Travel news overview

• Miscellaneous
• 21/05/2021 04:47

Africa Travel Week shines a spotlight on animal welfare and tourism

Africa Travel Week has thrown its full support behind the recent announcement by South Africa Environmental Affairs Minister Barbara Creecy putting an end to captive lion breeding.

This follows the findings of a High-Level Panel (HLP) which submitted recommendations on policies, regulatory measures, practices and policy po… read more

• Attractions
• 21/05/2021 04:47

Iziko Museums of South Africa: Free entry to select museums on Africa Day

Iziko Museums of South Africa has announced that it will be offering free entry to select museums in Cape Town on Africa Day(25 May 2021). This includes the Iziko… read more

• Flights
• 21/05/2021 04:46

Kenya: 748 Air Services adds Kisumu to its home network

Mainly specializing in aircraft charter and charter flights, 748 Air Services is gradually entering the scheduled flight market, with the opening of domestic routes. The latest is the one connecting Nairobi to Kisumu, a corridor where 4 competitors are already deployed.

748 Air Services inaugurated this Thursday, May 20… read more

• Cruise
• 21/05/2021 04:46

New Carnival cruise ship Mardi Gras ramps up for US cruise restart from Florida

Carnival Cruise Line has reflagged Mardi Gras from Panama to the Bahamas and will soon reposition her from Barcelona to Port Canaveral ahead of an anticipated reopening of the US cruise sector this summer. Mardi Gras will depart Barcelona on Friday, sailing a trans-Atlantic cruise to Florida without any passengers. Ahead of her rep… read more

Namibia’s Hosea Kutako Int’l Airport to serve 2 million passengers yearly after renovation

The Hosea Kutako International Airport, Namibia’s main international airport is looking to serve more passengers after renovation works which are ongoing are done. The airport is expected to cater to about 1.8 to 2 million passengers each year after its refurbishment.

The refurbishment of the airport which commenced towards … read more

• Miscellaneous
• 20/05/2021 21:11

ICAO joins transport leaders in exploring new horizons

While participating in the high-level opening panel discussion at the International Transport Forum’s Summit 2021 event, ICAO Secretary General Dr. Fang Liu responded to questions on whether pandemic effects on air transport were likely to persist, on the role of governments in building back better in terms of innovation and sustainabilit… read more

• Destinations
• 20/05/2021 19:38

Ranking: Cape Town has Africa's bluest sky!

According to a study conducted by Australian money exchange service S Money, Cape Town in South Africa has Africa's bluest sky and the world's 13t… read more

• Flights
• 20/05/2021 05:48

BestFly takes over intra-island flights for Cape Verde

BestFly has grown from an FBO and aviation services business into charter and commercial operations for Angola’s oil and gas industry through to international operations. It began flights in Cape Verde on Monday following the award of the public service contract.

The six-month contract follows the withdrawal of… read more

• Miscellaneous
• 20/05/2021 05:47

FITUR Begins: The Strategic Event For Tourism Recovery

• Flights
• 20/05/2021 05:42

Sirika issues another dateline, says national carrier will commence operations 2022

MINISTER of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, once again says efforts at establishing a national carrier are still in the works as operations may commence in the first quarter of 2022 while using this year, 2021 to do the needful. This is just as he said that the COVID-19 exposed certain economic vulnerabilities in the nation due to its lack of having very… read more