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South African Tourism Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane has said the country is set to open the tourism industry in September after months of lockdown occasioned by the coronavirus pandemic.
This minister disclosed this in an interview with CNN International Anchor Richard Quest, stated the country will focus more on its dome… read more
EU officials announced that the citizens of Australia, Canada, Georgia, Japan, Morocco, New Zealand, Rwanda, South Korea, Thailand, Tunisia, Uruguay, China will now be able to travel in the Schengen Zone.
According to the officials, the borders of the European Union will be open for the citizens of those countries only on ‘mu… read more
Airbus said on Thursday it was further cutting production of its marquee A350 jet on Thursday as it swung to a larger-than-expected second-quarter loss in the face of global pandemic.
The planemaker also said it hoped to avoid consuming cash before M&A and customer financing in the second half of the year after a q… read more
Today, when announcing its 2nd quarter results, Boeing has confirmed it would delay the delivery of its first 777X until 2022. Also, Boeing has confirmed that 747 production would end in 2022.
The 787 production rate will be reduced to 6 per month in 2021. The 777/777X combined production rate will be gradually reduced to 2 p… read more
Uganda Bankers Association (UBA) has launched the ‘No Merchant Surcharge’ Campaign dubbed “Pay with your Card @ No Extra Cost”. The campaign aims to raise awareness of the Card payment system. The campaign aims at eliminating the practice of merchants levying extra fees for electronic payments made using Point of Sale (POS) machine… read more
Nigerians who are desperate to travel to long-haul destinations now go to Benin Republic and Equatorial Guinea to catch international flights. Investigations by THISDAY reveal that these two countries did not close their borders because of coronavirus pandemic. Owing to this, THISDAY learnt that people travel b… read more
Travel agencies in Nigeria have renewed their call to the Federal Government to reopen the nation's airports for international operations to avoid the collapse of the downstream sector of the aviation industry.
There is still uncertainty over the resumption of international flights four months after the suspension by the gove… read more
Sterling Bank says it has set aside N5bn as an intervention fund to
help grow Nigeria’s domestic tourism. This was revealed by Shina
Atilola, Head of Retail and Consumers, during a conference hosted
Wednesday (22 July) by Gog… read more
In light of the changing global situation relating to the COVID-19 virus, the event organisers, Reed Exhibitions have continued to monitor the impact it is having not just on our industry, but on society in general. Many meetings took place with the Dubai World Trade Centre and have reviewed other options to organise an event in the last … read more
East Africa Airports COVID-19 staff training on safety measures is being conducted with the aim being to equip them to handle passengers. This program is being happening at the busiest airports in East Africa following 3 months of closure and is being funded through the German Government. The East African Community (EAC) airports a… read more
Minister gives september date for reopening South Africa in a CNN interview
Citizens of 12 more countries allowed to travel to EU
Airbus reduces A350 production
Boeing to end production of B747
Uganda: Banks waive Merchants Surcharge for 6 months
Nigeria: Travellers go to neighbouring countries to fly overseas
High pressure on Travel Agencies because of N26 Billion unused tickets
Sterling Bank will invest N5bn to support Nigerian domestic tourism development
ATM Dubai: postponed to May 2021
