THE WORLD IN THE PASSENGER BESIDE YOU
It is a familiar routine. Arrive at the airport, check in, through security with almost automated response to plastic bins needing feeding with tech toys, to the lounge, boa
PARTING GIFT TO HIS PEOPLE
December 05th, 2013. Midnight, South Africa time. It will forever be a day when people across the world will remember exactly where they were, what they were doing, when the
THE SATISFACTION OF HITTING ‘SEND’
Again. Once again, the wrath of Mother Nature has left a section of the globe battered, bruised, broken. And at a level of helplessness beyond comprehension. Super Typhoon H
COUNTDOWN TO WINTER OLYMPIC GLORY – A HOPE, A PRAYER, AND A WHOLE LOT OF HARD WORK
The countdown is officially on, and the world is acutely focused on readiness watch. In less than 100 days the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games and Paralympic Games will ligh
FAMILIAR FACES, NOT FOREIGN PLACES
Once again, just one month after a massive fire at NBO International Airport fire that stopped the movements of air transport (and interdependent tourist and trade flows), t
NBO – A BURNING REMINDER OF THE IMPORTANCE OF AVIATION
As the stale scent of smoke lingers over the scorched remains of the international terminal of NBO airport in Kenya, so to do the questions. How did the fire start? What wil
PATIENCE AND PRAYER
At different points on the world map, for very different reasons, millions watch…and wait…and wait…and pray. From Moscow to Pretoria, London to Cairo, the waiting cont
THE SELFISHNESS OF SORROW
With heavy hearts, the people of South Africa and the world wait, holding vigil, and their gaze on the Pretoria hospital that has housed the ailing President Mandela for thr
GOING THE DISTANCE
Right here, right now, Cape Town’s international airport is enjoying the arrival of aviation leaders from across the globe. The occasion? IATA’s Annual General M
ONE PLACE, ONE MOMENT, YET ONE WORLD
April 15th, 2013 – a day presumed to be one dedicated to sporting heroes running across Boston’s marathon finish line, in a split second, turned into a day of he