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Nigerian carrier, Ibom Air has recorded an on-time performance of 96 per cent in November.
The management said the airline was steadily improving on services month after month, since the restart after the COVID-19 pandemic forced the aviation sector shut in March. The airline throughout the calendar year has also maintained it's abo… read more
Curious about the forecast for travel in 2021? It’s better and worse than you think, according to Clayton Reid, CEO of MMGY Global. The following are his predictions for the year ahead, including the rise of “vaxications” - a term MMGY Global has coined to describe the anticipated rush of vacations people will take to celebr… read more
Airlink will launch a new non-stop service between Cape Town and Harare from January 18, 2021. The service will be operated four times a week.
“Airlink is excited to be launching this important new route, which will provide convenience to business and leisure travellers, saving them precious hours transferring via Joha… read more
Uganda Airlines will introduce flights to Kinshasa today. The route will be served three times a week, leaving Entebbe every Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday while returning on the same day.
Uganda Airlines is presently already in overdrive with their sales activities across all their destinations, the teams led by commerci… read more
Qatar Airways welcomed Air Canada’s inaugural flight from Toronto to Doha, establishing Hamad International Airport as the only airport in the Middle East to be operated with a scheduled service by a North American carrier. The flight was welcomed with a water cannon salute at Hamad International Airport and a ribbon cutting ceremo… read more
Menzies has been awarded contracts by LIFT at three South African airports, including a ramp handling contract at O R Tambo International (JNB) and Cape Town International (CPT), as well as a passenger and ramp handling contract at George Airport (GRJ).
The first flights handled by Menzies took off on 10 December from Cape T… read more
International arrivals fell by 72 per cent over the first ten months of 2020, with restrictions on travel, low consumer confidence and a global struggle to contain the Covid-19 virus, all contributing to the worst year on record in the history of tourism. According to the latest tourism … read more
Air Austral has postponed the reintroduction of its Johannesburg-Réunion service from December 20 to January 19.
A spokesperson from the airline confirmed that the Johannesburg flight was now planned to restart on January 19, and that flights between Réunion and Seychelles and Réunion and Antananarivo, Nosy Be and Tolanaro in… read more
Qatar Airways began Doha – San Francisco on 15 December. Operating four-weekly, its 13,014-kilometre route uses A350-900s. Of course, its schedule is – like its other North American routes – effectively the same to drive connectivity.
While Doha P2P demand is minimal (7,000 round-trip in 2019),… read more
AIR PEACE yesterday launched operations into Johannesburg, South Africa with lofty plans of establishing a threshold on the route and reestablish a direct connection severed by the COVID-19 pandemic and other extraneous forces.
The 17th December 2020 flight is the inaugural flight into South Africa and the first official sche… read more
Ibom Air Reports 96% On-Time Performance in November
Travel in 2021 will be better and worse than you think
Airlink to introduce flights between Cape Town and Harare
Uganda Airlines now operates into Kinshasa
Qatar Airways welcomes inaugural Air Canada flight from Toronto to Doha
LIFT and Menzies Aviation lift off in South Africa
UNWTO: Tourism back in 1990
Air Austral postpones Johannesburg-Réunion route
Air Peace Johannesburg launch: Nigerian airlines just need enabling environment to thrive – Onyema
