Travel news overview

• Miscellaneous
• 15/03/2023 21:29

Name changes for 2 more towns in the Eastern Cape

The South African Department of Sports, Arts and Culture has gazetted new name changes for South Africa. According to … read more

• Miscellaneous
• 15/03/2023 21:22

Lagos Airport closes its international runway for 2 months for rehabilitation

Lagos International Airport is the busiest airport in West Africa, handling over 90,000 aircraft movements per year. The airport operator periodically carries out maintenance on its infrastructure. This time, it is the main runway that will undergo a facelift.

• Flights
• 15/03/2023 21:22

Air France leaves Gambia, strengthens in Guinea and Burkina, and adjusts several African routes

Air France has tabled various changes to its intercontinental operations for the summer of 2023, which will come into effect from 26 March. Several African routes are affected by these changes

• Flights
• 15/03/2023 21:22

FlySafair to launch flights to Zanzibar

South African low cost airline FlySafair is set to introduce flights to Zanzibar in … read more

• Flights
• 15/03/2023 19:51

$744m Blocked funds: Nigeria risks discouraging FDI by disrespecting BASA tenets – IATA tells FG

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has said that for over a year, Nigeria has been the country with the highest amount of airline blocked funds in the world and this will affect Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Nigeria, the image of a country that does respect contractual obligations as well as reduced connectivit… read more

• Destinations
• 15/03/2023 19:50

A potential Tourist site lies in ruins

In other countries, the gravesites of their first Presidents are historical sites, and tourists come from all parts of the world to see them. However, it is not the case in Liberia as the first President of Liberia, Joseph Jenkins Roberts, and his entire family's graves are abandoned by the government and are lying at the historic … read more

• Miscellaneous
• 15/03/2023 19:50

Popularity of flying risng in Africa

Africa has not been historically synonymous with air travel. Although it’s the largest continent by size and population, home to 12% of the world’s people, it hosts just 1% of the planet’s air traffic. That’s down to a number of factors, but inadequate infrastructure, airline insolvency, and lack of demand among African citizens ar… read more

• Destinations
• 15/03/2023 19:49

This town in the Western Cape has the cleanest air in South Africa

Swiss air quality technology company IQAir yesterday (14 March 2023) released the 5th Annual World Air Quality Report, which reveals details of the world’s most polluted countries, territories, and regions in 2022. For this year’s report, data from more… read more

• Flights
• 14/03/2023 07:44

Madagascar Airlines to take delivery of its first Embraer E190-E2 by June 2023

With a view to revitalizing itself, Madagascar Airlines(which operates under a management lease the assets of Air Madagascar and its subsidiary Tsaradia, which is being restructured) concluded an agreement last year with the American lessor Azorra for the acquisition of three Embraer E190-E2 aircraft.

The two parties have now agreed on a delivery schedule.

• Flights
• 14/03/2023 07:40

Zambia Airways to launch flights to Zimbabwe

The national airline of the Republic of Zambia, Zambia Airways, has announced the introduction of scheduled flights to Zimbabwe. The ai… read more