Travel news overview

• Flights
• 10/06/2021 05:16

Gulf carriers respond to Phuket reopening plan

Air Arabia plans to join Etihad Airways and Emirates by offering service from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to the Thai island of Phuket.

The LCC will begin nonstop route from Sharjah (SHJ) to Phuket (HKT) on July 2, operating three flights per week using Airbus A321 air… read more

• Flights
• 10/06/2021 05:14

Airlink's new route: South Africans can fly to Entebbe from July

Airlink has revealed that it will fly from Johannesburg to Entebbe in Uganda, from July 19, 2021.

Flights on the route will operate four times a week, which connects with Airlink’s domestic and regional network to and from various Southern African destinations.

• Flight 4Z 190 departs Johannesburg at 9.15pm, arriving

• Travel-tech
• 10/06/2021 05:13

GlobalStar Travel Management and Conferma Pay announce global partnership

GlobalStar Travel Management announce an exciting new partnership with Conferma Pay, the world’s foremost provider of Virtual Payments Technology. Conferma Pay was founded in 2005 and combines innovation and expertise to push the boundaries of what can be achieved in the world of virtualised business payments. Conferma Pay has revolutioni… read more

• Flights
• 10/06/2021 05:11

Tourism confidence starts Picking

The United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) says confidence within the international tourism market is slowly picking up across the globe although arrivals were down by 83 percent during the first quarter of the year. Since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in China in December 2019 before spreading across all contine… read more

• Flights
• 10/06/2021 05:10

Virgin reopens SA-UK route

After five and a half months with no passenger services between South Africa and the UK, Virgin Atlantic will resume operating passenger flights three times a week between London Heathrow and Johannesburg OR Tambo from June 24.

The airline says the schedule will be published shortly, with the first flight carrying… read more

• Flights
• 10/06/2021 05:08

Air Zimbabwe returns to South Africa

Zimbabwe's flag carrier, Air Zimbabwe, has announced the resumption of flights to … read more

• Miscellaneous
• 10/06/2021 05:06

Travel advisors' role in sustainable travel

Much of the focus on sustainability in travel has been on suppliers and travelers. We want to know what tour operators, hotels and cruise ships are doing to provide travelers with green experiences or which ones support local communities. And we put high expectations on travelers to behave in a responsible way to support the people and pl… read more

• Miscellaneous
• 09/06/2021 18:17

April travel demand a tale of two markets: Domestic recovery and international stagnation

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that domestic travel demand improved in April 2021 compared to the prior month, although it remained well below pre-pandemic levels, while recovery in international passenger travel continued to be stalled in the face of government-imposed travel restrictions.

Becau… read more

• Insurance
• 09/06/2021 15:43

New study by AdvisorSmith discovers average cost of travel insurance

AdvisorSmith produces small business and insurance content. The  latest study found the average cost of travel insurance in the U.S. We used quote estimates from 53 different travel insurance policies to find the average price of travel insurance and the average cost by the trip, age, number of travelers, and coverage level. From the… read more

• Flights
• 09/06/2021 15:42

Ghana: Wa Airport Still Suffers from Operational Non-Compliances

Wa airport was renovated in October 2019. However, less than two years later, this domestic hub that connects the north of the country is no longer served by regular flights, with its infrastructure showing operational deficiencies.

The parking area at Wa airport does not meet ICAO standards. This was the observation made by the … read more