South African civil aviation authority chief Zakes Myeza is to leave his post following a decision to end the country’s practice of having a commissioner for civil aviation and a separate head of the CAA.
The CAA is insisting that Myeza’s departure is unrelated to the recent suspension of South African carrier Nationwide Airlines’ maintenance […]

UK premium transatlantic carrier Silverjet has finalised its acquisition of two more Boeing 767ERs from UK carrier Thomsonfly for delivery in March.
The two General Electric CF6-powered aircraft will join the three 767s it already operates – two of which are also ex-Thomsonfly aircraft. The carrier initially signed a letter of intent for the two […]

Plans to privatise a minority shareholding in EgyptAir have been scrapped following the airline’s formal decision to join Star Alliance.
The Egyptian Government had been considering selling a 20% shareholding in the carrier and this was expected to take place next year.
But a spokeswoman for the airline says: “It’s not been postponed. It’s been […]

The US National Transportation Safety Board is asking the US FAA to require air carriers to include information about the dangers of using air conditioner carts on the ground.
The action comes more than two years after a May 2005 incident in which an Air Wisconsin flight attendant was ejected from the service door of […]