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Air Mauritius from July 2020 plans to resume service to Rodrigues, subject to travel restrictions and approval. This will be the airline’s sole route between 01JUL20 and 31AUG20, as the airline extended scheduled service suspension until 31AUG20 inclusive.
The airline currently schedules 3 weekly Mauritius – Rodr… read more
International carrier Virgin Atlantic has disclosed that it will resume it’s passenger flights to 17 additional destinations from August 2020 including Lagos to London Heathrow which will start on the 24th of August.
This was contained in a statement reported by thetravelport.com.ng, in which it stated that the Lagos to Londo… read more
Radisson Hotel Group today announces its Radisson Hotels Safety Protocol, a new program of in-depth cleanliness and disinfection procedures, in partnership with SGS, the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company.
One of Radisson Hotel Group’s highest priorities is the continued health, safety and se… read more
Could a new airline be on the cards for South Africa? Former CEO of Comair, Gidon Novick, plans to start a new domestic airline before the end of 2020. This will take advantage of a travel industry that has changed fundamentally due to COVID-19, requiring more efficiency, cost-consciousness and a simpler way of flying. He plans to use an existin… read more
The Tourism Authority of Mauritius recently released a new set of guidelines that highlight the sanitary measures necessary to be undertaken by the tourism sector for resuming tourism activities. The guidelines have been designed to tourism businesses with specific health and safety solutions to ensure the protection of staff and customer… read more
The Tourism Business Council of South Africa (TBCSA) says the International travel may resume by September despite the prediction by South Africa’s Department of Tourism that tourism activities would not resume until February 2021
A briefing last month by South Africa’s Department of Tourism stated that tourism wouldn’… read more
The Minister of Aviation Senator Hadi Sirika says a test run is to be conducted at the Lagos airport to ascertain the level of preparedness of the airport for resumption of flights.
The dry run exercise according to the Minister would come up on Saturday this week the 27 of June to see how things would look like at resu… read more
Virgin Atlantic plans to relaunch its London Heathrow-Johannesburg route on September 15. Johannesburg is one of 17 destinations that the airline aims to relaunch as soon as travel restrictions are eased.
Head of Middle East, Africa and India of Virgin Atlantic Airways, Liezl Gericke, says the relaunch… read more
Despite government support to the national carrier and vital sectors to restart economic and industrial activities, Air Mauritius is facing an abyssal financial problem. According to several sources, Air Mauritius expects to report a loss of MUR 9.5 billion Mauritian rupees (USD 238 million) for the current financial year, ending March 2021.… read more
The national carrier of the State of Qatar continues to maintain its position as the largest international carrier in the world, operating over 270 weekly flights to more than 45 destinations. The airline’s gradual rebuilding of its network continues with flights resuming in the past week to the following destinations:… read more
Air Mauritius restarts Rodrigues service in July/August 2020
Virgin Atlantic’s Lagos route to resume August 24th
Radisson Hotel with Safety Protocol
New Airline for South Africa?
Mauritius: MTA publishes guidelines to start operations
Nigeria: test run of Lagos airport this saturday
Qatar Airways now back into 45 destinations
