Travel news overview

• Flights
• 16/01/2023 21:28

Air Peace: 55 million passengers in 8 years of existence, 6 new destinations targeted in 2023

Despite a highly competitive domestic market, Air Peace has grown year on year to become Nigeria's largest airline in just eight years of operation. With a steadily growing customer base, the private carrier remains ambitious.

• Miscellaneous
• 16/01/2023 21:26

Airbus tests new technologies to enhance pilot assistance

Airbus UpNext, a wholly owned subsidiary of Airbus, has started testing new, on ground and in-flight, pilot assistance technologies on an A350-1,000 test aircraft.

Known as DragonFly, the technologies being demonstrated include automated emergency diversion in cruise, automatic landing and taxi assistance and are aimed at evaluating… read more

• Miscellaneous
• 16/01/2023 21:25

FITUR 2023 arrives to consolidate the strong recovery in world tourism activity

FITUR's commitment to maintaining its presence during the two years of the pandemic as the only active meeting point in Europe, together with the favourable evolution of national and international tourism industry figures in recent months, has made it possible to consolidate significant growth of the Fair, approaching the record edition o… read more

• Destinations
• 16/01/2023 21:24

Cape Town’s tourism industry reports incredible recovery

It’s official, tourism in Cape Town, has surpassed all expectations and is within short reach of achieving pre-pandemic tourism levels a lot earlier than anticipated.  Cape Town International Airport (CTIA) reported an incredible recovery of 72% in domestic visitors and 98% in international visitors compared to the December 2019 festive per… read more

• Accomodation
• 16/01/2023 21:22

The Seychelles, the next Destination for Meliá Hotels International

Meliá Hotels International, the leading hotel company in Spain, continues to grow internationally with the addition to its portfolio of its first hotel in the Seychelles. This is a new milestone for the company with its debut in a new superior-quality destination which offers travellers unique travel experiences.

The Meliá … read more

• Flights
• 16/01/2023 21:19

Ethiopian Airlines to add Atlanta, eyes Delta codeshare

Ethiopian Airlines will increase its presence in the US with a new Atlanta (ATL) service to be launched in May. From May 16, Ethiopian will fly 4X-weekly from its Add… read more

• Flights
• Beyond Africa
• 16/01/2023 21:18

Emirates doubles services to Brisbane

The addition of a Boeing 777-300ER service means Emirates will offer almost 12,000 seats per week to Brisbane combined with its daily A380 The operational boost comes as Emirates proudly celebrates 20 years of serving Brisbane Emirates is back to operating at pre-pandemic levels to Brisbane

Emirates is continuing its restoration of … read more

• Flights
• 16/01/2023 21:15

Ethiopian Airlines flights to China to return to pre-Covid levels

Ethiopian Airlines, the leading airline in Africa, is pleased to announce that the frequency of its flights to Chinese cities will increase as of February 06, 2023, ultimately returning to the pre-COVID19 levels on March 01, 2023, following the lifting of restrictions by the Government of China. As of February 06, 2023, Ethiopia… read more

• Flights
• Beyond Africa
• 16/01/2023 21:10

Etihad adds Copenhagen, plans Dusseldorf return

Etihad Airways is introducing two routes to its European network later this year, with the launch of flights to Denmark’s capital Copenhagen and the resumption of service to Dusseldorf in Germany after a hiatus of more than three years.

Nonstop service from Abu Dhabi (… read more

• Flights
• 16/01/2023 20:08

Max Air appoints new Managing Director

On 23 December last in Abuja, Max Air lost its CEO and vice-president, Bashir Barau Mangal, 53, after a short illness. The Kano-based private airline is now in mourning and has appointed a new CEO.