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The falls as a very lucky airline passenger might see them
Local no-frills carrier 1time Airlines plans to start flights to Victoria Falls as well as Harare. Apparently a test flight with civil aviation authorities aboard from both countries has been completed with smiles all round. So that’s all good. Read More…
When we fly we want to know that the people up front have got it together. Of course, they are human and therefore prone to the same idiocy as the rest of us, at least some of the time. Luckily, having a brawl in-flight – during which none of the crew were actually flying the plane – and ranting over the intercom about the lack of sex on offer from your cabin crew, are not everyday events on most airlines.
For a list of the seven worst things a pilot can do, check out this story.
1time Airlines has called it quits on the Johannesburg-Maputo route. The airline’s last flight to the Mozambican capital will be on August 31.
The airline says it would need a greater allocation of the number of seats it can sell on the route to make it more viable. Read More…
Qantas may stop flying to Johannesburg and South America to focus instead on its routes to London and Los Angeles. Read More…
THE NEW FLIGHT BAG: iPads could replace conventional navigation systems such as paper charts
American Airlines is running a test programme for a navigation system based on Apple’s iPad. Part of the thinking behind the plan, sources say, is to do away with those bulky, heavy flight bags that pilots are so fond of and save the airline a pile of cash – as much as $1.2m a year. Read More…
At last, I get to fly on Airbus’s much-over-hyped A380 double-decker routesmasher.
This is an aircraft I’ve been as shy of as horses are of snakes. It’s that fly-by-wire thing I like the least, not to mention a few episodes that made the news recently such as when an engine on a Qantas A380 self-destructed in flight.
So, when I saw it waiting at my gate in Frankfurt, I was not much amused. Read More…
The International Air Transport Association has instructed travel agents to stop all ticketing and refund transactions for Air Zimbabwe, SAPA-AP reports. Read More…
The “green machine, Kulula.com, has signed a $646 million deal for eight brand-new Boeing 737-800 airliners. Read More…
TAP Portugal will cease flights on the Lisbon-Johannesburg route from June 1, the airline said this week.
The carrier plans to focus on its direct route between Maputo and Lisbon. Travellers wishing to fly from Johannesburg will be accommodated on short-haul flights on Mozambican carrier LAM and South African Airways.
A connecting flight is, by definition, a poor substitute for a direct flight but it’s clear from the move that TAP sees more value in its Maputo connection. It also means much less competition: instead of scrapping with dozens of European and Gulf airlines over the same little pie, TAP and LAM will operate the Maputo-Lisbon route together under a codeshare agreement. Read More…
If you’re afraid of flying, here’s something to chew on. Read More…
