Travel news overview

• Accomodation
• 20/10/2020 14:33

Constance Tsarabanjina Madagascar

The pearl of the Indian Ocean, Constance Tsarabanjina Hotel has reopened on 1st October with newly refurbished interiors to offer an ultimate getaway experience. A tropical refuge located off the coast of Madagascar, Tsarabanjina is an island hotel paradise where everything is protected, from the sea bed to the shells on the sand.… read more

• Rail
• 20/10/2020 14:33

Traxtion Group commits to R1,5 billion rail investment

Traxtion Group, the leading provider of rail services and solutions across the African continent today announced its intention to embark on a significant investment programme within South Africa’s rail sector.

This follows the Economic Recovery Plan presented by President Cyril Ramaphosa at the Joint Sitting of Parliam… read more

• Destinations
• 20/10/2020 06:17

Burkina Faso intends to cut airline ticket tax by up to 95%

As of January 1, 2021, Burkina Faso plans to drastically reduce the tax on airline tickets. The budget bill provides for a drop in levies of up to 95%. These reductions are intended to support the revival of the airline industry. If the budget bill for the execution of the state budget in 2021 is adopted as is, Burkina Faso will ma… read more

• Flights
• 20/10/2020 06:13

QR: No short-term return for A380

Qatar Airways does not expect to operate its Airbus A380s for at least two years, according to the Middle Eastern carrier’s chief executive Akbar Al Baker. “I don’t think that the A380 will get back into the skies in the short term,” Al Baker states during … read more

• Cruise
• 20/10/2020 05:56

MSC Cruises in ‘deep consultation’ with SA government to save 2020/21 season

MSC Cruises is in talks with the South African government to try get approval to operate its scheduled 2020/21 cruise season out of Durban and Cape Town amid the coronavirus pandemic. MSC Cruises’ local office, MSC South Africa, is in “deep consultation” with authorities in an attempt to secure approval for cruises to… read more

• Destinations
• 20/10/2020 05:28

Passengers arrested at Entebbe with fake COVID-19 certificates

Ugandan aviation police and the Entebbe airport health team arrested 23 travelers for forging COVID- 19 test results. Detained passengers include Ugandans and foreigners who are currently detained at Entebbe International Airport before they will be charged in court.

Announcing the arrests on local stations, Kampa… read more

• Destinations
• 20/10/2020 05:26

Seychelles reopens to several African countries

• Flights
• Miscellaneous
• 20/10/2020 05:25

Nokia Set To Build Mobile Network On Moon

Struggling to get a phone signal at home on planet Earth? Perhaps you’ll have better luck on the moon.

Nokia has been selected by NASA to build the first cellular network on the moon, the Finnish company said on Monday, as the U.S. space agency plans for a future where humans return there and establish lunar settlements.

NASA … read more

• Miscellaneous
• 20/10/2020 05:24

Air travel records low COVID-19 infections with 44 total cases

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has demonstrated the low incidence of in-flight COVID-19 transmission with an updated tally of published cases. Since the start of 2020, there have been 44 cases of COVID-19 reported in which transmission is thought to have been associated with a flight, inclusive of confirm… read more

• Cruise
• 20/10/2020 05:23

Carnival Corporation's AIDA Cruises restarted cruise operations

Germany-based AIDA Cruises from Carnival Corporation & plc resumed cruise operations in Italy last Saturday, Oct. 17, becoming the second Carnival Corporation brand to resume sailing, following the  return of Italy-based Costa Cruises in early September.

The resumption of sailing from AIDA Cruises and Costa Cruises i… read more