Travel news South Sudan

• Flights
• 29/09/2022 07:37

Airlink buys 40% of Fly Namibia

Namibia's growing economy is increasingly dependent on air connectivity for the movement of people and goods. Since the demise of Air Namibia in 2021, the private carrier Fly Namibia has emerged as the leading player in the local market. To accelerate its growth, it wants to rely on the experience of Airlink, the leading airline in… read more

• Destinations
• 28/09/2022 23:53

Latest report shows how domestic visitors rescued Cape Town

Crash-and-burn is one way to describe the devastating effect that the COVID-19 pandemic, in particular the Omicron variant, had on Cape Town Central City’s visitor economy in late 2021.

And the timing couldn’t have been worse, with this variant surfacing in South Africa in December of that year.  Fortunately, the corresponding surge i… read more

• Flights
• 28/09/2022 22:52

Air France resumes flights between Paris and CPT

The flag carrier of France, Air France, is set to resume direct operations to Cape Town in … read more

• Flights
• 28/09/2022 02:49

Explained: Ethiopian - Nigeria Air deal will hit Kenya Airways

As Kenya Airways continues to extend begging bowls to the government to pump in more billions to help it pull out of a major financial crisis, its main African rival Ethiopia Airlines is plotting to wrestle the lucrative West African market as it moves to extend its dominance beyond the region.

This is after Ethiopia Airlines… read more

• Flights
• 28/09/2022 02:46

EK expands its South Africa schedule

The largest airline of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the flag carrier of the Emirate of Dubai, Emirates, has announced that it will be expanding its schedule to and from … read more

• Cruise
• 28/09/2022 02:43

Holland America Line’s Volendam returns to guest cruising operations

Two-and-a-half years after the cruise industry pause, Holland America Line’s Volendam returned to cruising at Trieste (Venice), Italy. The ship embarked guests for a 14-day Holy Land and Ancient Kingdoms Explorer itinerary.

To commemorate the occasion, Holland America Line held a ribbon-cutting ceremony in the terminal to open embar… read more

• Miscellaneous
• 26/09/2022 20:01

2022 Skytrax: FlySafair named Best Low-Cost Airline in Africa

For the second year in a row, South African airline FlySafair has been named Best Low-Cost Airline in Africa in the 2022 Skytrax World Airline Awards. Fastjet (Zimbabwe) came in second in the ranking, followed by Jambojet, fly540 (both Kenya) and Lift, also from … read more

• Flights
• 26/09/2022 20:01

TAAG Angola to launch flights to Durban

The state-owned flag carrier of Angola, TAAG Angola Airlines, is set to launch a new service to … read more

• Flights
• 26/09/2022 20:01

Airlink & Air Belgium have signed a new commercial agreement

Belgian charter airline Air Belgium and South African airline Airlink have signed a new commercial agreement. This new partnership means travellers can enjoy the simplicity of purchasing connecting flights on both airlines using a single reservation with seamless ticketing, check-in, boarding and baggage-check experie… read more

• Cruise
• 26/09/2022 08:47

Holland America to cruise South Africa voyage aboard Zaandam in 2022

Holland America Line will sail a grand voyage from Cape Town to Fort Lauderdale in 2022 aboard Zaandam.

The 27-night itinerary will depart Cape Town on November 23rd, 2022 and bounce up the West African coast initially, before crossing the Atlantic via Cape Verde and Puerto Rico to end the cruise in Florida. Prices start at U… read more