africa
• DL Announces ATL-LOS
• Qatar Airways plans to fly to Rwanda
• News about KQ, Fly540 and arik air
• Kulula Expansion
• Qatar Airways Cargo to Eldoret, Nairobi
• Victoria International Airlines took finally off
• DL announces ATL-JNB (1 2)
• SAA stops flights to KGL
• Air Zim Pax Stranded at LGW
• Grand Comoros 747-238 J2-KCD
• Virgin Atlantic heading to Nairobi
• Air Zimbabwe to codeshare with Air Malawi and Zambia Skyways
• A380 will visit JNB in Nov (confirmed)
• New CRJ for SAX
• G0 Expanding
• African Airlines Urged to Invest in E-Ticketing
• Victoria Int'l Airline to be Uganda's national carrier
• Comair's latest 737 arrives into JNB
• Nigerian Airlines May be Forced to Merge
• AFRAA New Route Conference
• African Airlines Seek Help Over Staff Poaching
• TAAG Fleet renewal
• China Southern flies to Lagos
• Kenya Blocks Ethiopian on Kampala Route
• Emirates Consolidates Its West African Presence
• Entebbe Airport runway lights failed saturday night
• Air Zimbabwe launches flights to Guangzhou
• Airlink buys Air Botswana
• Zambia Airways Launch Daily Flights to DAR
• Thai Airways to JNB in Oct
• First B738 for KQ
• Crash in Abuja
• SAA signs codeshare agreements with Rwandair and Egyptair
• SA Beech Kingair going to OZ
• BD-700 ZS-GJB (AKL-FALA)
• Lagos - New Domestic Terminal
• ZS Regd aircraft spotted overseas
• French Military C-3 Plane in Emergency Landing at MBA
• Egyptair Orders 12 737-800s
• SN Brussels plane stuck at Kanombe (Rwanda)
• IATA, KQ to Host Air Safety Seminar in NBO
• KQ Staff May Strike Over Union Row
• South African DC3 in OZ!
• RTW B757 charter flt to MRU
• European Commission bans DAS Air Cargo, Dairo Air Services
• The new Air Tanzania
• SAA eyeing expansion
• New logojet for 1Time
• EK to Tunis in October 2006
• Delta and Nationwide to code-share
• A380 to be tested at ADD in October 2006
• New Kenya Airways flights to Brazaville and Cotonou
• SAA 747SP ZS-SPC final flight 30.09.06
• KQ to Dzaoudzi (Mayotte) and Moroni (Comoros)
• Any ideas what SAA have in mind?
• Interair expands again.
• "ITA" new private airline for Ivory Coast
• Qatar on the way to DAR
• New airline for Sao Tome
• Ethiopian Wins African Airline of the Year 2006 Award
• anti collision lights
• Pakistan and Eritrea to start direct flights
• Aircraft crash in Nigeria
• Air Mauritius and the A330??
• Zambian Airways moves into the jet-age...
• British Airways franchise to expand in West Africa
• Comair profitable for 60 years in a row!
• DXB-CPT
• CPT - MPM
• American Airlines in JNB/CPT
• SAA,Air Tanzania officially divorced.
• DHL 727F overshot runway at Lagos
• Second A340 for Air Namibia arrived
• 1Time expand again
• SAA for JNB-MEL?
• Some recent Nigerian news
• Air Mauritius 762 broken down in OZ!
• 'Low Cost Airlines' another new LCC
• SAA launches Voyager Credit Card
• News: Air France in Africa
• Air Namibia Takes Leave of MD11
• East African to be back and Victoria Intl. to take off
• BA officially flying JNB-MRU
• African News
• Bellview plane had to return to departure airport
• Chinese on ther way to Africa
• Arik air destinations announced
• Qatar Airways flies to Lagos
• Royal Air Maroc to serve Accra
• SAA Cargo to expand operations.
• Air Namibia to cut down domestic routes
• 1Time joined Galileo booking system
• South Africa Airport's special visitors
• SAA 744s to Australia on the cards
• MN upgrades equipment on HLA - CPT route
• News on SA's A342s
• NZ lining up flights to South Africa
• Thai airways changes aircraft type for JNB route
• KQ and Turkish Airlines sign code sharing agreement
• Belleview plans to fly from Freetown to Johannesburg
• AirZim, Air Malawi launch code share flight to Dubai.
• Airline eyes Nairobi- Mombasa route
• IATA Suspends Air Malawi
• Air Algerie spreads its wings to Canada
• QF63 VH-OJT diverts en-route to JNB
• SAX orders Q400
• Interair (D6) cancel JNB-TNR service
• SAA may cancel flights to Abidjan
• Airlink Orders 2x E170s
• Afriqiyah signs MoU for more Airbus'
• KQ indicates interest in Cotonou, Brazaville
• North American Airline in talks with Virgin and Bellview
• Lufthansa and SAA forced to pay fine
• NICON Airways starts operations in Nigeria
• Tunisair posts profit growth for 2005
• SAA Posts Profit
• GIA launches ACC-ABV flights.
• Man run over by BA 744 at JNB
• Virgin Nigeria to Begin Lagos - NewYork Route.
• SQ Operated SIN-DUR today.
• South African plane crashes in southern Mozambique
• Emergency landing for Air Zim's aircraft
• Interlink Airlines (ID) launches JNB-MQP
• Air Zim, Air Tanzania enter into code sharing deal
• Ethiopian to start Nairobi flights
• Ecuatorial Guinea buys 2 ATR72s and 1 ATR42
• Virgin Atlantic flies to Mauritius
• KQ Launches Accra-Freetown-Accra Flights
• BANTUAIR Launches on African Aviation Forum
• KQ Launches Flights to China
• LAM flies from Maputo and Pemba to NBO
• West Africa expects new regional airline in 2007
• Swiss to use leased aircraft on West African routes
• INFO REQ
• Another three airlines on EU blacklist
• SAA Chief Stands By Airline's Anti Hijacking Measures
• N404NZ On delivery to Tanzania
• Sudan Airways launches direct flights to muscat
• SAA passenger subdued after threatening crew
• TAAG launches flights to Berlin
• New colourscheme for TAAG
• Ethiopian leases 2 747-400
• Air New Zealand 744 to South Africa in June
• TACV to introduce Paris flights
• Direct Nigeria - US flights to begin next month
• A Namibian aviation company Comav faces being grounded
• Rwandair resumed flights to KIA/Arusha
• Virgin Nigeria goes for Dubai
• Arik Air gets 1st aircraft
• Air Seychelles plans to buy Chinese Aircraft
• African Countries Warned Not to Free Airspace
• African Air Sports Federation Founded
• KQ profits up 24%
• Z-BRA in Perth, West Australia
• LH pays for price fixing on FRA-JNB/CPT route
• Eritrean Airlines plans to fly to Entebbe
• Etihad Airways to serve Khartoum
• SAA Voted Best Airline based in Africa.
• PanAfrican aviation conference in Tunis
• Nigerian aviation developments
• Air Botswana timetable with fewer flights and fewer aircraft
• ET to increase NBO service, to serve BJB and KGL from NBO
• Ghanaian Presidential Jet Traded In
• Ethiopian Airlines starts flight to Dakar
• African airlines sues Kenya Airways over debt
• Rwandair Express announces SA-Burundi flight
• Comair to buy SA Express?
• No news???
• Nationwide bits and pieces.
• Zambian Airways leases in an EMB120
• Air Tanzania open new route, add one B737
• Air Zimbabwe and Garuda Indonesia to code-share?
• GIA to Partner Ethiopian Airlines
• New services to Entebbe
• Air Zim seeks to buy Il96s and Tu204s
• Two die in plane crash in the DRC
• KQ Suspends planned Eritrea Flights
• Air Namibia looking to replace B732s
• SAA drops ATL - WAS-IAD goes daily with A340
• Air India
• Airlink to contest blacklisting
• Ba Comair sells shares
• New African Airpass
• Luzair L1011 CS-TMP at Cape Town
• Again problems with Air Zimbabwe
• A320 gets Large Winglets
• South African Airways new LLC for 2006
• Welcome to Star Alliance SAA
• Air Safety in Africa
• SunAir to rise, again.
• INDIA Jet Airways and Sahara
• Military Plane Crashes in Kenya, 14 Confirmed Dead
• Crash at Wilson Airport - all 16 survive
• At last we have a date JNB-TNR
• Another top exec leaves SAA
• Comair to operate Mauritius charter service
• Quantas 747 at DIA
• Hows Interlink doing?
• Kenya Airways starts new flights to Sierra Leone and Eritrea
• Airbus vs Boeing
• Who's Who -- in International Aviation
• Why EBB- JNB fare is too high for SAA.
• Air Seychelles to Lease Two Dreamliners
• MN use Lanseria
• Korean Air launch NBO service, ASIANA starts JNB Codeshare
• SAA pulls out of Air Tanzania
• KQ again a winner
• Air France equipment change
• European BLACKLIST
• SAA calls for meeting after gang heist
• BA discriminating Ghanaians???
• Country Wide Shortage of AVGAS
• ZS-SNC in Star Alliance colours!!!
• SAA cancels some LHR flights
• Camair to be privatised
• 1T to Bloem
• SA B744 ZS-SAW to join CX later this month
• IRS airlines and leases?
• Lufthansa and SAA get cosy
• SAA Qantas codeshare to end!
• Nigeria This Week...
• Kenya Airways orders 6+4 Boeing 787s
• New chauffeur service of Virgin Nigeria
• Farewell Air Gabon
• ASATA Diners awards
• Lagos New Domestic Terminal ???
• SA and the A380, again...
• Thai announces JNB again
• Picture of a SAA B738 With a leading edge problem
• El Al set to fly to Kenya again
• Aero Kenya new route: Wilson Airport - Ukunda
• Updated websites
• Historical Aviation in Durban
• Hear JNB live on your computer
• Africa news Jan 2006
• This Nationwide flight simply didn't want to take off...
• African aircraft & airlines and Malta
• KQ Re-Launches Website
• KQ Launches Faster Cargo Delivery Service
• Air Afriqiyah A300B4-620 TS-IAY
• Somali pilots land at a Kenya airbase
• Two killed in crash near Wilson Airport
• New User / Search Facility
• Kulula goes for Zambia, but drops East London-Jo'burg
• Caravelle's in Africa
• Air Zimbabwe buys Chinese aircrafts
• Pilgrims return may be delayed because of fuel scarcity
• KQ to get Airbus aircraft again???
• New Route Africa – access the continent’s booming aviati
• Passenger dies at Johannesburg International Airport
• News from Nigeria
• New freighter for Emirates means better cargo connections
• Woman gave birth on an Air Austral flight
• Again...... in Nigeria
• Jet Airways coming to Africa, hopefully.
• Dairo Air new flights and future plans
• Virgin Nigeria adopts 2006 ICAO security regulations
• 1Time won ACSA award
• News from TG about route to JNB
• Ex: Qantas B737-376 is on its way to JNB
• Wrong fuel consistency in FACT
• SAA fleet
• Kenya Airways starts new London-Mombasa flights
• LH and SA codesharing regionally?
• Gulf Air back in JNB!!!!!
• FAAN Grounds Albarka and Fresh Air
• Airlines carry fuel instead of pax to avoid being grounded
• SAA Plane U-Turns After Take-Off
• Beech 1900D ZS-PPK in West Australia
• EASAX new flights Nairobi-Malindi
• Air Namibia A343 Pic
• Ethiad coming to JNB
• Retired SAA B747 Updates
• New start-up Stars Away in Cape Town
• KQ Capacity Increases
• Air Accident Nov 28th Kaduna Nigeria
• Cape Town's runway had to be closed
• Virgin to Cape Town now more often
• Kulula.com leaving RSA
• New Morrocco LCC
• Airbus A380 for South African Airways
• Air Namibia stops flying to Swakopmund
• SAA CEO elected as new AFRAA Chairman
• KQ, SA & MS only African Airlines with IOSA Certificate
• Again air incident in Nigeria
• AIR ZIMBABWE GROUNDED!
• KQ Voted Most Respected Company in East Africa
• 1Time launches JNB-Umtata
• KQ, CE and Skyteam
• JKIA to become new Qatar Airways regional hub
• Sole use of e-tickets on BA flights in SA from December
• Direct flights USA-East Africa from next year?
• Kenya Airways to Obtain More Boeing Planes
• Boeing Officially Launches B747-8 Family!!
• Major PanAfrican aviation conference started
• New Airlink colourscheme preview.
• What is going to become of AirZim???
• Ethiopian to Lease 6 New 767-300s
• Two SA reg'd a/craft appear in WA
• Nigerian airlines called to merge
• Air Gemini gets another DC9
• Air Corridor gets 2x B732s
• Ghana International ready for take-off
• Qatar Airways will launch flights to Nairobi
• Garang Helicopter was Techincally Sound
• Private Plane "Crash Lands" at NBO
• KQ Increases Bamako-Dakar frequency
• RAM to Launch Togo Flights on 2 November
• Bellview (B3) Crash
• Kenya Airways records Kshs2.2b Profits
• SAAF gets its 1st Gripen
• SAA to establish own low-cost airline!!!
• Air Madagascar soon to take delivery of their ATR72.
• KLM to start direct flights to Entebbe
• Air Mauritius boosts capacity to RSA.
• Kenya Airways Cargo Tracking Goes Online
• Virgin Nigeria adds Douala
• SAA Sharply Reduces Domestic Fares
• Taurus Air ZS-LNX arrives in WA
• Virgin Nigeria at JNB
• Two new start-ups for West Africa
• Cantoun Airlines
• TAAG expanding
• SA and CX call it quits on JNB-HKG codeshare.
• jetlink's F28
• Gambian Football Fans Fake Air Emergency
• Lagos-Dubai now daily
• SAA 744 Emergency at JNB after Door Panel Opens
• New Express 737-200
• KQ reviewing schedule
• 1Time to start international flights
• Emirates B77Ws at JNB.
• Blocked runway at NBO?
• GNSS procedures for the Democratic Republic of Congo
• KQ Orders B737-800s
• Air France to Africa- winter schedule
• Hewa Bora adds another aircraft
• Jet Blue A320 Emergency Landing at LAX
• KQ Starts Direct Flights to Maputo in October
• Air Gabon back in Europe
• Nationwide strike proceeds Fri @ 17:00
• Global Aviation Losses Expected to Hit US$7.4 Billion
• KLM stops Malabo-service
• SA and OS sign codeshare agreement on new JNB-ZRH-VIE route.
• Air Zimbabwe Beoing 767 in maintenance
• Rwandair Express plane grounded
• 1Time going through changes
• Still nobody flying with Air Zimbabwe
• SA and UA sign codesharing agreement.
• PIA 50/50 for JNB in 2006
• Shooting Incident at JNB
• Sasol Tigers Crash - Two pilots perish
• Pilots Urged to Turn on Transponders
• SAA Flight Attendant in Perth Jail
• Kenya Airways to China
• Kenyan "Air Force One" Due for Service
• Aircraft Seized for Overflying the State House In Kenya
• Bits and bobs
• Italy Suspends Tuninter Flying Rights After Crash
• French and Belgish airline blacklist
• Thai postpones 2 A340 delivery dates
• SAA to withdraw from regional routes.
• SAA in discussions with Airbus for A380s
• kulula gets another fluffy.
• KQ B737 gets the new paintscheme
• No more HLA-CPT
• SA280/281 flts cancelled to OZ
• KQ ranked Africa's 6th Top Airline by Revenue
• Ethiopian boasts profit, talks of Star Alliance
• Wimba Dira 1-11 9Q-CDY
• Dreamliners for RAM?
• Fuel Crisis & E-Ticketing: Top Agenda of IATA Summit in
• Storm over Kenya Airforce Chopper Maintenance Deal
• Ghana International Airlines gets Operating Licence
• C-17s in South Africa
• SAA and Bellview sign MoU
• Air Zimbabwe fares increase by 75 percent!
• AF/KLM courting SA Airlink
• BA stops freight services to Zambia
• 1Time starts ELS-CPT
• Flight Attendant Takes off...
• South African ACARS
• Comair ZS-OKJ
• Another incident at Lagos Airport
• kulula.com to replace MD82s with B737s
• Nationwide - Two 727-100's??
• AirZim hit by fuel shortage...
• BA installs ‘lounge in the Sky’ in Nairobi flights
• More B737s for Nationwide?
• Qantas retires another 737 to Africa
• Freighters at JNB
• Air France goes from 7 to 10 weekly flights to JNB
• SAA A342 to be in Larnarca and Tel Aviv.
• DAS plane crashed in Lagos
• Heads up for SQ's MegaArks in JNB
• Airbus Predicts Growth in Africa
• SN Brussles developments
• Another B737NG for Air Senegal
• LAM news
• 2 More A340-600's for SAA?
• 1time increases Durban service
• Air france hits cows at Port Harcourt
• SAA to make a fortune
• Air Zimbabwe overbooked flight
• SAA has received its last A319
• Bellview started Lagos-Mumbai
• SAA and Star Alliance
• New B772 for KQ
• 1Time gets another MD82
• Air Botswana lease an F28
• New services commenced
• KQ sale
• Thai to commence BKK-JNB.
• New flights between Kano and Tripoli
• SAA Overpaying for Boeing lease.
• Possible KQ Order for Additional Planes
• Virgin Nigeria announced regional flights
• North American Airlines Starts Direct Accra-New York Service
• Civair to fly, again
• 1time gear problems at DUR
• Air Namibia will fly Windhoek-London from July
• GB Airways: Marrakech-Manchester
• New aircraft and route for Precision Air
• New flights from Eritrea to Dubai
• Nigeria: more domestic airlines receive international rights
• New airline in Zimbabwe prevented from taking off
• South African DC-3 Clamped at Wilson Airport Nairobi.
• New airline in Mali
• DC9-15 for 1Time!!!
• SA Airlink aquire F28's.
• Tracking Aircraft on HF
• Zambian Airways and Air Malawi joint flights to Dubai
• Beech 1900D ZS-PMD
• More trouble with Virgin Nigeria...
• Crash landing at Jos Airport, Nigeria
• Kenya Airways joins SkyTeam
• Comair B737-376 ZS-OKI
• Sudan Airways to Launch Khartoum-Juba-Nairobi Flights
• More interesting news!!!
• flynationwide.co.za
• Air Zimbabwe 737 emergency landing
• The dominance of Slok Air
• Toumai Air Tchad
• East African and Air Zimbabwe agreeing on partnership
• Scheduled Flights Launched to Southern Sudan
• KQ profits up, targets Skyteam by Sept. 2005
• ITAB BAC 1-11 9Q-CDY
• Ethiopian Increases 787 Dreamliner Order by Five Planes
• Ethiopian to increase flights to Tanzania
• OAG named SAA best African airline
• Air Austral taking over another 777
• Regional Air suspending services for six days
• Kenya Airways: Rise in capacity and passenger numbers
• More flights from Lagos to Accra
• African Union discussing aviation
• New aircraft for Afrijet
• Some Nigerian news
• East African suspends Johannesburg service
• bmi To SA?
• TAAG new flights to Lusaka
• Nationwide to Kruger Mpumalanga
• LTU starts Munich-Mauritius
• SA Airlink resumes CPT - NTY
• Emirates increases frequencies to West Africa
• Precision Air banned from Arusha Airport
• Nigeria reduces international entry points
• kulula to MQP?
• Virgin Nigeria's first aircraft arrives
• Nationwide eyeing a pair of B744s
• Kenya Airways Latest 777-200ER Delivered.
• Kenyan Presidential Jet Causes Scare at Airport
• No flights between Newark and Lagos
• New flights between Liberia and JFK
• SA Airlink's new international routes
• New Central African airline alliance
• Planes diverted from Nairobi to Mombasa
• New Destinations for Kenya Airways
• Possible KQ Interest in SAA 738s
• Airlinks between USA and Uganda?
• Nouvelair traffic 20% up
• SA airport stats
• Humberside gets Tunisia flights in 2006
• Johannesburg-Mumbai now daily, also JIA-Paris
• New air service JIA-Trinidad/Tobago?
• New cargo links between Uganda and the world
• India's and Mauritius'plan to increase air traffic
• Boeing 707 Cargo Plane Crashes in Uganda
• Kenya Airways tarketing the Far East
• New operator in Uganda
• KLM new Amsterdam-Addis Ababa flights
• Sudan Airways to fly to London
• Air Tanzania flying to Dubai, Mumbai and others
• South African Airways new flights to US and Africa
• Jetlink
• 1Time starts JIA-George and JIA-Port Elizabeth
• Air Botswana - New routes and aircraft
• Air Namibia 737-200 left flying with one engine
• Some news not mentioned yet
• Emirates to go Dubai-Accra non-stop
• Sudan Airways resume flights to Uganda after 10 years
• Kenyan President in Emergency Landing
• Qatar Airways to start flights to Tunis and Algiers
• KQ's Dubai Route Comes Under Siege from Etihad
• Aircraft crashes in Zimbabwe
• Nationwide Airlines BAC 1-11s
• SAA receives another A319
• New Kulula.com aircrafts and routes
• African airspace the less safest worldwide
• New flights Nairobi - Lokichoggio
• New Joint Venture Central African Airline
• Comair profits raise
• New Lufthansa flights to Port Harcourt
• Ethiopian to acquire five new aircraft
• Kenya Airways flying to US, but giving up KLM partnership
• Flights between South Africa and Tunisia to be established
• Cathay Pacific upgrading Johannesburg flights
• Air Namibia appointed Regional Airline of the Year 2004
• Zambian Airways to increase flights to Eastern Province
• Kulula offering special deals for cops
• Air Sudan to resume flights to Uganda
• Air Tanzania suspending Nairobi route