Air India uses storytelling to relay safety instructions to passengers in a unique new preflight safety presentation. Watch the video here.

Cemair will introduce scheduled direct flight services between Johannesburg and East London in April this year.

Independently owned FlySafair will start up twice weekly scheduled flights on another new route from April 2024.

Watch news in a minute after aviation analytics company Cirium named a South African airline the most On-Time carrier in the world.

This international airline has recorded an increase in aggressive and disruptive behaviour among passengers on its flights.

Introduction of a higher aviation fuel levy is the culprit that’ll likely see a big 2024 airline ticket increase.

SA’s budget carrier FlySafair is raising awareness and encouraging girls to consider the aviation sector for potential careers.

Zimbabwe’s national carrier may be set for a turnaround, with the appointment of an experienced aviation expert at the helm.

SA airline FlySafair predicts a Springbok victory in the RWC 2023 final and has reserved space for the Webb Ellis Cup on its aircraft.

Next week Fastjet airline will increase the frequency of its scheduled flights between Johannesburg and Bulawayo in Zimbabwe.

South African Airways is on a growth trajectory. It is gradually building back, raising hopes for a better national carrier in the future.

Asian low-cost carrier Vietjet is offering passengers free tickets on its flights from a number of destinations in Australia.

South African Airways (SAA) will be starting up scheduled flights to two additional destinations in a just a few weeks.

Watch news in a minute for a summary of Air Tanzania Airline will resume scheduled flight services to Johannesburg.

Air Tanzania will resume scheduled flight services to Johannesburg after taking a four-year hiatus on the route.

South African Airways (SAA) is once again facing turbulence, having posted financial losses for the first part of the financial year.

Watch news in a minute for a summary of North Korea’s state-owned worst airline Air Koryo has made its first international flight.

Almost one and a half million people tried to grab bargain tickets ofered Flysafair’s R 9 flight ticket sale on 3 May.

A woman has been ordered to pay a R116k fine and R400k in damages after attacking a flight attendant who asked her to adjust her mask.

Pearl Thusi has clapped back at tweeps who hailed her British Airways business class rant a “nice life problem”…

Recent amendments to the Disaster Management Act by the Department of Transport permit local airlines to resume in-flight catering on domestic flights.

South African Airways has extended the validity of Voyager miles so members of its loyalty programme will be able to make use of their accumulated mileage.

British Airways will increase the frequencies of its scheduled flights to South Africa as a result of SA’s removal from the UK’s red list.

The UK’s national carrier will reinstate daily flights between London and South Africa from the end of August.

After commencing its phased reopening to international travellers in July, the resumption of scheduled flights between Mauritius and South Africa has been announced.

This is the perfect time to visit the magical Victoria Falls in neighbouring Zimbabwe without the tourist masses.

As France celebrates one of its biggest national holidays – Bastille Day – here are five intriguing facts you might not have known.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has banned entry to South Africans until 15 July and there’s no guessing as to when the ban might be lifted.

Virgin Atlantic Airlines will resume scheduled passenger flights to South Africa later this month.

FlySafair will be sponsoring flights for an organisation working with chronically and critically ill children.

While passengers are still uncertain about the status of Mango Airlines, leaders in the travel industry shared their advice on how to get a possible refund for your ticket.

Lift Airline now boasts its own anthem, performed by the former lead vocalist of the award-winning local group Freshlyground.

Media personality, Mihlali Ndamase recently claimed that her wig worth R7 000 was stolen after she booked into a flight.

Beleaguered national airline SAA has suspended flights once more, dashing hopes its planes will take to the skies any time soon.

After years of limping along, Air Namibia, the country’s troubled national carrier, has ceased operations and will go into liquidation.

Virgin Atlantic is the second British carrier to lengthen the suspension of its flights to South African destinations.

Namibia’s national airline narrowly escaped liquidation by reaching an agreement over unpaid debt from a contract that had gone sour.

Despite indications that South Africa’s national carrier would be back in the sky by April, several factors make this unlikely.

The Dubai-based airline is among the first in the world to begin trialling the digital travel pass.

The carrier is now the second largest in Africa, based on the number of routes it operates.

After an eventful year, crew members of Austrian Airlines decided to share a welcome message in the form of the ‘Jerusalema’ dance challenge.

The company has experienced a growth spurt as a result of changes in the aviation landscape caused by the pandemic.

The British carrier has confirmed it will once again fly between London and Cape Town starting this December.

South Africans helped to choose Lift’s look and its planes will take to the skies on Thursday 10 December.

New local budget carrier Lift is calling for public participation to help select its aircraft livery.

The airline has been heavily affected by the drop in demand for passenger flights.

Lift flights will commence on 10 December 2020 just in time for the holiday season. Here are the routes that will be available.

British Airways and Kulula, operated by Comair, are set to fly again by December.

The first Lift Airline flight is set to take to the skies in December. In the meantime, the team is focusing on final pre-launch activities.

Anybody need a ‘Lift’? South Africa has a new airline, and after a successful social media campaign, our latest aviation option now has a name.

Lufthansa has returned to a ‘full travel schedule’ with flights to South Africa, and a number of other European airlines are set to follow suit.

The Transport Department has published an update to our travel laws: But the rules which chased one airline out of SA remain firmly in place.

Lufthansa could be going, Emirates has gone, and more airlines may refuse to operate flights to South Africa – due to these problematic travel laws.

South Africans have been under a national lockdown for months. Many of us are eager for regional travel to open up.

South Africa is still stuck in a quagmire of byzantine lockdown rules that include closed schools, no alcohol or cigarettes, and strict travel restrictions.

Airline recovery is looking worse than predicted, says the IATA as it pushes its recovery expectations back by a year.

This could be the move that grounds SAA for good. According to reports, Treasury will no longer give the airline the cash it needs to carry on.

The pandemic has hit many businesses hard. But the global private jet market is now emerging as one of the few winners.

Whatever state carrier emerges from the wreckage of SAA, a government-sponsored ‘new airline’ looks like it’ll require a lot of public funding.

According to the government’s own information portal, some flights are set to return during lockdown – but what can we expect going forward?

Here are six possible names for South Africa’s new airline, if SAA does fold.

SAA has used up its ninth life, it would seem. The National Transport Movement have stated that the airline will soon be scrapped and replaced.

A global study named SAA as Africa’s most on-time air carrier and No 4 in the Middle East and Africa category.