Travel news overview

• Flights
• 06/05/2021 06:00

Arik Resumes Maiduguri flights

Arik Air has concluded plans to resume flights from Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport, Abuja to Maiduguri, Borno State capital with effect from Monday, May 10, 2021. It said passengers travelling from Lagos can connect to the service from Abuja.

In a statement, the airline stated that flights would operate four times a week on Mondays, … read more

• Conservation & Wildlife
• 06/05/2021 05:38

Kenya Reopens National Parks to Boost Tourism After Covid-19 Lockdown

Kenya reopened its national parks to local and international tourists Tuesday, following a temporary closure occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic in the country.

On Tuesday, the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) which had closed the parks said the facilities across parks, reserves and sanctuaries will now be opened up to 6.00 pm af… read more

• Beyond Africa
• 06/05/2021 05:37

Corporate Traveller identifies SME trends for resuming travel

Corporate Traveller UK, specialists in managing travel for companies with an SME size annual travel spend of £50K to £2M, has seen significant changes to customers’ travel programmes and policies over the last six months among the 50 per cent of businesses who continued to travel, as well as those preparing to resume business travel.

• Conservation & Wildlife
• 06/05/2021 05:36

Artificial intelligence to help combat elephant poaching

Every 15 minutes, an African elephant is killed by a poacher. New artificial intelligence (AI) technology may well change this disturbing statistic.

Developed by British researcher Olga Isupova, this new algorithm photographs and analyses large areas to identify African elephants. Working with a satellite, the technology will gre… read more

• Flights
• 06/05/2021 05:35

Rwandair resumes flights to South Africa, Zambia & Zimbabwe

Rwanda's flag carrier, Rwandair, has announced the resumption of flights to … read more

• Flights
• 06/05/2021 05:35

El Al cancels plans to resume flights to South Africa

The Government of Israel on 03 May 2021 banned travelling to seven countries, including … read more

• Flights
• 06/05/2021 05:35

Airlink resumes its "Lodge Link Service"

South African privately-owned regional carrier Airlink has announced the resumption of its "Lodge Link Service". Effective 01 July 2021, the airline's safari lodge air transfer service will provide direct connectivity beyond Skukuza Airport (SZK) in … read more

• Flights
• 06/05/2021 05:35

Flights between Frankfurt Windhoek to be operated by the new "Eurowings Discover

The Lufthansa Group has announced that it will continue to operate five weekly flights to and from Windhoek throughout 2021 and that it will move its flight operations between … read more

• Miscellaneous
• 06/05/2021 05:34

African airlines’ cargo demand in March increased 24.6%

Because comparisons between 2021 and 2020 monthly results are distorted by the extraordinary impact of COVID-19, unless otherwise noted all comparisons to follow are to March 2019 which followed a normal demand pattern.

Global demand, measured in cargo tonne-kilometers (CTKs*), was up 4.4% compared to March 2019 and 0.4% compared to Februa… read more

• Flights
• 06/05/2021 05:29

All flights halted: Ethiopian Mozambique Airlines

Ethiopian Mozambique Airlines will suspend all flights due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, starting from Thursday, May 6th. The airline has cited a sharp drop in demand for travel as the reason behind halting flights, making it impossible to continue operating.

In a statement this week, the airline said,

“Despit… read more