South African Airways

By Victoria Moores
South African Airways (SAA) has rebuilt its fleet to 20 aircraft with the arrival of two Airbus A320s on lease from AerCap.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Qantas has had to incur significant delays on some of its flights across the Indian Ocean due to the re-entry of SpaceX rocket launches in the area.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
The would-be buyers of South African Airlines (SAA) LCC subsidiary Mango are looking to relaunch in partnership with another airline.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Kenya Airways’ CEO hopes to grow the airline’s MRO business through a partnership with South African Airways.
MRO

By Alan Dron
AAR will pay more than $55 million to resolve investigations by the U.S. Justice Department and SEC into violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Victoria Moores
South African Airways’ (SAA) operations have returned to normal, after management appeased striking pilots with a 9.47% raise offer, ending a two-day walkout.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
South African Airways (SAA) has put in place a restricted flight schedule after pilots began a strike Dec. 5 in pursuit of a wage claim.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
South African Airways has recorded its first profit in 11 years as it slowly recovered from its lengthy period of debt and financial instability.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
South African Airways Technical eyes regional jet capabilities and new training strategy.
MRO

By Victoria Moores
Kenya Airways seeks to resume strategic partnership talks with South African Airways (SAA) but may consider a strategic cooperation with another African carrier
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
South African Airways may consider selling one of its slot pairs as it seeks to raise funds so it can continue its slow recovery, the interim chairman says.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
SunExpress will double the number of aircraft it leases to South African Airways to handle increased traffic levels over the Southern Hemisphere summer season.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
The latest airline route news, featuring network changes, schedule alterations, codeshares and interline agreements.
Airports & Networks

By Christine Boynton
South African Airways is weighing the benefits of fleet diversification, its interim CEO said at the Aviation Africa Summit.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
South African Airways is seeking to use some of its assets as a means of raising the necessary investments to continue the airline’s recovery from the pandemic.
Airlines & Lessors

By Keith Mwanalushi
More MROs in Africa are seeking out opportunities to increase their third-party business.
MRO

By Keith Mwanalushi
Efforts are growing to develop Africa’s MRO capabilities, but cost pressures across the continent are slowing progress.
MRO

By Alan Dron
China Aircraft Leasing Group Holdings has supplied the first of three Airbus A320ceos to South African Airways.
Airlines & Lessors

By Lori Ranson, Christine Boynton, Helen Massy-Beresford, Adrian Schofield, Jens Flottau
Airlines have enjoyed strong demand for the past two years. But with more capacity entering the market, yields are coming under pressure.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
Antalya, Turkey-based SunExpress is exploring more partnerships, such as with Air Cairo, to enhance new network possibilities.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Victoria Moores
The long-awaited sale of 51% of South African Airways (SAA) to Takatso Consortium has fallen through after both sides withdrew by mutual agreement.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
The latest airline route news, featuring network changes, schedule alterations, codeshares and interline agreements.
Airports & Networks

By Victoria Moores
Mango will finally be sold to bidders identified back in August 2022, following a legal battle between Mango’s administrators and the South African government.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
South Africa's government gave up a stake in the flag carrier in 2021 after it added debt and went into bankruptcy, but the airline has been in rebuild mode.
Airlines & Lessors