NEWSWATCH: Things have no doubt been abuzz at Uber with the announcement of new CEO Dara Khosrowshahi. Khosrowshahi, the former head of Expedia, wants to take Uber public in the next 18 to 36 months. In addition, the company has officially launched its Movement traffic data tool. 1 Sep 2017
BERLIN, Germany: Ryanair chief executive Michael O' Leary on Wednesday said his airline would not make a bid for insolvent Air Berlin, slamming what he called a German "stitch-up" designed to benefit Lufthansa. 31 Aug 2017
SAA has received a commitment from the Angolan government to pay the money it owes for airline tickets, Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba says. 31 Aug 2017
SINGAPORE - Passengers' baggage is collected by robots, they relax in a luxurious waiting area complete with an indoor garden before getting a face scan and swiftly passing through security and immigration - this could be the airport of the future. 29 Aug 2017
According to Emmanuel Ntshangase, country manager of Maersk Line Hinterland Territories, the development of railway infrastructure is an important building block to improve trade across southern Africa Hinterland Territories, comprising three landlocked countries - Malawi, Zimbabwe, and Zambia. 29 Aug 2017
PARIS, France - A dogfight over the assets of troubled Alitalia and Air Berlin heralds a new shake-up in the European airline industry - but unless other carriers cut costs they may meet a similar fate themselves, analysts warn. 28 Aug 2017
Marine pilot at Port of Saldanha - the deepest port in South Africa which handles the biggest vessels of all the country's ports - Salmaa Vincent was able to apply her newly acquired Open Licence certification to craftily guide a 350-metre long vessel with a deadweight tonnage of 300,000dwt into the port, just ahead of Women's Month. She is the first female within Transnet National Ports Authority to hold this licence for such large vessels. 28 Aug 2017
Bruno Gutierres, Head of Airbus BizLabs
Airbus Bizlab, a global aerospace accelerator which brings startups and it's own entrepreneurs together to transform innovative ideas into valuable businesses more quickly, is targeting Southern African startups with innovative ideas that will help define the future of aerospace business with the launch of the #Africa4Future challenge in partnership with the Silicon Cape Initiative. 25 Aug 2017
The City of Cape Town's Integrated Public Transport Network (IPTN) Business Plan which proposes significant involvement of the minibus-taxi industry in future MyCiTi service rollouts, has been adopted by the city's council. The IPTN Business Plan outlines how the city can transform Cape Town's public transport system while ensuring the long-term financial and fiscal sustainability of operations. 25 Aug 2017
Government plans to sell its shares in profitable Telkom to raise R10bn to bail out debt-ridden SAA emerged in Parliament on Wednesday, just hours after public spending watchdog committee Scopa was told by the national airline that it was broke. DA MP Alf Lees told the House he had "in my possession a document, marked secret, saying Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba is planning to give SAA a R10bn bailout, primarily by selling government's shares in Telkom." It's the latest twist in the SAA saga of financial and governance turmoil. 24 Aug 2017
Lady Sponsor of the Usiba tug, Judith Nzimande, with the new tug which will serve at the Port of Richards Bay.
On 22 August, the new Usiba tug was christened and named ahead of its delivery to the Port of Richards bay while the Port of Durban took delivery of its Umbilo tug, launched and named in May, seeing Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) celebrate a twin milestone for its KwaZulu-Natal ports. Part of TNPA's R1.4bn, nine-tug construction contract, the vessels are the sixth and seventh, respectively, to roll off the production line on time and within budget. The nine tugs are being built by Southern African Shipyards in Durban. 24 Aug 2017
There would be something gratifying about guessing the future, particularly when it is patently counter-intuitive. Isn't carpooling all about that quaint 70's notion that we could all reduce our petrol costs and save the planet if only we could remember a lesson taught to all school children on their first day at school? 24 Aug 2017
Nick Hoffman engaging with students
Online bidding platform for road freight transport, Linebooker, has been instructing students from Stellenbosch University to ensure change management is top-of-mind as the industry transforms at a rapid rate. Disruption is the name of the game and as part of guiding the next generation of transport and logistics professionals, these students are learning first-hand what it's all about from Linebooker. 23 Aug 2017
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Transport company, FedEx Express has introduced a new temperature-controlled solution, FedEx Cold Shipping, in South Africa. 23 Aug 2017
Kenya - Safaricom-backed taxi-hailing platform Little has unveiled an electronic wallet to encourage riders using their taxis to pay for trips online. 22 Aug 2017
Barbara Kulenkamp
Lufthansa female commercial pilot, Barbara Kuhlenkamp shares her experience of being a female pilot in a male-dominated field. 22 Aug 2017
TANGA, Tanzania — Tanga Port looks forward to a bright future, projecting to serve over five times the current consignment as a result of the planned implementation of various construction projects, citing industries and Hoima-Tanga crude oil pipeline. 21 Aug 2017
Nigeria - The low value of the naira has increased the cost of overseas aircraft maintenance to over N50bn annually, Nigerian airline operators have said. They noted that the cost would have been higher if many of the airlines did not shut down their operations in the last five years. There are relatively fewer operating aircraft as the number of aircraft on maintenance has decreased by about 35 percent. 21 Aug 2017
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