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South African Airways (SAA) resumed flight operations on Sept. 23, 21 months after it entered South Africa's business rescue process and following an extended grounding related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
SAA’s first scheduled flight was an early morning take-off on Sept. 23 from Johannesburg (… read more
Emirates is the first airline to implement the International Air Transport Association’s IATA Travel Pass solution on six continents as it rolls out this digital health pass to customers at all its destinations.
Following successful trials in April on select routes from its Dubai hub, Emirates gradually expanded the IA… read more
IATA has flayed the National Association of Nigerian Travel Agencies (NANTA) warning it to ask it’s members to desist from criminal acts of issuing air tickets for Basic Travel Allowance (BTA) purposes to individuals who eventually void the tickets after gaining access to foreign exchange a practice called Ticket renting.
IATA described th… read more
Mozambique's President Filipe Nyusi announced in an address to the nation on 23 September 2021 a further easing of several preventive measures to… read more
The Mpumalanga Tourism and Parks Agency this month unveiled the God's Window Skywalk project in the Blyde River Canyon Nature Reserve in South Africa. Once complete in 2023, the project will allow visitors to experience one of South Africa's most iconic vistas in an entirely new way.
Located along Mpumalanga's Panorama Route,… read more
The Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) has started rolling out an aggressive service excellence training programme in line with the country's medium term economic blueprint National Development Strategy (NDS1).
ZTA's head of corporate affairs, Godfrey 'Chief' Koti said the programme kicked off in March this year with the training of 1… read more
Travel experts at Next Vacay reveal that searches for ‘cancelable flights’, ‘book refundable flight tickets’ and ‘free cancelation flight booking’ have increased by 400%.
The first thing to know is that the US Department of Transportation mandates that regardless of airline, all customers have 24 hours from the time of their original booki… read more
A new study of 313 European business travel managers by Business Travel Show Europe (30 September – 1 October) has revealed that over one -quarter (28%) of buyers have switched travel management companies (TMCs) over the last 12 months. A further 36% plan to move their business by summer 2022.
When asked why the… read more
Emirates this week confirmed plans to increase flight frequencies to a number of US destinations amid “rising travel confidence and the easing of international travel protocols.”
Starting from October, the Gulf airline will be operating 78 weekly flights to 12 destinations in the US.… read more
Qatar Airways is pleased to announce that it will launch scheduled
passenger services to Almaty, Kazakhstan starting from 19 November 2021.
The new service will be operated by an Airbus A320 aircraft, featuring
12 seats in Business Class and 132 seats in Economy Class.
This service will enable passengers flying to and… read more
South African Airways restarts service with limited route network
Emirates becomes first airline to implement IATA Travel Pass across six continents
IATA slams NANTA, others over criminal BTA practices
Mozambique further eases some of the preventive measures
South Africa's first skywalk will be a doozy
Tourism Authority rolls out service excellence training
Travel experts reveal what to know when canceling a flight
28% of corporates switch TMCs during pandemic
Qatar Airways to launch flights to Almaty in Kazakhstan
