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The lesson from Brazil’s Embraer is simple: industrial innovation begins in the classroom and survives only when competence outranks politics…
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The FlySafair strike has exposed South Africa’s acute shortage of pilots, not to mention the commercial vacuum left behind by SAA’s implosion…
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The regulator has grounded 3,000 aircraft, claiming their engines are old. It risks gutting the industry it is supposed to develop…
South Africa’s Potomac collision is waiting
The failure of Air Traffic Navigation Services, the South African Weather Service and Acsa is creating a perfect storm for aviation in SA.…
If Safair is grounded, South Africa risks tourism suicide
In the long-running dispute between the International Air Services Council (IASC) and FlySafair, South Africa’s regulator has now declared that the airline’s shareholding structure…
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