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South Africa To Repatriate Over 200 Citizens Stranded In India On Friday
South Africa will repatriate over 200 citizens, who have been stranded across India due to the COVID-19 restrictions, by a charter flight on May 22, according to the country's department of international relations.
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In Hunt For Clean Jet Fuel, South Africa Swaps Tobacco For Weeds
When a South African Airways Boeing 737 took off from O.R. Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg two years ago, headed for Cape Town, it was powered by an unusual fuel: tobacco.
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Rent-A-Captain: This Airline Is Leasing Out Pilots And Cabin Crew
South African Airways (SAA) is being buffeted by financial turbulence and new chief executive Vuyani Jarana says he has ambitious plans to steer the company to safety. One of his bold cost-cutting schemes involves leasing out SAA's pilots and cabin crew to foreign airlines battling a global shortage of flight staff.
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100 Unhurt in South Africa After Jet Landing Gear Collapse
Part of the landing gear of a British Airways Boeing 737-400 with 100 people on board collapsed shortly after the jet touched down at Johannesburg on Monday after a local flight, the aircraft's operators said.
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Woman Arrested for Trying to Smuggle Ephedrine Worth Rs 22 Crore in Kochi
A South African woman has been arrested for allegedly attempting to smuggle out 14 kg of white powder-- suspected to be Ephedrine-- worth Rs 22 crore at the international airport at Nedumbassery in Kochi.
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South African Girl Caught Trying to Join Islamic State
A 15-year-old South African girl was on Sunday pulled from a flight moments before trying to leave the country to join the Islamic State jihadists, state security said.
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112 Indians Arriving from Ebola-Hit Liberia; Mumbai, Delhi Airports Gear Up
Elaborate precautionary arrangements have been put in place at the Mumbai Airport to screen the 112 stranded Indians, who are expected to arrive on Tuesday by various flights from and around the Ebola-hit Liberia, authorities said on Monday.
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Hong-Kong-Bound Flight Hits Turbulence, 20 Injured
South African Airways says 20 people on a Hong Kong-bound flight were injured when the plane ran into severe turbulence.
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Air India Formally Becomes 27th Member of Star Alliance
Air India formally became the 27th member of Star Alliance on Friday, opening up its domestic network in the fifth largest aviation market to the global airlines grouping's passengers the world over.
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British Airways airplane wing strikes Johannesburg airport building
A British Airways airplane carrying 202 people struck an office building at Johannesburg's OR Tambo International Airport with its wing while taxiing for take-off Sunday, injuring four.
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Fire guts Kenya's main airport, chokes regional gateway
A fire engulfed Kenya's main airport today, forcing the suspension of international passenger flights and choking a vital travel gateway to east Africa.
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Gupta family wedding scandal triggers political row: report
A controversial wedding in an Indian-origin family in South Africa has allegedly created a rift between President Jacob Zuma and African National Congress (ANC) secretary-general Gwede Mantashe, a media report said.
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Jet enters codeshare agreement with South African Airways
Private carrier Jet Airways said on Tuesday that it has entered into a code share arrangement with South African Airways to offer seamless travel to South Africa-bound passengers.
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South Africa To Repatriate Over 200 Citizens Stranded In India On Friday
South Africa will repatriate over 200 citizens, who have been stranded across India due to the COVID-19 restrictions, by a charter flight on May 22, according to the country's department of international relations.
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In Hunt For Clean Jet Fuel, South Africa Swaps Tobacco For Weeds
When a South African Airways Boeing 737 took off from O.R. Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg two years ago, headed for Cape Town, it was powered by an unusual fuel: tobacco.
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Rent-A-Captain: This Airline Is Leasing Out Pilots And Cabin Crew
South African Airways (SAA) is being buffeted by financial turbulence and new chief executive Vuyani Jarana says he has ambitious plans to steer the company to safety. One of his bold cost-cutting schemes involves leasing out SAA's pilots and cabin crew to foreign airlines battling a global shortage of flight staff.
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100 Unhurt in South Africa After Jet Landing Gear Collapse
Part of the landing gear of a British Airways Boeing 737-400 with 100 people on board collapsed shortly after the jet touched down at Johannesburg on Monday after a local flight, the aircraft's operators said.
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Woman Arrested for Trying to Smuggle Ephedrine Worth Rs 22 Crore in Kochi
A South African woman has been arrested for allegedly attempting to smuggle out 14 kg of white powder-- suspected to be Ephedrine-- worth Rs 22 crore at the international airport at Nedumbassery in Kochi.
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South African Girl Caught Trying to Join Islamic State
A 15-year-old South African girl was on Sunday pulled from a flight moments before trying to leave the country to join the Islamic State jihadists, state security said.
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112 Indians Arriving from Ebola-Hit Liberia; Mumbai, Delhi Airports Gear Up
Elaborate precautionary arrangements have been put in place at the Mumbai Airport to screen the 112 stranded Indians, who are expected to arrive on Tuesday by various flights from and around the Ebola-hit Liberia, authorities said on Monday.
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Hong-Kong-Bound Flight Hits Turbulence, 20 Injured
South African Airways says 20 people on a Hong Kong-bound flight were injured when the plane ran into severe turbulence.
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Air India Formally Becomes 27th Member of Star Alliance
Air India formally became the 27th member of Star Alliance on Friday, opening up its domestic network in the fifth largest aviation market to the global airlines grouping's passengers the world over.
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British Airways airplane wing strikes Johannesburg airport building
A British Airways airplane carrying 202 people struck an office building at Johannesburg's OR Tambo International Airport with its wing while taxiing for take-off Sunday, injuring four.
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Fire guts Kenya's main airport, chokes regional gateway
A fire engulfed Kenya's main airport today, forcing the suspension of international passenger flights and choking a vital travel gateway to east Africa.
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Gupta family wedding scandal triggers political row: report
A controversial wedding in an Indian-origin family in South Africa has allegedly created a rift between President Jacob Zuma and African National Congress (ANC) secretary-general Gwede Mantashe, a media report said.
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Jet enters codeshare agreement with South African Airways
Private carrier Jet Airways said on Tuesday that it has entered into a code share arrangement with South African Airways to offer seamless travel to South Africa-bound passengers.
