The Minister of Transport has under section 155(z) (ii), read with section 74(1) (b), of the Civil Aviation Act, 2009, (Act No. 13 of 2009)
amended the Civil Aviation Authority Passenger Safety Charge Regulations, 2010, as contained in the Schedule hereunder.
SCHEDULE
AMENDMENT OF CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY PASSENGER SAFETY CHARGE REGULATIONS, 2010
1.Paragraph 2 of the Civil Aviation Authority Passenger Safety Charge Regulations, 2010, is hereby amended by the substitution for sub-paragraph (1)
of the following sub-paragraph:
“(1) A Civil Aviation Authority Passenger Safety Charge amounting to R16.00 shall be payable by aircraft passengers departing on an aircraft
from an aerodrome within the Republic of South Africa on a scheduled public air transport flight or part of a flight to a destination within or outside the territory of the Republic of South Africa.”.
Commencement
2.This Amendment of the Civil Aviation Authority Passenger Safety Charge Regulations, 2010, shall come into operation on 1 March 2012.”

In South Africa a Charter flight is someone who charters a plane for a specific route @ a specific time, generally the likes of a smaller 6 seater plane or Lear jet or similar - not a Boeing or large passenger carrier where seats are resold like in Europe. So next time you ask for a charter flight check which  country you are in and what the general meaning of the word is.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/XB3PSW5

As if self-service kiosks and kulula.mobi weren’t enough, we’ve now introduced “chop-chop agents”. Our friendly agents will be wearing kulula green t-shirts and making use of the latest Acer tablet technology to get fans through the airport process stress free. Anyone can check themselves in, and we want to encourage fans with 3 digit kulula flight numbers to take the power into their own hands.

Check-in, get your boarding pass, drop your baggage off at the counter provided and away
you go! It’s really that easy. Look out for our “chop chop agents” at Cape Town, Jo’burg, Durbs, Lanseria and George Airports.

After having a lengthy conversation with my friend and Sales Executive for Malaysian Airlines, Mohammad Omar, I can herewith confirm the following.

Malaysia Airlines has released their decision to their staff this morning that they will seize operations into South Africa from 01 February 2012.
Their last flight will operate from our shores on the 31st January. A formal press release will follow but their sales team was advised to call their clients to inform them of the decision in the mean time.

Should you have any clients booked beyond this 31 January termination date on Malaysian Airlines you should be looking at alternate options asap.

 Great work beachcomber certainly setting the standards for mobi sites in SA.

Memorandum
To : IATA Agents

From: Aleks Popovich, Senior Vice President IDFS

Date: 02 December 2011

Subject: American Airlines – (AA /001)

American Airlines filed for bankruptcy protection with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York on 29 November 2011. The purpose of that filing is to provide protection for the company from its creditors while it reorganizes.

IATA’s position is to do whatever we can to support our Member Airlines which are undergoing a restructuring process, while also protecting the interests of our other Members, IATA Agents and the traveling public.

IATA will be working very closely with American Airlines’ senior management and the Bankruptcy Court to reach an agreement for American to assume and honor its obligations and to provide a security deposit consistent with IATA policy. No such agreement for a security deposit has yet been finalized.

For the time being American appears to intend continuing all flight operations, and has received court approval to continue making transactions through the BSP and CASS processes, with no disruption to data processing, remittances or settlements.

If you have any further questions, please contact your local IATA office. We will keep you informed of any changes to the situation.

Best regards,
Aleks Popovich

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