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Following President Yoweri Museveni’s speech yesterday, where he announced the opening of the international airport and land borders for tourists coming in and going out provided they tested negative for COVID 19 72hours before arrival in Uganda, Rwanda Air has announced that it will resume its operations in and out of Entebbe Internat… read more
Air Namibia is finally rescheduling its commercial flights. The Namibian national company announced this Thursday, September 17, the resumption on Sunday, of its domestic connections. The routes concerned are those departing from Windhoek-Eros, and going to Ondangwa, Oranjemund, Luderitz, Rundu and Katima Mulilo, and that between L… read more
Amid the overnight, worldwide crash of the air travel industry, a group of retrenched SA Express employees have an ambitious plan to raise R250-million in seed funding to buy the cash-strapped airline. Employees have tried to get the airline or the shareholder (the department of public enterprises and the national treasury) to pay salaries,… read more
After months of being on the ground, Emirates is putting more of its A380s back in the sky.With space for more than 400 passengers, the A380 superjumbos were used at the start of the coronavirus pandemic to operate repatriation flights helping stranded travellers return home. But as the demand for travel slowed, the Dubai airline was forc… read more
Emirates Airlines in this past week filed initial changes to Northern summer 2021 schedule, as the airline extended service reduction, on/after 28MAR21. As of 18SEP20, planned service reduction as follows. Additional changes to be filed in the next few months, pending on market condition.
Frequency adjustment is based on compariso… read more
After six months of lockdown, the Namibian government ended travel restrictions and curfews on Friday, in light of a drop in new COVID-19 cases. But Namibia's economy, which depends heavily on wildlife tourism, has taken a major hit during the period, and the future of the country's wildlife reserves, otherwise known as conservancies, is … read more
The government of Uganda has successfully resolved a long time dispute between the Rhino Fund Uganda and Capt. Joe C. Roy. The mediation presided over by the Honorable Minister of Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities, Hon, Tom Butime culminated into signing of an agreement, on 18th September, 2020 between the two parties, Gover… read more
The first winner has emerged in the Uganda Tourism Board (UTB) campaign tagged, “Take on the Pearl of Africa", a digital led domestic tourism innovation to Mbale, Eastern Uganda.
Launched a week ago, the “Take on the Pearl of Africa” domestic tourism campaign witnessed Dominic Tugume emerged as the first lucky winner on Tuesd… read more
RwandAir has announced that it is to resume flights to the European cities of London and Brussels from its hub in Kigali, Rwanda. This service will begin on October 3rd as the African airline works towards rebuilding its passenger network. One notable switch from prior service is that the airline will operate service to London H… read more
Earlier this week, Comair welcomed good news as shareholders voted to implement its business rescue plan. The airline has been in limbo since May when it entered voluntary business rescue to prevent bankruptcy.
It’s been nearly four months since South Africa’s Comair entered voluntary business rescue. The airline, whic… read more
Rwanda Air resumes Entebbe flights on October 1
Air Namibia resumes commercial activities
SA Express employees in R250m crowdfunding bid to buy their airline
Emirates: tA380 operating into 6 destinations
Survival of Wildlife Reserves Under Threat in Namibia
Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary dispute resolved
UTB announce first winner of its ‘Take on the Pearl of Africa’ campaign
Comair’s Business Rescue Plan Approved With December Restart
