South African air navigation service ATNS is suspending instrument flight procedures at three airports after regulatory approvals expired. No access to Bloemfontein airport, as well as Richards Bay ...

With an operational crisis now in its 16th month, the Airlines Association of Southern Africa (AASA) is pushing for greater urgency and clarity from the Air Traffic and Navigation Services (ATNS).

Aviation expert Linden Burns said the continued failure to address the suspension of instrument flight procedures was indefensible, as airlines and commuters are impacted. Instrument flight procedures ...

The Air Traffic and Navigation Services (ATNS) has announced significant progress in restoring and validating instrument flight procedures across South Africa’s airport network. The state entity said ...

KENT, Wash. & MONTREAL--(BUSINESS WIRE)--At the ICAO Performance-based Navigation (PBN) Symposium this week, GE Aviation received ICAO’s endorsement as a qualified instrument flight procedure design ...

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Minister of Transport Barbara Creecy has given Air Traffic Navigation Services (ATNS) two weeks to resolve the navigation suspension at some South African airports. Creecy convened an urgent oversight ...

For Michele*, it was supposed to be a routine and stress-free FlySafair flight from Johannesburg to George in the Western Cape in October. A two-hour flight, such as this is uncomplicated, apart from ...

There is a reason you earned that instrument rating.

More than 200 instrument flight procedures have been suspended by the country’s Air Traffic and Navigation Services at airports across the country. The Airline Association of Southern Africa (AASA) ...