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Modernising urban transport has always been hinged on the current and projected congestion of a city and efficient transport modes for both people and goods (among other considerations). In Greater Antananarivo the population is expected to increase significantly by 2025, with recent figures projecting roughly 4.2 million people. This is probabl… read more
Exactly how will Minister of Public Enterprises, Pravin Gordhan, fund his vision of a new national airline?
This is one of the biggest questions arising after the Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) on Friday (May 1) confirmed the signing a new Leadership Compact with SAA workers toward the eventual creation of a new na… read more
Kempinski Hotels has launched the “Kempinski White Glove Service” to provide the most outstanding level of service and guest comfort during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
Following the opening of some of the closed hotels, Kempinski launched this extensive service to cover all areas of the luxury hotels while keeping in lin… read more
Ghana’s leading carrier, Africa World Airlines (AWA), is set to resume flight operations in the country following the lifting of the lockdown imposed by the government necessitated by the Coronavirus pandemic.
The government had suspended all forms of economic activities in the country to contain the spread of the Coronavirus pandem… read more
Emirates will operate passenger flights to Frankfurt (2, 4, 6, 9, 11, 13 May), London Heathrow (3, 5, 7, 10, 12, 14 May), Manila (3, 6, 8, 10, 13, 15, 16 May), Sao Paulo (3 May), and Shanghai (2 May). The one-way special flights will facilitate travel for residents and visitors wishing to return home.
Those who wish to travel to Sha… read more
State-owned regional airline SA Express has been placed in provisional liquidation after its business rescue practitioners filed an urgent court application, a reliable source confirmed to Fin24 on Tuesday.
This comes after practitioners lodged the application in the Pretoria High Court on March 25. In March SA Express, like other a… read more
As with IATA’s financial forecast for the Middle East, the organisation’s estimates for Africa also make for grim reading. It found the continent’s airlines could lose $6 billion of passenger revenue compared to 2019, which is $2bn more than was predicted at the start of April.
Al Bakri said: “Airlines in Africa are struggling for survival… read more
Emirates plans to operate passenger services to limited destinations in Africa next week.
These services are Johannesburg (25 April), Lagos (26 April), and Tunis (30 April).These services will facilitate residents and visitors wishing to return home.Only citizens of the destination countries, and those who meet the entry requirement… read more
South Africa is seeking to create a new thriving national airline out of the ashes of its current state-owned carrier, which is technically insolvent and on the brink of being placed in liquidation by administrators.
An ideal replacement for South African Airways (SAA) would have both public and private owners, maintain the country’s trade… read more
Air Mauritius is currently under voluntary administration. Amidst the Covid-19 crisis, the Mauritian national carrier wishes to give itself the necessary breathing space and set the conducive conditions for restructuring opportunities in order to stay afloat.
Sattar Hajee Abdoula, FCA and Arvindsingh K. Gokhool, FCCA have been appoi… read more
Madagascar Looking To Revitalise Rail And Bus Operations
RIP SAA. Long live a new national airline?
Kempinski White Glove Service
Africa World Airlines resumes flight operation
Emirates to Operate Flights to More Destinations
SA Express provisionally liquidated
Outlook for the African Airlines
Air Mauritius Enters Voluntary Administration
