Travel news overview

• Cruise
• 05/06/2023 06:06

Costa Cruises returning Costa Smeralda to Dubai for 2023/24 Arabian Gulf season

Costa Cruises has revealed its 2023/24 winter cruise itineraries, with Costa Smeralda returning to the Middle East, sailing roundtrip cruises from Dubai in the Arabian Gulf.

Costa Smeralda will homeport in Dubai from December, 2024 to March, 2025, sailing week-long roundtrip itineraries visiting Muscat in Oman, Doha in Qatar,… read more

• Flights
• 05/06/2023 05:59

 Cairo named new venue for intra-African Trade Fair 9-15 November 2023

The Egyptian capital city of Cairo has been announced as the new host of the third Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF2023) which will now take place from 9 to 15 November 2023.

The IATF2023 Advisory Council said in Cairo that the decision to change the venue and dates of the continental event, originally scheduled for Abidjan, Cô… read more

• Flights
• 05/06/2023 05:58

Ethiopian Airlines refutes accusation of blocking Tigrayans from travel

Ethiopian Airlines Group refuted as "false allegation" a report that its services was blocking Tigray ans from travel to and the the Tigray regional state.

On Wednesday 31 May, The Guardian newspaper published a story that "a civil society organization has launched a lawsuit against Ethiopian Airlines, accusing the sta… read more

• Flights
• 05/06/2023 05:57

Documents confirm ‘Nigeria Air’ has not left Stage One of AOC process as place holders tenure letter

Document reaching NigerianFLIGHTDECK shows that the proposed national carrier, Nigeria Air, mired in controversy has yet to exit Stage One of the Air Operator Certificate (AOC) pursuit before it brought in a painted Ethiopian Airline aircraft to blind side Nigerians.

This is just as the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), has told … read more

• Leisure
• 05/06/2023 05:56

Zanzibar seeks to host Formula 1 race in Africa

Zanzibar has emerged as an audacious contender for an African event on the Formula 1 motorsport calendar. Backed by the government, revered competitors, and the sport’s management, there is unanimous agreement on the significance of bringing this thrilling event to the continent. The presumption so far has been that South Africa was the obvious … read more

• Flights
• 04/06/2023 21:44

Arik Air returns leased CRJ 1000 aircraft to owners, assures operations will not be impacted

Arik Air, has announced its leased CRJ 1000 registered as 5N-JEE will be pulled out of its fleet and returned to JEM Leasing Limited owners of the CRJ 1000  and its financiers Export Development Canada (EDC).

In a statement, the airline says, the owners have decided to sell the airplane while the buyer has also decided to tear … read more

• Flights
• 02/06/2023 04:23

Qatar Airways to resume daily Tokyo Haneda-Doha services starting 1 June

Qatar Airways has announced that it will resume its daily non-stop service between Tokyo’s Haneda Airport and Doha’s Hamad International Airport starting from June 1, 2023. The flights will be operated using the Airbus A350-900 aircraft, which offers 36 Qsuite Business Class seats and 247 Economy Class seats.

This resumption … read more

• Flights
• 02/06/2023 04:22

Emirates Airbus A380 makes grand entrance into Indonesia’s aviation history

Emirates’ flagship Airbus A380 has achieved a milestone as it made a landmark touchdown at Bali’s I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport earlier today and became the first-ever scheduled A380 service to Indonesia.

Emirates’ flight EK368 left Dubai at 03:10 hrs and arrived in Bali at 16:20 hrs. The return flight, EK369, will… read more

• Flights
• 02/06/2023 04:22

Air Algérie orders five A330-900s and two A350-1000s

Air Algérie, the national airline of Algeria, has signed a firm order for seven widebody aircraft to support its commercial development.

“This order will allow Air Algérie to take full advantage of the flexibility of the Airbus product  range, strengthen its regional services and offer an ambitious plan for transcontinental&nbs… read more

• Destinations
• 02/06/2023 04:22

Namibia Tourism Board excited about travellers’ growing interest in destination

More travellers are expressing interest in visiting and exploring Namibia as a tourist destination. This was made clear at the country’s exhibition pavilion at this year’s Africa’s Travel Indaba in Durban, which attracted a lot of visitors and enquiries about the destination. In an interview with VoyagesAfriq, the Head of Marketin… read more