Travel news overview

• Miscellaneous
• 21/08/2020 13:38

WTTC: Interactive COVID-19 travel demand recovery dashboard

A new in-depth data dashboard highlighting the recovery of travel demand across flights and hotels, as well as revealing the shifting intentions of travellers through online travel searches, has been launched by the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC). The one-stop data shop or Interactive COVID-19 Travel Demand Recovery Dash… read more

• Destinations
• 21/08/2020 02:04

Entebbe Airport prepares for reopening

Going through Entebbe International Airporthas always been a rough experience for the average traveller but COVID-19 prevention protocols could make your check-in and check-out even more cumbersome. Before the COVID-19 pandemic wreaked havoc around the world and grounded thousands of airlines, travellers going through Entebbe were ex… read more

• Flights
• 21/08/2020 02:03

Mango Airlines CEO moving to Europe

CEO of Mango AirlinesSOC Ltd, Nico Bezuidenhout, has resigned his appointment at the South African company to head up a European airline.

Following the departure of the CFO and director of flight operations who left earlier, Bezuidenhout becomes the third executive to depart from Mango, a low-cost airline, and subsi… read more

• Flights
• 21/08/2020 02:02

KLM returns to Cairo after three-year absence

Cairo is being restored to KLM’s international passenger network after an absence of more than three years. The SkyTeam alliance member, which last served Egypt’s capital city in early 2017, will resume operations from Sept. 9. Flights will be 2X-weekly onboard Boeing 777-200ER aircraft.

However, the resu… read more

• Flights
• 21/08/2020 02:00

Air France Intercontinental network changes

Air France this week filed changes to its planned Inter-continental service during Northern winter 2020/21 season, effective from 25OCT20 to 27MAR21. Frequency and aircraft changes listed below is based on comparison of GDS schedules as of 20AUG20 vs OAG schedules as of 16AUG20.

Prior to this week’s update, previous listing was … read more

• Flights
• 21/08/2020 02:00

Nigeria to enforce principle of reciprocity as international flights resume

FOLLOWING what seems to be an eye opener to the nation’s leadership during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic and the numerous denials of evacuation flights into certain countries, Federal government has said that Nigeria will enforce the principle of reciprocity in granting permission to airlines to resume operations in the country as it opens… read more

• Flights
• 21/08/2020 02:00

South African Airways’ last A350s returned to Air Mauritius

The last of South African Airways’ A350 has left Johannesburg. Following the departure of two A350s in July, today the final two have made the three and a half hour journey across the ocean to the island of Mauritius.They are being returned to Air Mauritius, but it is not known what will happen to them next.

South Afri… read more

• Flights
• 21/08/2020 01:58

Nigeria: Lufthansa, BA, Emirates will return to Nigeria 1st September

….NANTA assures preparedness and education of customers with protocols

Some foreign airlines have indicated their readiness to start flights in and out of Nigeria from 1st of September, 2020 after the reopening of the airspace and airports to international flights from the 29th August, 2020.However, some have pushed their resumption… read more

• Flights
• 21/08/2020 01:56

Emirates expects to serve all ‘network destinations’ by summer 2021

Dubai-based airline Emirates expects to resume flights to all “network destinations” by summer 2021, its chief operating officer said Thursday, after the coronavirus pandemic halted most global air travel. The Middle East’s largest carrier, which has a fleet of 270 wide-bodied aircraft, halted operations in late March.

S… read more

• Destinations
• 21/08/2020 01:51

Cape Town receives global Safe Travels stamp

The Mother City has received a Safe Travels stamp, securing its place as a safe destination for travellers to visit. The stamp is the first of its kind and it indicates that a destination is safe to venture to in terms of its strict health and safety protocols.

Cape Town Tourism (CTT), the official destination marketing and management orga… read more