Travel news overview

• Flights
• 14/10/2022 12:11

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

• Miscellaneous
• 14/10/2022 12:10

65th UNWTO Commission for Africa embraces pathways to Tourism Recovery

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

• Flights
• 14/10/2022 12:10

Air Cairo takes delivery of A320neo (first of the year)

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.

• Cruise
• 13/10/2022 06:42

Holland America offering 35-night grand voyage to Amsterdam from SA in 2023

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

• Cruise
• 13/10/2022 06:34

Costa Cruises switches Firenze with Toscana for 2022/23 Dubai season

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

• Cruise
• 13/10/2022 03:42

Seabourn Sojourn to hopscotch up Atlantic on 2023 Cape Town cruise

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

• Flights
• 12/10/2022 22:01

Royal Eswatini National Airways Corporation (RENAC) has released an update on Eswatini Air

The Royal Eswatini National Airways Corporation (RENAC) has released an update on Eswatini's new flag carrier Eswatini Air, … read more

• Flights
• 12/10/2022 22:01

Int'Air Îles receives a Let 410 and restarts its regular operations

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.

• Miscellaneous
• 12/10/2022 22:00

African airlines have returned to almost their entire pre-pandemic network (AFRAA)

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

• Flights
• 12/10/2022 21:58

TAAG reaches an agreement with its pilots who suspend their strike

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