By Daniel Puchert Partially state-owned telecommunications company Telkom announced in its financial results for the year ending 31 March 2025 that its ADSL subscribers had more than halved to under 30,000. According to the company’s operational data, ADSL lines decreased from 64,959 in March 2024 to 29,770. This 54.2% decline highlights that the legacy broadband technology is slowly approaching the end of the road. Telkom’s ADSL business peaked at the end of March 2016 with 1.01 million subscribers — two years after fibre upstart Vumatel broke ground in Parkhurst . What followed was a sharp decline in Telkom ADSL subscribers. Customers connected to its copper networks decreased by more than 500,000 over the next four years. This was partly driven by Telkom itself, which began actively switching off its copper network in some neighbourhoods. If it did not have fibre in the area, it would offer a “fixed line lookalike” wireless service that ran over its cellular ...
Get link
Facebook
X
Pinterest
Email
Other Apps
Antonov An-124 Carries 54 Tonne Generator From Ghana To India
The Antonov An-124 made an interesting journey this week, flying from Accra, Ghana, to Mumbai, India, and back again. The specialized freighter was carrying an oversized power generator which required urgent repairs. As demand for air cargo soars, planes like the An-124 have seen themselves flying missions globally.
The An-124’s design allows it to carry out missions with oversized cargo. Photo: Getty Images
Urgent operation
According to Stat Trade Times, the An-124 was chartered from Antonov Airlines for a special ferry mission by Rhenus Project Logistics USA. The logistics company needed the aircraft to carry a massive power generator with a unique shape, requiring more cabin space to accommodate it.
This was no problem for the An-124, which has a payload capacity of 150 tonnes, more than enough to carry the 54-tonne generator. However, fitting the 10.5m long, 3.89m wide, and 4.13m high item required experts to be on hand for loading and unloading. The flight flew from Accra to Mumbai and then back once the repairs were complete.
The An-124 could easily carry the 54-tonne generator but loading and unloading were slightly more complicated. Photo: Antonov Airlines
The flight was chartered on short notice as the generation required urgent repairs. Considering the demand for An-124s right now, it is impressive that the airline could provide the plane for this mission. However, Antonov and Rhenus Project Logistics have a decades-long relationship, explaining the priority status.
Speaking about the mission, Antonov Airlines Commercial Executive Vladyslav Ishchuk said,
“This transport operation required well-coordinated preparation and actions from both partners to fly such outsized and heavy cargo safely…Antonov Airlines showcased its flexibility by providing the AN-124 aircraft on the required dates during an extremely busy period for the customer to minimise any disruption that could have been faced.”
At the same time Ukrainian Antonov Airlines stated that operation of their AN-124 is safe as maintenance and extension of lifetime of their aircraft are done in close cooperation with holders of type certificates of engine and aircraft and continued operation of its AN-124 fleet.
Nevertheless the grounding of the An-124 from Volga-Dnepr’s fleet impacted availability of such aircraft on the market in the end of year.
Advertisement:
To satisfy the demand it required Antonov Airlines to bring the giant An-225 into service in addition to their AN-124 fleet.
A Volga-Dnepr Antonov An-124 suffered a crash landing due to engine failure and landing gear issues. Photo Getty Images
Cargo demand surging
If 2020 proved to be endlessly challenging for passenger airlines, it had the opposite effect on cargo ones. Demand for international freight has surged with passenger flights grounded since almost 50% of all cargo is carried in the belly of passenger flights. This means cargo airlines have seen revenues shoot up and allowed them to expand their fleets in the last year.
Cargo airlines have seen their revenues surge amid the shortage of cargo capacity. Photo: Getty Images
The usage of the An-124 signals this rise in demand, with dozens of the type flying globally. Airlines expect this demand to last through 2021, further boosting cargo airlines’ bottom line.
Lead Journalist - India - Pranjal is an experienced journalist with a strong focus on Indian aviation. His background in political science and economics gives him unique insight into issues surrounding international travel and governmental regulations. Pranjal is enthusiastic about new aircraft types and has his stories regularly picked up by renowned publications including Forbes. Based in New Delhi, India.
Emirates 777 Diverts To Amsterdam With Suspected Fuel Leak - Simple Flying
Beer
Glory be to God 🙏,thanks the pilot for detecting the fuel ⛽ lickage on time, otherwise it could have been another condolences to the passenger on board.all glory return to God 🙏
Top Comment
Top Comment
India Has Now Repatriated Almost 6 Million Passengers - Simple Flying
Planespotter
The Mexican Air Force aircraft, #FAM3912, crashed this Sunday afternoon (21) in the city of Veracruz, Mexico. I found this some plane crashed in mexico
Top Comment
Top Comment
The Difference Between Contained & Uncontained Engine Failures - Simple Flying
Teepee
Images/video I've seen of the United flight 328 incident do NOT show clear evidence that this failure was un-contained. Although the outer cowling has gone, the containment casing itself looks ok from what can be seen. There is evidence of two lost/fractured fan blades (not turbine) but these should be containable.
Top Comment
Top Comment
3
Boeing Recommends Grounding Some 777s After United Engine Failure - Simple Flying
Chilli
Pretty simple, the hollow fan blades have reached their operating limit after so many cycles at full power... And have to be replaced, re-designed to increase the in-service cycles and beefed up accordingly....
Top Comment
Top Comment
8
Which Airlines Have Grounded Boeing 777 Aircraft? - Simple Flying
mobilegb
You state that the issue only affects 777, but didn't the 747 which had an engine failure over Holland also have P&W 4000 series engines? What is happening with all of these?
Top Comment
Top Comment
4
How Far Can A Modern Twin Jet Fly On One Engine - Simple Flying
Cherries
ETOPS doesn't actually define how long a plane is allowed to fly on one engine. This article talks about how long twin jets are allowed to fly on one engine, which suggests that a 787 is allowed to fly routes 5hrs long on one engine. That's not the case though, a 787 may fly 330 minutes from an airport which it could divert to if an engine failed. If it's 30 minutes from a suitable airport when it loses an engine it's not allowed to carry on flying for 330 minutes to get to its original destination if it's within range.
There are a lot of people, but the oceans are very big. Rosley Majid/EyeEm via Getty Images If everyone on Earth sat in the ocean at once, how much would sea level rise? March 29, 2021 2.07pm SAST Author Tony E. Wong Assistant Professor of Mathematical Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology Disclosure statement Tony E. Wong does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment. Partners Rochester Institute of Technology provides funding as a member of The Conversation US. The Conversation is funded by the National Research Foundation, eight universities, including the Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Rhodes University, Stellenbosch University and the Universities of Cape Town, Johannesburg, Kwa-Zulu Natal, Pretoria, and South Africa. It is hosted by the Universities of the Witwatersrand and Wester...
By Andrew Aloia BBC Sport Last updated on 11 October 2021 11 October 2021 . From the section Football Watson was a trailblazer who helped transform how football was played There are two murals of black footballers facing one another across an alleyway in Glasgow. One helped shape football as we know it, the other is Pele. Andrew Watson captained Scotland to a 6-1 win over England on his debut in 1881. He was a pioneer, the world's first black international, but for more than a century the significance of his achievements went unrecognised. Research conducted over the past three decades has left us with some biographical details: a man descended of slaves and of those who enslaved them, born in Guyana, raised to become an English gentleman and famed as one of Scottish football's first icons. And yet today, 100 years on from his death aged 64, Watson remains something of an enigma, the picture built around him a fractured one. His grainy, faded, sepia image evokes many differen...
Visual Capitalist Elements | September 15, 2021 | 8:58 am Intelligence Australia USA Coal The Countries With the Largest Coal Reserves Cheap and abundant coal remains one of the largest sources of energy worldwide, even as governments set out goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. While jurisdictions in Europe and North America have been phasing out coal use in power generation, it has been on the rise in Asia. China and India are scrambling to provide electricity to a growing population and relying on coal power plants to meet demands despite the environmental costs. SIGN UP FOR THE ENERGY DIGEST Sign Up This infographic takes a look into the BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2021 , and the 11 countries that make up 89% of the coal reserves globally. Coal Reserves, by Country While countries need to phase out coal by 2040 to achieve the Paris Agreement goal of limiting global warming to 1.5ºC, consumption in key ...
Comments
Post a Comment