Travel news overview

• Flights
• 03/05/2020 21:14

SA Express provisionally liquidated

State-owned regional airline SA Express has been placed in provisional liquidation after its business rescue practitioners filed an urgent court application, a reliable source confirmed to Fin24 on Tuesday.

This comes after practitioners lodged the application in the Pretoria High Court on March 25. In March SA Express, like other a… read more

• Flights
• 03/05/2020 14:46

Outlook for the African Airlines

As with IATA’s financial forecast for the Middle East, the organisation’s estimates for Africa also make for grim reading. It found the continent’s airlines could lose $6 billion of passenger revenue compared to 2019, which is $2bn more than was predicted at the start of April.

Al Bakri said: “Airlines in Africa are struggling for survival… read more

• Flights
• 03/05/2020 11:46

Emirates announces limited passenger services in Africa for week ahead

Emirates plans to operate passenger services to limited destinations in Africa next week.

These services are Johannesburg (25 April), Lagos (26 April), and Tunis (30 April).These services will facilitate residents and visitors wishing to return home.Only citizens of the destination countries, and those who meet the entry requirement… read more

• Flights
• 03/05/2020 11:42

South Africa seeks a new flag carrier

South Africa is seeking to create a new thriving national airline out of the ashes of its current state-owned carrier, which is technically insolvent and on the brink of being placed in liquidation by administrators.

An ideal replacement for South African Airways (SAA) would have both public and private owners, maintain the country’s trade… read more

• Flights
• 03/05/2020 11:34

Air Mauritius Enters Voluntary Administration

Air Mauritius is currently under voluntary administration. Amidst the Covid-19 crisis, the Mauritian national carrier wishes to give itself the necessary breathing space and set the conducive conditions for restructuring opportunities in order to stay afloat.

Sattar Hajee Abdoula, FCA and Arvindsingh K. Gokhool, FCCA have been appoi… read more

• Flights
• 03/05/2020 10:29

Air Namibia to restart domestic flights

Air Namibia has announed to resume domestic flights as of 06 May 2020.

The network includes Windhoek/Eros, Ondangwa, Rundu, Katima Mulido, Luderitz, Oranjemund and Walvis Bay. Air Namibia offers a 10% discount on all online bookings.

• Rail
• 26/04/2020 08:38

Tanzania Railway Corporation

Tanzania Railway Corporation is continuing with compensation in Dodoma for all citizens who have been impacted by the construction project of the modern railway in Morogoro. Covid-19 protocols are in place to mitigate risk to the community.

• Flights
• 26/04/2020 08:33

Kenya Airways carries cargo “to stay afloat”

Most of the airlines have either ceased operations or just operate a very limited emergency schedule.

But Kenya Airways has traneformed into a cargo airline in order to simply stay alive. The Nairobi-based airline has cancelled all international services and is now making a living by freighting produce and equipment to a number of c… read more

• Destinations
• 06/04/2020 07:10

Rwanda reopens cross-province transport

The Rwandan cabinet on Tuesday approved resumption of transport between provinces and motorcycle passenger service, which had been banned previously as COVID-19 preventive measures.

However, cross-province transport to and from districts of Rusizi and Rubavu in western Rwanda and motorcycles carrying passengers in the two border tow… read more

• Rail
• 31/03/2020 14:41

Uganda rail service effected

Uganda Railroad as announced to halt all pessenger services in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

All passenger train services were already suspended on March 23rd 2020 until further notice. Freight trains will continue to operate.