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Silas Stein/Getty Images The certificate is one of the requirements to be able to operate commercially. SAA has indicated recently that it hopes to take to the skies again in the third quarter of the year. The South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) is conducting an audit at South African Airways (SAA) for the renewal of a certificate allowing the airline to fly commercially. SAA's current Air Operator Certificate (AOC) expires on 30 June 2021, according to SACAA.  An AOC is a certificate authorising an operator to carry out specified commercial air transport operations. It is the app...

Helicopter delays, military budget cuts fingered for fire damage By Bulelwa Payi Share AS MOP-UP operations continue after the devastating fire on the Table Mountain slopes above UCT, an aviation expert said the fire could have been contained earlier if Oryx helicopters had been dispatched immediately. The SANDF dispatched two Oryx helicopters on Tuesday to help put out the fire which broke out last Sunday, April 18, leaving a trail of damage and destruction. When the helicopters finally took to the skies, they dropped 206 000 litres of water to help contain and extinguish the fire. However,...

Travellers itching to get back in the air, but say risks have to be managed Online survey shows people are increasingly confident about returning to air travel as trust in health travel apps grows 11 March 2021 - 07:00 An International Air Transport Association survey shows that while there is still strong public support for travel restrictions, people are feeling more comfortable with managing the risks. Stock photo. Image: 123RF/TRANIKOV STUDIO About 88% of people polled in an airline industry survey say that governments need to strike a balance between managing...

Want to fly with us? Show us your vaccine certificate says Qantas 6 January 2021 5:31 PM Share This: The Australian airline says anyone traveling on an international flight will be required to produce a vaccination certificate. Australian carrier Qantas has announced it is expecting to resume flights from South Africa to Australia in July. The airline suspended all South African flights in November, but prior to the Covid-19 pandemic had operated six flights a week between here and Australia. In making the announcement, CEO Alan Joyce said all passengers wishing to travel on Qantas aircraft...

For this job for which he has prepared all his life, this was john kerry on the plane talking without being on the record, but talking to us about just how it feels to now be the secretary of state and taking this trip. others on the plane talked to us about just how tough these issues are. syria foremost, but iran and others, just as difficult for him to try to untangle. david. >> i think that, you know, you become secretary of state, you think you're going to drive u.s. foreign policy. the reality is the rest of the world drives u.s. foreign policy, and he is seeing that here on his first tr...