US man who copiloted first nonstop flight around world dies at 85
Burt Rutan was alarmed to see the plane he had designed was so loaded with fuel that the wing tips started dragging along the ground as it taxied down the
May 6, 2024
Category: Fly Away
ACSA responds to media reports of jet fuel shortages at its airports
Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) has noted several recent media reports indicating an impending fuel shortage at some of its airports. Issued by ACSA ACSA was requested to assist on
April 11, 2024
Biometrics holds the key to smarter digital air travel
New SITA white paper highlights how biometric-driven IT solutions are being successfully rolled out at airports around the world making air travel a seamless experience for the passenger. In 1930,
April 4, 2024
Mango back in the skies?
With Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan having missed the January deadline for leave to appeal the September High Court ruling that the sale of Mango could go ahead, business rescue
February 7, 2024
Gallery – The choppers with choppers
The ridges and kloofs of the Western Cape mountains are reverberating to the thud of helicopter blades and howling chainsaws as environmentalists make war on alien trees. At the centre
January 26, 2024