Travel news overview

• Miscellaneous
• 13/09/2023 20:51

Nominees of Africa Tourism Leadership Awards 2023 announced

The organiser of Africa Tourism Leadership Awards, Africa Tourism Partners has announced the top 5 finalists of this year’s awards. Over 200 nominations for the nine categories were received from across the African continent for awards that ran from 23 June to 15 August 2023. That was followed by a rigorous adjudication process b… read more

• Flights
• 13/09/2023 20:50

EgyptAir to return to Indonesia in October after a 7-year absence

At the end of 2013, EgyptAir launched its service to Jakarta in Indonesia, via Bangkok. This service, which was intended to support the carrier's positioning in South-East Asia, was discontinued 3 years later.

• Miscellaneous
• 13/09/2023 20:49

Namibia Tourism Board engages stakeholders

The Namibian Tourism Board (NTB) has met with industry stakeholders in the country to solicit and share upcoming programmes with them.

In a hearty interaction with the various groupings and individual players of the sector in Windhoek and Swakopmund, the CEO of NTB DIGU Naobeb reiterated the board’s commitments to listen t… read more

• Accomodation
• 13/09/2023 20:46

Club Med brings two resorts to South Africa

The beach and bush resorts are described as setting new standards in experiential travel. South Africa is set to receive its first all-inclusive Club Med resorts, with a R2-billion local investment in northern KwaZulu-Natal, through a joint venture between Collins Residential and the international hospitality group.

Absa, African Ba… read more

• Flights
• 13/09/2023 20:41

African airlines return to 98.4% of their 2019 performance levels

Air traffic in Africa continues to recover. And the forecast of a return to pre-Covid-19 performance by 2024 is more than plausible, as shown by the cumulative results of the continent's carriers over the first eight months of this year.

• Flights
• 13/09/2023 07:56

Emirates makes Sydney an all-A380 service

Emirates is making changes to its Australia network with plans to upgrade its services to Sydney to an all-Airbus A380 operation this winter, as well as eying a return to Adelaide next summer after a hiatus of four years.

The airline offers a double-daily service from Dubai International Airport to Sydney Kingsford … read more

• Flights
• 13/09/2023 05:38

Air Peace to start Lagos-Kano-Jeddah operations in October

West and Central Africa’s largest carrier, Air Peace, has announced the commencement of direct flights from Lagos and Kano to Jeddah in Saudi Arabia on October 31, 2023.

The airline disclosed this during an engagement session with travel agents in Kano on Tuesday, September 12, 2023. Lagos- and Kano-Jeddah will operate three … read more

• Flights
• 13/09/2023 05:37

Airlink touches down in Malawi with Lilongwe and Blantyre routes

On Wednesday afternoon Airlink t ouched down in Blantyre, wrapping up the successful inauguration of its new dual Malawi routes – the other destination being Lilongwe.

With the new services Malawi becomes the latest country in Airlink’s comprehensive network which now extends to 46 destinations.

“In launching Ai… read more

• Flights
• 12/09/2023 06:07

The President of the Republic instructs the financial bailout of Congo Airways and the relaunch

In 2022, the Congolese government drew up a plan to relaunch Congo Airways, and a business plan to create Air Congo. Since then, these two projects, piloted by the late Minister of Transport Chérubin Okende and which President Félix Tshisekedi wanted to celebrate as one of the major priority achievements of his first term in office, have fallen by the wayside.

• Rail
• 12/09/2023 06:06

Approval franted for loan to refurbish Kampala-Malaba Railway

The Parliament has urged the government to expedite the renovation of the Kampala-Malaba metre gauge railway to boost trade and align Uganda with fellow East African Community member states.

This appeal was made after the House unanimously agreed on a report submitted by Hon. John Bosco Ikojo, Chairperson of the Committee on Nationa… read more