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Mpumlanga: Temporary closure of provincial nature reserves due to strike action
The Mpumalanga Tourism and Parks Agency (MTPA) has announced that it's staff went on strike through the National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (NEHAWU) this morning (06 April 2021).
Due to the strike action, all provincial nature reserves in … read more
Ibom Air To Extend Flight To Gambia – Gov Emmanuel
Akwa Ibom State Governor Udom Emmanuel has said that Ibom Air, the State-owned Airline, will extend its flight operations to the Gambia and other West African countries.
Emmanuel said this when the Gambian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr Mohamadou Musa Njie, paid him a courtesy visit at Government House, Uyo on Monday.… read more
Flights to China of RwandAir, Ethiopian Airlines, Turkish Airlines suspended over Covid-19 cases
China's civil aviation regulator has announced the suspension of a RwandAir flight, an Ethiopian Airlines flight and a Turkish Airlines flight after several passengers on the routes recently tested positive for Covid-19.
Five passengers tested positive on RwandAir flight WB9500 on March 21, and the flight will be suspended for tw… read more
Azman Audit: Airline starts CAP, appoints new Head of Maintenance
In the wake of the audit report from the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), embattled Azman Air has commenced enactment of its Corrective Action Plan (CAP) on the management area of its audits with the sack of its former Acting Head of Maintenance and the appointment of Engineer Peter Wusbam Vungmo as Head of… read more
Ethiopian Cargo Boeing 737 lands at wrong Airport in Ndola
It isn’t often a plane heads to or lands at the wrong airport. But on Sunday, April 4, Ethiopian Airlines won the daily double. Two Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737-800s both headed to the same under construction airport in Africa. One of the Boeings, a cargo plane, landed. The other, a passenger flight, came within 50 feet of doing so.
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IATA outlines three priorities for Africa
The International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) outlined three priorities for African governments to ensure that the airline, travel and transport industry survives the Covid-19 crisis and is able to support economic recovery, growth and development throughout the continent.
The three priorities are:
In 2020, a handful of… read more
Kenya Airways suspends passenger flights between Kenya and UK
This comes two days after the government banned all flights from the UK, effective April 9, in response to London’s move to bar Kenyans from its territory over the spike in Covid-19 cases. With more travellers rushing to beat the deadline, KQ has added two flights to the UK tomorrow and Thursday.
With the suspension … read more
Ethiopian Airlines reaches 91% on-time performance
The airline has operated a total of 18,385 flights in January, February, and March in which it has scored 91% on-time departures.
We have recognized from our customers’ feedback that the COVID-19 Travel Requirements, and especially the expiry of Negative PCR Test certificates by many countries after 72 hours, have made on-time fligh… read more
Qatar Airways plans to connect 23 Africa...
By the peak of the IATA Summer Season, Qatar Airways plans to operate over 1,200 weekly flights to more than 140 destinations. The carrier plans to rebuild its network including 23 in Africa, 14 in the Americas, 43 in Asia-Pacific, 43 in Europe and 19 in Middle East. Many cities will be served with a strong schedule with daily or m… read more
12 Places to Visit in Guinea Bissau
A country in West Africa, Guinea-Bissau is a tropical country on West Africa’s Atlantic coast that’s known for National parks and wildlife. The forested, sparsely populated Bijagós archipelago is a protected biosphere reserve. Its main island, Bubaque, forms part of the Orango Islands National Park, a habitat for saltwater hippos. … read more
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