ATC   Airports   Aviation Safety & Regulation   Airport Infrastructure & Air Traffic Management  
Flying Magazine • Meg Godlewski

One-Way-In, One-Way-Out airport flows add complexity for pilots—testing skill and runway-operations discipline

Airports that adopt one-way-in, one-way-out configurations can create operational hurdles for crews, elevating the technical demands of runway and approach management. The setup effectively turns routine movements into more constrained flying tasks, surfacing differences in pilot technique and airport-side procedures.

2026-04-22T05:06:47.400965-07:00
Africa   Airlines  
ch-aviation • Hilka Birns

Namibia and Botswana moot joint airline

By ch-aviation: Namibia and Botswana are planning to establish a joint airline backed by a strategic partner, Botswana’s Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure has confirmed.

2026-04-22T04:24:34.885390-07:00
Event   Orders   Aircraft Manufacturing (OEMs)  
Air Data News • Ricardo Meier

Daher delivers 1,300th TBM turboprop after nearly four decades of production

By Air Data News: The French-built family of single-engine turboprops has been in service since 1990, carving out a niche between conventional turboprops and Daher has delivered the 1,300th aircraft from its TBM family , nearly 36 years after the first example entered service.

2026-04-22T04:06:39.643787-07:00
Africa   Policy & Regulation   Airlines  
ch-aviation • Hilka Birns

Poor audit at South African Airways blamed on state capture

By ch-aviation: South Africa's transport minister, Barbara Creecy, declined to discuss South African Airways' current financial status during a parliamentary oversight meeting, attributing the airline’s recent poor audit outcome to the "state capture" era, with criminal investigations ongoing at the airline.

2026-04-22T04:57:57.561992-07:00