Aerospace Africa TODAY © is the official show daily for the Aerospace Africa exhibition. Silver Queen publishing has been given the exclusive rights to produce Aerospace Africa TODAY ©.

Aerospace Africa TODAY © is editorially compiled by the same experienced UK communications agency responsible for the highly successful Flight show dailies at the Farnborough, Paris, Dubai and Asian Aerospace exhibitions. Our team of authoritative journalists from Europe, Africa, Asia and the USA have worked with aerospace and defence publications around the world including Janes and award winning Flight International. Aerospace Africa TODAY © will be a true daily journal covering events as they happen.

With Parliamentary approval of the Defence Review, countries world-wide are bidding for the South African National Defence Forces modernisation programme. The bids will include, amongst many items, trainer and fighter aircraft, helicopters and their related sub-systems.

Since South Africa's transition to democracy, business and tourist travel to South Africa and neighbouring states has substantially increased (19 airlines served South Africa pre 1974 as opposed to 70+ currently)

SA Tourism board (SATOUR) figures indicate that foreign tourism to SA has increased by 35% in the last year. South Africa is a fast growing airline hub for connections into Africa and to Indian Ocean islands.

Imminent privatisation of SA public utilities is set to attract major foreign investment.

The Commercial Aviation association of Southern Africa (CAASA) founding organisers of the airshow have joined forces with the South African Aerospace Defence and Maritime Association (AMD) to host Aerospace Africa 98