Travel news overview

• Flights
• 18/09/2020 13:37

Thomas Cooks returns as an Online Travel Agency

A year after it filed for liquidation in the United Kingdom, famous airline and tour company, Thomas Cook has returned to the travel space as an online agency.

The company which is 179-year-old had last year left hundreds of thousands of travelers stranded around the world when it abruptly shut down its operation.

According tr… read more

• Flights
• 18/09/2020 13:30

RAM international network adjustment

Royal Air Maroc (RAM) recently filed inventory changes for Northern winter 2020/21 season, as the airline closes reservation on various routes. As of 17SEP20, following service is not available for reservation until 27MAR21 (exceptions may apply).

Further changes remain likely, including possibility of routes restoration.

• Flights
• 18/09/2020 13:27

Qatar Airways network to expand to more than 90 destinations

Qatar Airways continues to lead the aviation industry offering more global connectivity than any other airline. With the airline’s network never falling below 30 destinations since the onset of the pandemic, the resumption of services to Amman, Entebbe, Hanoi, Seychelles, Windhoek and Yerevan and the launch of new flights to Accra will se… read more

• Flights
• 18/09/2020 04:28

Emirates restarts flights to Luanda

Emirates' African network will expand to 15 destinations with the restart of Luanda, Angola from 1 October.

Flights to Luanda will initially operate once a week on Thursdays.

• Miscellaneous
• 18/09/2020 04:28

Quarantine measures hampering the restart of aviation

“Mandatory quarantine measures stop people from travelling," said Muhammad Albakri, IATA’s regional vice president for Africa and the Middle East Image:  IATA

Thirty-five countries in Africa and the Middle East have government-imposed quarantine measures in place. This is an increase of seven countries since August. The impact is that… read more

• Flights
• 18/09/2020 04:28

Qatar Airways increases more African services

Qatar Airways increases numerous global services.

Qatar Airways Group chief executive, Akbar Al Baker, said: “We are proud to be the leading global airline connecting passengers with the world, helping take people safely and sustainably to where they need to be. Having one of the youngest, most fuel-efficient fleets enables us to … read more

• Flights
• 17/09/2020 15:17

LAM will continue its flights to Portugal at least until January 2021

The Maputo - Lisbon route relaunched by LAM - Linhas Aéreas de Moçambique on August 25, seems to be bearing fruit. This is why the Mozambican national company announced on Tuesday, September 15, that it would continue to operate it until January 2021.The line should in principle be closed this September, according to the initial schedule.… read more

• Miscellaneous
• 17/09/2020 14:58

Which planes can actually land at St Helena Airport?

Saint Helena has welcomed its latest arrival. Yesterday, a Titan Airways Boeing 757 touched down at the airport as the first direct flight from London. To mark the occasion, we thought we would take a look at which aircraft are actually capable of landing at this beautiful location.

Titan’s B757 arrives again

Yesterday,… read more

• Destinations
• 17/09/2020 14:58

International Travel Makes a Return on October 1

South Africa will reopen its international borders on 1 October 2020, under alert level 1 of lockdown. President Cyril Ramaphosa made the announcement during a televised address to the nation on Wednesday evening.

While the country will move to alert level 1 of lockdown from midnight on Sunday 20 September 2020, internat… read more

• Flights
• 17/09/2020 14:57

Air Mauritius Oct 2020 Paris ops

Air Mauritius during the month of October 2020 continues to schedule limited service on Mauritius – Paris CDG route, on board Airbus A350-900XWB aircraft. Although the airline’s schedule listing shows 2 weekly round trip flights, only Fridays departure from Mauritius is available for reservation in various sales channels,… read more