Travel news overview

• Flights
• 12/07/2022 03:31

Kenya Airways improves performance but remains in the red for the 9th consecutive year

The advent of the Covid-19 pandemic has further dented Kenya Airways (KQ). Thus, the Kenyan parastatal airline, which has been loss-making since 2013, has still not pulled its head out of the water, as evidenced by its financial report for last year, made public on Friday 8 July 2022, during its 46th annual general meeting.

KQ lost … read more

• Travel-tech
• 09/07/2022 05:51

WebBeds increases distribution of transfer portfolio through integration with Travel Compositor

B2B travel intermediary WebBeds has signed an agreement to supply its airport-hotel-airport transfer product to Travel Compositor. Connected last week, the new integration means WebBeds provides 15,667 different transfer products - including Private Cars (Standard and Premium), Mini Van, Mini Bus, Shuttle Bus, Shuttle Bus Express - in 1,1… read more

• Destinations
• 09/07/2022 05:48

South Africa’s Travel & Tourism’s growth to outpace the national economy for the next 10 years

The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has revealed the South African Travel & Tourism’s GDP will drive the national economic recovery over the next decade. The forecast from WTTC’s Economic Impact Report (EIR) shows the South African Travel & To… read more

• Flights
• 09/07/2022 05:45

Airlink to increase flights to St Helena

The St Helena Government (SHG) has announced that Airlink is set to increase flights between Sou… read more

• Flights
• 09/07/2022 05:44

AirBaltic chooses Marrakech as its first scheduled service in Africa

27 years after its creation, AirBaltic has finally decided to serve Africa in a sustainable way. The Latvian carrier wants to take advantage of this vast market with great potential.

In a company press release published on 14 June, the airline announced the introduction of a route to Marrakech in Morocco, its first regular se… read more

• Miscellaneous
• 09/07/2022 05:42

Nigeria removed from list of countries eligible for Turkish e-Visa

Nigerian visa applicants to the Republic of Turkey have been barred from accessing the e-visa provisions but have instead been advised to apply via any Turkish Consulate.

LEADERSHIP gathered on Thursday from prospective applicants about the sudden change without prior notice or communication from the Turkish Mission in… read more

• Rail
• 09/07/2022 05:41

Ghana €500 Million Manso to Huni Valley railway line

The President of the Republic, Nana addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Tuesday, 5th July 2022, cut the sod for the commencement of work on the construction of the five hundred-million-euro (€500 million) Manso-Huni Valley section of the Western Railway.

Describing it as the highest single investment for rail development since Ghana gained i… read more

• Travel-tech
• 09/07/2022 05:38

Sabre accelerates NDC rollout with offers from Qatar Airways

Sabre Corporation, a leading software and technology company powering the global travel industry, has successfully integrated IATA New Distribution Capability (NDC) content from Qatar Airways (QR) to its global distribution system (GDS). After a pilot phase with agency customers in Australia and Sweden, the offers of Qatar’s… read more

• Rail
• 09/07/2022 05:34

Railway activities in Tanzania progress following latest contract with Yapi Merkezi

The President of the United Republic of Tanzania Hon. Samia Suluhu Hassan has witnessed the signing of two contracts. These are for the construction of a modern railway - SGR sub-division of Tabora - Isaka as well as a practical training contract for employees of the Tanzania Railways Corporation - TRC, State House in Dar es Salaam July 4… read more

• Flights
• 09/07/2022 05:32

Ethiopian Airlines has increased flights to Victoria Falls

The flag carrier of Ethiopia, Ethiopian Airlines, has increased the frequency of flights to … read more