SAA washes its hands of Mango

SAA washes its hands of Mango

Mango Airlines’ business rescue practitioner, Sipho Sono, has proposed that the airline’s operations should be resumed as soon as possible, ideally by December, to take advantage of demand in the market and, importantly, to ensure the LCC preserves its route rights...
Airlink will trial Travel Pass

Airlink will trial Travel Pass

In a great leap forward for aviation and health in the region, Airlink is to become the first carrier in Southern Africa to trial the Iata Travel Pass, a secure digital smartphone app that allows passengers to provide accurate information on their COVID-19 health...
A380 will return to JNB – EK

A380 will return to JNB – EK

EMIRATES is at work, getting its passenger operations from South Africa back on track, planning the reintroduction of a daily Airbus A380 service on its Johannesburg route. While clearly optimistic, the airline is taking a cautious and balanced approach to rebuilding...
LH Group piles on summer capacity to SA

LH Group piles on summer capacity to SA

WITH the changeover from its summer to winter schedule, from November 1, the Lufthansa Group will boost capacity between South Africa and Germany and Switzerland. Exciting news for Cape Town’s tourist season is that the first flight of the season from Munich will...
EK brings on more seats to Oz

EK brings on more seats to Oz

Emirates is to enhance its operations to Australia to meet pent-up demand for travel into and out of the country. Vaccination rates in New South Wales have reached their target and Victoria is not far behind. The two states will allow vaccinated travellers to return...
Airlink feeds domestic pax

Airlink feeds domestic pax

Passengers on domestic flights operated by Airlink will once again be offered meals and drinks from October 27. This is due to the recently gazetted changes to the Disaster Management Act that allow in-flight catering to resume under Adjust Level 1 Lockdown. Sharing...