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Drone pilots take on Mozambique’s disasters

The story of drones in disaster management in Mozambique tell the tale of two floods, writes...

Making trains and
planes recyclable

Researchers have developed an epoxy that allows aircraft components to be reused, writes ANNA ETTLIN of...

Travel Tech: SA Tourism
faces AI challenge

Germany’s vast tourism database offers South Africa a lesson in helping AI travel planners discover smaller...

Lanzerac ends Saxon’s 19-year boutique hotel reign

South African hotels, safari properties and travel companies collected a wide range of honours at the...

Starship goes where no Enterprise went before

Boston-bound Trekkies have six months to see the rediscovered 1964 original model of the Enterprise at...

‘First’ trans-USA autonomous flight

Joby’s converted Cessna Caravan covered more than 5,100km with a safety pilot aboard who never touched...

Travel Tech: When flight trackers expose your secrets

Since aircraft must broadcast their identity and ships have to report their course, revealing patterns become...

SA domestic holiday
travel leaps

South Africans reconnecting closer to home has resulted in local vacation travel growing by more than...

Berlin airport scare exposes travel blind spot

A security alert at Brandenburg Airport left passengers juggling airline systems, highlighting the gaps in direction...

Travel Tech: KnowRoaming returns for the eSIM era

South African investment group DNI has invested in the travel SIM pioneer to help expand its...

Smart wearables replace travel gear

Multifunctional devices are transforming travel by replacing traditional accessories, ranging from health essentials to navigation tools,...

Tourist sites walk
tech tightrope

New research suggests more sights, sounds and interactive effects may not improve engagement, writes GINA CASE.

Taking the stop out of border control

New SITA tech aims to clear most passengers before they reach immigration, writes GINA CASE.

Travel tech: The computer failure that grounded Britain

It was cold comfort for South Africans that a massive air-traffic-control failure in the UK this...

Airline’s AI rebooks
without asking

American Airlines' rebooking AI is moving passengers off flights they could still make, with no human...

Amadeus opens its travel systems to Claude

Amadeus closed its self-service API portal to everyone but enterprise clients, then handed developer access to...

African airlines outpace global passenger market

African carriers recorded some of the strongest passenger growth in July as global air travel barely...