The news is sad. Corruption, mismanagement and incredible lack of oversight plague the African airline industry. Three of the southern region’s airlines have recently been in the news, with most of that news negative. Starting with South African Airways, this link chronicles…
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. …
[UPDATE 2: The Economist] [UPDATE 1: South African President Zuma, taking a page from Mugabe Management 101, has fired his minister of finance. Mr. Zuma is not educated and struggles with numbers. There is alarm about this firing, with the…
Previously we looked at the Fokker fleet and the opportunities it presents to the current OEMs. Today we look at the BAe fleet. In total there are 342 aircraft in service. Of these 267 (see first table) are in passenger…
This is the traditional image people have of tobacco. It is a product that gets little love in western countries. Indeed it is taxed as heavily as possible because so much of the healthcare system is devoted to repair damage…