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 Airline
Streamlines Operations
 South
African Airways (SAA) has phased out its direct services between
Cape Town and Atlanta, USA.The move is part of the airline's
efforts to optimise on its existing route network, streamline
operational costs and meet customer demands for flights out
of Atlanta to Johannesburg.
'Warlord'
in Airport Drama As Pilgrims Make Last Minute Trip to Mecca
Kano warlord, Alhaji Asari Dokubo Monday night prevented around
100 Muslims from boarding the last flight leaving Nigeria
for Saudi Arabia in time for them to perform the annual hajj
pilgrimage. Dokubo was protesting the inclusion of additional
100 pilgrims in the flight that was meant to carry some Rivers
State and Katsina State pilgrims to this year's Hajj.
African
aviation experts meet in Accra
African aviation experts began a five-day meeting in Accra
Monday on the possibility of establishing an aeronautical
satellite communication network to boost communication services
within the Flight Information Region of West and Central Africa.
No
survivors in SA plane crash
The
wreckage of a plane that went missing with five people aboard
on Tuesday afternoon was found at Cornelia in the southern
Free State, Inspector Lorraine Kalp said on Wednesday.
Bodies
too mutilated to view
 The
bodies of the five people who died in a plane crash on a farm
near Cornelia were so badly mutilated that relatives were
advised to stay away from the crash site.
Family
struggle with loss after plane crash
A Durban family is in shock and still coming to terms with
the death of their father and husband, Edwin Mahabeer, after
receiving news that he and four others had died in a plane
crash in the Free State on Tuesday.
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SA cyclists die in plane crash
 Two
of South Africa's "most promising" young cyclists were among
the five people who died in a plane crash in the Free State
on Tuesday, the manager of SA's national cycling team told
Sapa on Wednesday.
Civair
hopes second bid to go global will take off
Andy Cluver, chief executive of Civair, which had to call
off an attempt to enter the international market with flights
from Cape Town and Durban to London-Stansted in December because
of cash flow problems, hopes to make a second attempt with
a new partner later this year.
DA
concerned Zuma may be abusing use of chartered jets
Deputy
president Jacob Zuma has again come under fire from the opposition
Democratic Alliance because of his air travel.
Their gripe was sparked this time because a private jet was
chartered instead of a defence force plane.
Emirates
airline employee kidnapped
North
Rand police appealed for help from the public on Wednesday
in their investigation into the kidnapping of a United Emirates
Airline employee.
Fictitious'
Air Zimbabwe Report Thrown Out
The
Transport and Communications Ministry has thrown out a report
on the losses incurred by Air Zimbabwe owing to incessant
flight delays experienced in the past few months and has called
for a fresh one.
Flight
shortage dampens SA edge
A seasonal shortage of airline seats, and the strong rand,
was limiting the ability of South Africa's tourism industry
to benefit from the disastrous effects of the tsunami over
rival destinations in southeast Asia, according to industry
sources yesterday.
Allegation
of 'Quick-Fix' Scandal At Gambia Airport
The most utrageous reports emerging from the Banjul International
Airport in recent times unearthed cases of scandalous conduct
involving a network of GIA staff, who favour standby passengers
in place for return-ticket holders for a 'quick fix' to get
a seat on board flight to various destinations.
Helicopter
company cashes in on SA's tsunami mission
A
private helicopter company is making a profit out of the government's
humanitarian mission to tsunami-struck western Sumatra. By
the end of the week, five SA helicopters operated by Naturelink
- partly owned by the JSE-listed Imperial Group - were flying
around Indonesia on behalf of international NGOs.
Hot
air in the sky
Israeli
allegations that Egypt is violating Israeli airspace near
Eilat made their appearance just when relations between Egypt
and Israel appeared to be warming up.
Airport
Police Seize Heroin Worth Sh2.6m
Nairobi Police at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport,
in Nairobi, have seized heroin worth Sh2.6 million.The seizure
follows the arrest of two Tanzanians on January 11 at the
airport after their arrival from Mumbai aboard a Kenya Airways
flight.
KIA
equipment to be upgraded
The
Ghana Civil Aviation Authority(GCAA) will instal new flight
information display systems, close circuit televisions, baggage
identification display systems, common user terminal equipment
and public address systems at the Kotoka International Airport
(KIA) by the end of February this year.It would also install
aero-bridges at the passenger terminal.
Police
held at airport amid beefed-up security
Another three police officers have been arrested at Johannesburg
International Airport as a result of improved security measures,
police said yesterday.
SA
team on tsunami relief mission
Armed with thousands of flight hours, rescue experiences from
the devastating floods in Mozambique and an overwhelming need
to help those struck by the tsunamis, pilots and engineers
of local company Starlite Aviation yesterday left for Indonesia.
SAA
Flights Strategy to 'Realign' Executive
South
African Airways (SAA) has unveiled its plans to have a "realigned"
executive team, with more emphasis on improving the airline's
operational efficiencies and returning its income statement
to the black.
Thatcher
faces hurdle to U.S.
Mark Thatcher, 51, the son of former British Prime Minister
Margaret Thatcher, could be barred from the United States,
where he hopes to rejoin his American wife and children, after
last week's felony plea bargain in which he admitted paying
for a helicopter to be used in an African coup.
Virgin
Nigeria Begins Negotiations With Boeing, Airbus
New
Nigerian national flag carrier, Virgin Nigeria has opened
negotiations with the two world leading aircraft makers, Boeing
Inc. and Airbus in a bid to source airplanes preparatory for
its take off.
Virgin
Nigeria Targets N9bn By Third Year
Virgin Nigeria Airways Limited, the new national carrier, has
released a Confidential Private Placement Memorandum to short-listed
inestors which shows that the airline expects to record a bumper
N9 billion profit by its third year of operation.
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Wonderboom
tests response
A
Civil Aviation Authority regulations emergency response downcraft
exercise will soon be held at the Wonderboom Airport.
Zuma's
plane makes emergency landing
Emergency
vehicles rushed to meet Deputy President Jacob Zuma's aircraft
after an in-flight emergency earlier this week.
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air force officers court-martialled in Pakistan for links
with militants
Military
courts have sentenced at least three Pakistan air force service
men to prison terms ranging from two to nine years for alleged
links to an outlawed militant group, relatives of the men
said.
Air
Force training jet collides with private plane
 A
U.S. Air Force training jet and a small plane collided Tuesday
over southwestern Oklahoma, killing the plane's pilot, authorities
said. Both military pilots parachuted to safety.
Airline
water getting worse EPA warns
The water
quality aboard airplanes appears to be worsening, federal
environmental officials in Washington said Wednesday.A
second round of federal testing in the bathrooms and kitchens
of 169 passenger airplanes, found coliform in nearly one in
five of the aircraft.
Alaska
Airlines introduces sophisticated flight guidance system
Cutting-edge
flight guidance technology pioneered by Alaska Airlines
for flying into rugged Alaskan airports has arrived at the
desert resort city of Palm Springs, Calif.
BA
boss heads home
British
Airways boss Rod Eddington has had enough of being a chief
executive and will return to Australia.
Boeing
ditching 717 a boost for Bombardier
 Boeing Co. will end production of the 717 jet,
its smallest passenger plane, next year, and plans to charge
$615 million against earnings before taxes related to that
and the loss of a $23 billion deal to supply refueling tankers
to the U.S. Air Force.
Branson
may set up new airline to fly Pacific routes
British
entrepreneur Richard Branson will set up another Australia-based
airline to fly across the Pacific if plans by Virgin Blue
Holdings Ltd to fly the route do not proceed, an Australian
newspaper this week reported, quoting Branson.
F-15C
midair
crash near Okinawa was pilot error
Pilot
error caused two Boeing F-15C aircraft to collide while flying
over waters near Okinawa in October, according to a U.S. Air
Force accident report released Tuesday.
FAA
allows shorter distance between planes
Airplanes
are now allowed to fly closer to one another under a Federal
Aviation Administration regulation that went into effect Thursday.
Frequent
flyer miles for pets
Rover will
soon get to fly free. Midwest Airlines in Milwaukee is giving
pets frequent flyer miles.
Garmin's
iQue 3600a: Aviation's First Ready-to-Fly PDA
 Garmin
International this week introduced the iQue 3600a, the first
Palm Powered aviation device that is ready to navigate right
out of the box. The iQue 3600a package includes an innovative
yoke-mounted cradle as well as built-in basemap, terrain,
obstacle and Jeppesen databases - all of which turn this full-featured
PDA into a premium aviation navigator without any complicated
set-up procedures.
Japan
Govt to make airlines check passports
In an antiterrorism
measure, the government plans to require airline companies
to confirm the authenticity of passports before passengers
enter Japan, government sources said.
Luton
Airport to be a test bed for developing a "silent" jet aircraft
Airport
environment managers are to join a trans-Atlantic team of
aviation engineers and academics on the project.
The aim
is to share knowledge and test designs in an airport environment
and the team includes Cambridge University and the MIT Institute
in the USA.
Malaysia
Airlines offers reward to nab aircraft saboteurs
Malaysia's
national airline has offered a reward to its employees for
information to help capture saboteurs responsible for a spate
of vandalism on its aircraft, news reports said Wednesday.
New
Zeppelin test-flown over Kobe expo site
 The Zeppelin NT, the world's
largest airship, has conducted a test flight to publicize
the 2005 World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture, which will
run from March 25 through Sept. 25.
Pilatus
PC-21 grounded by federal ruling
 The Federal Office
for Civil Aviation has banned the Swiss aircraft manufacturer,
Pilatus, from further tests of its prototype PC-21 military
training plane.
Pilot
facing intoxication charge is fired
AirTran
Airways has fired a pilot who was arrested and charged with
operating an aircraft while under the influence of alcohol.
RAAF
stunt planes collide
 An RAAF aerobatic plane
went into an uncontrollable dive before crashing in Victoria
after a mid-air collision with another stunt aircraft Friday.
Sydney
Airport readies for Airbus
Sydney Airport
is pushing ahead with modifications to cater for the giant
Airbus A380, despite a breakdown in negotiations with airlines
about a long-term pricing plan to cover airport charges and
arguments over who should pay for the work.
Thomas
Cook
passenger jet leaves part of front wheel on runway
A
British holiday plane carrying 177 passengers made an emergency
landing in London after losing a section of the front wheel
from its undercarriage, airline officials said.
World's
largest airplane unveiled in France
 The world's largest
civil aviation plane ever, the Air-Bus 380, was introduced to
the public with a ceremony in Toulouse, France on Tuesday. |
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