SAA to expand capacity ahead of holiday season
As South Africa’s peak holiday season approaches, SAA announced that it would bring into service an additional three A320 aircraft to support the high capacity d… read more
Please remember to register on this website, so we can send you your dose of travel news customized as per your requirements.
As South Africa’s peak holiday season approaches, SAA announced that it would bring into service an additional three A320 aircraft to support the high capacity d… read more
The 65th World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Regional Commission for Africa (CAF) Meeting has ended successfully in Arusha, Tanzania.
The meeting which was the first fully in-person CAF meeting since the pandemic assembled over 25 Ministers of Tourism and high-level representatives from 35 countries as well as leaders from the privat… read more
Air Cairo takes delivery of an A320neo (the first of the year) initially destined for a Russian carrier Airlines Newsaero 13-10-2022 Subscriber 0
Air Cairo is aiming for a target fleet of around 50 aircraft by 2024. For this year, the low-cost subsidiary of EgyptAir is expecting 13 aircraft. An achievable target given the current deliveries.
Holland America Line is joining the line-up of cruise lines sailing from Cape Town, South Africa in 2023, with Zuiderdam set to cruise up the West African coast. The 85,000 gross ton, 1,964-passenger Zuiderdam will depart Cape Town on March 14th, 2023 bound for Amsterdam in The Netherlands.
The 35-night grand voyage will v… read more
Costa Cruises will homeport its new cruise ship Costa Toscana in Dubai for the 2022/23 cruise season, replacing Costa Firenze which was previously scheduled to cruise from the city. Costa Toscana will arrive in Dubai on December 17th, 2022, sailing roundtrip 7-night cruises in the Arabian Gulf to various ports in the UAE and Oman u… read more
Seabourn will be sending Seabourn Sojourn to South Africa in 2023 to sail a one-off 30-night cruise from the ‘Mother City’ to Barcelona in Spain. Seabourn Sojourn will depart Cape Town on April 27th, 2023, bound initially for the West Coast of Africa, before heading out into the Atlantic to visit the islands of Cape Verde and the C… read more
The Royal Eswatini National Airways Corporation (RENAC) has released an update on Eswatini's new flag carrier Eswatini Air, … read more
Int'Air Îles is a Comorian airline based at Anjouan airport. Founded in 2007 as Inter Îles Air and renamed to its current name in March 2015. At the peak of its operations, it served the French territory of Mayotte, Tanzania and Madagascar on the regional market.
Air traffic continues to recover in Africa. To date, African airlines have resumed operations on 99.2% of the routes operated before the pandemic. The information comes from the Association of African Airlines (AFRAA) which published on Wednesday 12 October 2022 the traffic performance for the month of September.
According to the… read more
For several days, the activities of TAAG Angola Airlines were paralysed by a strike of its pilots. It was scheduled to last until 16 October.
The pilots of TAAG Angola Airlines have resumed their activities. They suspended their strike on Tuesday 11 October 2022, after the Airline Pilots Union (SPLA) reached an agreement with the… read more
travelnews.africa is the first of its kind portal exclusively servicing travel agents in the Sub Saharan Africa Region with travel news from various sectors of travel i.e. airlines, hotels etc.
Our travel news does not only focuse on transportation like airlines and rail, but also on hotels, IT, cruises, and other areas of interest for travel agents. Our travel news is not only for the benefit of the traveler but also serves to update and inform travel staff in the Sub Saharan Africa Region on the latest travel news and developments.
travelnews.africa is unique in the way it assists travel readers in sub Saharan Africa to be up-to-date in sub Saharan Africa with the latest news on a daily basis, and provides concise & relevant information without the waffle making it convenient for you to keep you and your colleagues up-to-date, to better inform customers and offer precise recommendations.
Our travel news portal has refined navigation so you can search per country in sub Saharan Africa, scroll to the bottom of the website to find a list of the countries, double click on a country to get that country’s news. and you could search per sector in travel i.e. flights, leisure, rail, IT etc. (at the top of the website). Or you could search the news portal by using specific words or phrases and entering these into the search bar and clicking search.