In Conversation: Gidon Novick
Gidon Novick, co-founder of Lift a South African startup LCC
Tag Comair
South Africa’s Comair goes into liquidation
Another airline bites the dust. Comair is 76 years old and weathered many crises before.
South Africa’s Comair and Kulula grounded over safety issues
UPDATE – For its failure to comply with safety, South Africa’s Civil Aviation Authority has come hard on Comair’s operations by indefinitely grounding the entire carrier’s fleet. Thousands of passengers were left stranded and irate after the aviation regulator issued…
South African Airways on brink of resurgence
There is a ray of hope for one of the beleaguered African carriers. South African Airways is preparing to emerge from its self-inflicted collapse. The crisis-ridden airline is said to be preparing for a return to service by first operating…
Africa shows faith in 737 MAX, revives interest in plane
A huge relief came the way of many airlines, particularly those in Africa following the re-certification of 737 MAX by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) more than a year after the aircraft was grounded around the globe. For Africa’s largest…
Boeing MAX: the struggle between facts and public opinion – update
Within an hour after the news broke of the tragic loss of Ethiopian Airlines flight ET302 and without a single piece of evidence as to what caused the crash, quite a few people on social media had drawn their conclusion:…