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British Airways Bid Farewell to the Queen of the Skies

Garth Calitz

Oct 13, 20202 min read

British Airways Bid Farewell to the Queen of the Skies

British Airways’ remaining two Boeing 747 aircraft based at Heathrow taxied for take-off for the last time last on Thursday 8 October To...

Garth Calitz

Sep 29, 20202 min read

Comair on the road to recovery

Comair last week passed another significant way-point en route to returning to the skies when the vast majority of creditors and...

Boeing Launches New 737-800 BCF Conversion Lines to Meet Strong Demand

Garth Calitz

Sep 22, 20202 min read

Boeing Launches New 737-800 BCF Conversion Lines to Meet Strong Demand

Boeing announced a firm order from an unidentified customer for two 737-800 Boeing Converted Freighters (BCF), as well as agreements to...

Kulula.com founder Is Planning A New South African Airline

Garth Calitz

Sep 17, 20203 min read

Kulula.com founder Is Planning A New South African Airline

As the world airlines are in absolute turmoil with mass lay-offs and more and more airlines declaring bankruptcy almost daily, South...

Supersonic passenger flight set to return with a Boom

Garth Calitz

Sep 8, 20204 min read

Supersonic passenger flight set to return with a Boom

In the last 20 odd years, no passenger has had the experience of booking a ticket on a supersonic flight. The aptly named Boom...

Airport Navigational Instrument Calibration Moving ahead at Pace

Garth Calitz

Aug 26, 20202 min read

Airport Navigational Instrument Calibration Moving ahead at Pace

Three down and on to the next! SA Civil Aviation Authority gratified with calibration work done to date. With two of the key South...

ARJ21 completes special flight test at the highest civil airport in the world

Garth Calitz

Aug 25, 20201 min read

ARJ21 completes special flight test at the highest civil airport in the world

The COMAC ARJ21 AC103 completed a maximum take-off/landing height expansion flight test at Daocheng Yading Airport (14,472 ft), the...

Airbus Corporate Jets A321LR to be used in Military Applications

Garth Calitz

Aug 19, 20202 min read

Airbus Corporate Jets A321LR to be used in Military Applications

Airbus Corporate Jets (ACJ) has won the first A321LR order for two aircraft from Lufthansa Technik, highlighting the market appeal and...

Rolls-Royce identify wear on Trent XWB IPC’s

Garth Calitz

Aug 11, 20202 min read

Rolls-Royce identify wear on Trent XWB IPC’s

The Trent XWB-84, the world’s most efficient in-service large civil aero engine, continues to deliver unequalled on-wing reliability with...

Garth Calitz

Aug 4, 20202 min read

Boeing 757 lands at St Helena

The remote island of St. Helena in the South Atlantic is currently only serviced by SA Airlink operating Embraer E190’s but this may...

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