ARCHIVES

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...

You have got to love state ownership if you run an airline.  No pesky shareholders; all you have to do is upgrade the key people in politics and business keeps rolling along. Profits? Not the key issue. To get an idea of just how bad this is, watch this video.  It is...

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...

South Africa's Denel Aerostructures is a business that traces its aviation experience back 60 years.  And yet you may not have heard of the company. Recently at the 2014 Africa Aerospace and Defence event, Denel announced plans to develop a small turboprop for...