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Seychelles Leading the Way to Travel Recovery
Keeping the tropical islands of Seychelles in the limelight, Seychelles Tourism Board (STB) Chief Executive Mrs. Sherin Francis spoke to the renowned hospitality keynote speaker, Marketing and Communication Expert Ms. Dolores Semeraro, about the destination’s stand for safe tourism.
In her interview on Thursday, September 17, 2020, … read more
RwandAir restarts its flights to LON and BRU
RwandAir will resume flights to and from London and Brussels to Kigali from October 3, 2020, as it reinstates its passenger network. The resumption of European services will see the leading African carrier switch its UK operations from London Gatwick, with commercial flights to the Rwandan capital now departing from London Hea… read more
EU Urges Nigeria To Lift Airspace Restrictions On KLM, Air France, Lufthansa
European Union (EU) has urged the federal government to have a rethink over restrictions placed on KLM, Lufthansa and Air France.
The request was made on Friday during a meeting between the Presidential TaskForce on COVID-19 and European Union ambassadors. Nigeria had announced restrictions on some foreign airline… read more
Arik Air resumes full flight operations
The management of Arik Air has declared that full flight operations are back, following resolution of the picketing embarked upon by a section of the workers’ union on Monday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that operations of Arik Air was shut down on Sept.14 by Aviation unions.
The unions w… read more
Governement: SAA will not be liquidated
The Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) has confirmed that the government will reprioritise funds to finalise the restructuring of South African Airways (SAA) and the implementation of the airline’s business rescue plan. An announcement to this effect will be announced in the Adjustments Appropriation Bill, which will be introduce… read more
Probe Wakashio Grounding: Japan sending team to Mauritius
Japan said on Friday it will send a five-person team to Mauritius to investigate the grounding of a Japanese-owned ship off the country’s coast that led to an environmental crisis. A bulk carrier owned by Japan’s Nagashiki Shipping and chartered by Mitsui OSK ran aground on a reef off Mauritius on July 25 and later began leaki… read more
European airlines set to resume flight to South Africa
Air France and KLM are set to resume their commercial South African flight schedule from October 1, 2020. This follows the announcement from President Cyril Ramaphosa on September 16 that South Africa will be entering lockdown level one and restrictions on international travel will be eased.
“We … read more
Uganda: virtual Safari to kick-start tourism sector
Uganda is ready to reopen its pandemic-bruised tourism sector with a live-streamed, virtual safari starting Tuesday. The virtual tour, featuring six videographers and photographers traversing across the country, has been promoted by the Ugandan government to incentivize tourists, when many parts of the world have barely emerge… read more
To Victoria Falls for US$100
Fastjet Zimbabwe has announced a promotional fares campaign across its domestic routes, with going to Victoria Falls from Harare pegged at US$100. According to the airline, the promotional fares will kick in when it resumes domestic flights on the 21st of September.
The promotion resonates with the government’s decisions… read more
Proflight expands cargo services
Proflight Zambia has expanded its cargo services by designating some of its fleets to operate dedicated cargo flights. The cargo flight are between Lusaka (Zambia) and Johannesburg (South Africa). The decision comes as a result of people across the globe try to avoid unnecessary air travel due to COVID-19
The dedica… read more
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