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1time drops Maputo

By Paul Ash | 3 August 2011

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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…

Kulula goes on spending spree at Boeing

By Paul Ash | 7 March 2011

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The “green machine, Kulula.com, has signed a $646 million deal for eight brand-new Boeing 737-800 airliners. Read More…

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London’s Gatwick airport sold. A lesson for South Africa

By Paul Ash | 21 October 2009

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Britain’s airport operator BAA has sold Gatwick Airport south of London for £1.51 billion to Global Infrastructure Partners, an investment fund that also owns London City airport.

Six thousand miles away on the balmy coast of KwaZulu-Natal, another international airport is also up for sale, only the buyer probably won’t be interested in flying planes. Read More…