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Air Seychelles restores Tel Aviv Route
Air Seychelles has added Tel Aviv back to its route network following the successful restart of commercial passenger services between Israel and the Seychelles.
The national carrier operated its first flight from Ben Gurion Airport in the late evening on Tuesday, 17 November arriving at the Seychelles International Air… read more
Wow! Qatar Airways to serve 126 destinations by end of Mar-2021
Qatar Airways announced (18-Nov-2020) plans to rebuild its network to 126 destinations by the end of Mar-2021, comprising 20 destinations in Africa, 11 in the Americas, 42 in Asia Pacific, 38 in Europe and 15 in the Middle East.
The carrier intends to serve most destinations with daily or greater frequency.
Ethiopia and India sign air travel arrangement
India's Ministry of Civil Aviation, via its official Twitter account, announced (18-Nov-2020) an air travel arrangement was established between India and Ethiopia, allowing designated carriers from both countries to operate air services between India and Ethiopia.
WTM Africa will go ahead as virtual event in April 2021
The Next virtual WTM Africa will take place in Cape Town, South Africa from 7 to 9 April 2021.
Organisers Reed Exhibitions said the event will deliver a significant ROI for exhibitors and provide a platform for live and virtual connection between tourism industry stakeholders engaged in bringing business to Africa. … read more
WTM Latin America announces new dates for 2021
WTM Latin America has announced its new dates in 2021. The decision was taken in consultation with customers and partners in order to meet and serve their expectations for next year. As a result, the event has been moved from April 2021 to 23- 25 June 2021 at Expo Center Norte’s Green Pavilion in São Paulo.
The i… read more
What had happened to Tunisair’s Airbus A350-800 order?
Way back in 2008, Tunisair celebrated its 60th anniversary by placing a firm order with Airbus for three A350-800, three A330-200, and ten A320s. The airline received its first A330-200 in June 2015 and has 15 A320s in its fleet. But what happened to its order of A350-800s? We’ve found out what happened.
The plane that never left th… read more
Etihad and El Al to explore codeshare opportunities
Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Airways and Israel’s national carrier El Al have signed a memorandum of understanding to introduce codeshare services and further deepen co-operation amid growing transport links between the two countries.
The agreement will allow both airlines to expand their global flight networks beyond the… read more
Hotelbeds fuels travel recovery with global ‘Black Friday’ campaign
Hotelbeds has announced the launch of a global ‘Black Friday’ campaign. This campaign will offer exclusive discounts of up to 60% for arrivals up until the end of 2021 and will include flexible rates to provide travellers with complete peace-of-mind.
The exclusive rates will be distributed across Hotelbeds’ two main channels:… read more
Travel Tech EMEA online conference November 23-27, 2020
Lybra developer of the Assistant, a machine learning, demand-centric revenue management system (RMS), and HS LATAM – developer of state-of-the-art online distribution and competitor analysis solutions – announce the upcoming Travel Tech EMEA online conference, taking place from November 23-27, 2020. This is the 4th Travel Tech conference and, li… read more
Lift live with AeroCRS B2C
AeroCRS welcomes Lift to its customers following a successful implementation of AeroCRS solutions. AeroCRS completed the implementation after working closely with Lift’s team, in order to assist them with the start of sales and operations quickly, according to their requirements within a months’ time.
Lift is a new airline in South … read more
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