South Africa

A decades-old ambition to make multiday, ultralong-endurance flight a reality is quietly solidifying within the U.S. military after a series of failures and false starts.

Mango will finally be sold to bidders identified back in August 2022, following a legal battle between Mango’s administrators and the South African government.

South African Airways is planning to grow its fleet to around 40 aircraft as it works to become re-established as the country’s primary international airline.

Al Tariq, a joint venture between Edge and South Africa’s Denel, launched the studies in February.

South Africa is working to develop an indigenous launch capability within five years, with plans to develop a former military site on the Western Cape into a commercial spaceport.

Launch operator Mozambique has logged 70 flight hours on the Paramount Mwari light attack and observation aircraft.

UK-based C-130 Hercules maintenance, repair and overhaul specialist Marshall Aerospace will service and modify the South African Air Force’s fleet of C-130s.

South African carrier FlySafair plans to add four new routes departing from Johannesburg’s O.R. Tambo International Airport to its network.

The upgrade plan appears set to touch the entire nervous system of the Rooivalk, from the avionics suite to weapons integration and targeting.

Listen in as editors discuss South Africa's changed aviation landscape.

Privately owned carriers Airlink and FlySafair have become leading South African players.

Airlink will reinstate nonstop service between the countries after a flight ban was lifted.

We hear from David King, Cape Town Air Access project manager at Wesgro, outlines recent routes successes and how they were achieved.

The carrier is working with the South African Tourism Board to promote travel to the country.

A new triangular route will launch in December—more than two years after the carrier first unveiled the plans.

Nonstop flights between Cape Town and Maputo will launch later this month.

The US carrier is launching two never-before-operated routes, as well restoring a sector last served more than a decade ago.

The route is the result of a recent awarding of frequencies by the US Transportation Department.

The airline will operate to Victoria Falls from a second South African city.

The carrier serves three South African cities.

Kenya Airways CEO Allan Kilavuka believes that the “future of aviation in Africa lies in consolidation.”

The Atlanta-based carrier has pulled no punches in its response to United Airlines’ request to launch a second route to Cape Town in South Africa.

United hopes to begin flying between Washington and Cape Town from November but will face competition for the available weekly frequencies under the US-South Africa air services agreement.

The leisure carrier is entering another long-haul market served by Lufthansa.

The specific date was welcomed by airlines planning winter flight schedules.