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We had a quick Q&A with SA Airlink's CEO on the first year anniversary of the airline's service to St. Helena. AirInsight -  What can you tell us about the traffic growth in the market? Up to expectations, better than that? Any data you provide will be most...

With another two stories today about in-flight component failures (Southwest, Sichuan), we are being reminded that airplanes are vulnerable.  There is nothing quite like an airline/airplane scary story to catch people's attention. The industry safety statistics are...

For months the inhabitants of the Atlantic island of St. Helena have faced a connectivity problem.  The mailship from Cape Town broke down near the end of its life and the there was no way to get on or off the island as easily as before.  This was despite the fact the...

In April we wrote about the small island's new airport.  At the time, South Africa's Comair used one its new 737-800s to do a test flight from Johannesburg.  The landing at the island proven challenging because of severe wind shear.  To get an idea of how tough this...