Commentary
How to get it right – or wrong: A tale of three airlines
The contrasting fortunes of three African airlines – Kenya Airways, South African Airways and Nigeria Airways – provide a salutary lesson for…
Challenges facing Ethiopian Airlines
No airline in Africa can justly claim to have worked as hard and for as long as Ethiopian Airlines (ET) to bring…
Improving air safety in Africa
The recent spate of commercial airline accidents in Africa, with the attendant tragic loss of lives, has once again focused the world’s…
Aviation reform in Nigeria
The urgent need to reform and revitalise Nigeria’s potentially buoyant aviation industry was sharply driven home by two separate aircraft accidents towards…
The pride of Kenya and Africa
The impressive growth and success of Kenya Airways in the tough international airline industry continues to justify its proud claim to be…
Virgin Nigeria: Trouble ahead for Branson?
The armed security personnel permanently guarding Virgin Nigeria’s solitary Airbus A320 aircraft sitting at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, indicate the problems…
A stronger role for AFCAC
Financial autonomy has continued to elude the African Civil Aviation Commission (AFCAC) since it was established in the 1960s, in spite of…
Management crisis at SAA
The abrupt departure of yet another senior member of the leadership team of South African Airways (SAA) is a stark reminder of…
Air Afrique goes bankrupt
Air Afrique, the pioneering multinational airline launched in 1961, has ceased operations completely after being officially declared bankrupt on 7 February this…
Corporate governance at South African Airways
South African Airways, Africa’s largest carrier, is in danger of being knocked off course by the uproar over its controversial former Chief…