In response to some concerns over the recent news surrounding Airlink's aircraft, the airline has released this official statement:
** NEWS RELEASE: 21 JANUARY 2010 ** AIRLINK JETSTREAM 41 FLEET CLEARED TO RE-ENTER SERVICE
JOHANNESBURG – Airlink, the Southern African regional airline, welcomes the SA Civil Aviation Authority’s (SA CAA) decision to allow its Jetstream 41 aircraft to return to service.
Earlier today, the SA CAA cleared Airlink’s Jetstream 41 fleet after wrapping up its intensified inspection of the aircraft - a process underway since the fleet was grounded on 23 December 2009.
“The SA CAA’s reinstatement of the Jetstream 41’s Certificates of Airworthiness is a welcome relief and confirms that Airlink maintains its Jetstream 41s in full compliance with South African and international regulations and with the manufacturers’ prescribed procedures,” explained Airlink CEO, Rodger Foster.
“At this time, I want to thank our loyal customers for their continued support and apologise sincerely for any inconvenience and anxiety they’ve suffered as a result of the disruption to our normal services,” he added.
“While the SA CAA’s decision positively endorses Airlink, we will continue our drive to enhance safety in everything we do. We will regroup and work hard to restore public confidence in our airline after what has been the most difficult four months in Airlink’s otherwise very safe and successful 17-year history,” he added.
Airlink intends putting six of the 13 Jetstream 41 aircraft back into service, keeping the others in reserve. Airlink is also in the process of acquiring four additional Embraer 135 twin-jets, which will all be in service on the recently-consolidated route network by the end of this month.
Airlink serves 25 destinations in 7 countries with over 3,300 flights a month.
December 2009
Our final Bush Blog of 2009 is now out - check it out here. Hopefully by next year we will have some more interactivity on this site so that readers can comment on the Blogs and add their two cents... which is nice!
November 2009
Jos & Rob have just returned from a successful marketing trip to the UK which included attending the World Travel Market - exhibiting on the busy Mozambican stand - and conducting a 'roadshow' of African travel operators in southern and west England.
We now have new email addresses, although our One Africa addresses still apply so no need to change your address books madly!
Jos (Marketing & Sales):
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October 2009
We have just received the first few clips from the new National Geographic premier film on Gorongosa which is due out on the Nat Geo Channel next year (2010) across the world. The footage is truly stunning and we will be trying to get some clips on our site soon to give you a taste of the brilliant filming (and beautiful setting) of this exciting movie... watch this space!
September 2009
Jos & Rob will be visiting the UK in early November for the World Travel Market and look forward to touching base with some of our UK-based operators, past guests, family, and friends... for those who would like to see us at WTM or during our planned 'roadshow' thereafter, please
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to make an appointment...
Rob will be heading up to the huge Niassa Reserve next month for the first of what we hope will be many set-departure expeditions to this magical wilderness reserve. This trip is a birding special, organised in connection with Africa Geographic magazine and is hosted by Rob and our friends up in Niassa, Derek & Paula, with Ian Michler as the trip birding guru.
August 2009
Our partner, Greg Reis, was up in Gorongosa to visit the project recently. He had a great week with us with many great game-viewing and birding opportunities. He was very lucky to see a Fish Eagle catching a fish in one of the pans, as well as spending some quality time with some elephants who were making themselves regulars at Paradise Pan around midday every day of the week. Greg also had some time to catch up with the team and stay in the newly placed Tent 2... lions pacing around and roaring right outside his tent on his final night was a great way to end his visit. We look forward to seeing him back in paradise soon...
