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Airlink & Flysafair plan to spread their network
The Provincial Migration Services in Niassa are reopening four border posts in a process which started last week under the Presidential Decree on the gradual relaxation of coronavirus prevention measures. A first phase covers the border crossings with Malawi and Tanzania at Matchedje, Mandimba and Entre-Lagos.
The spok… read more
Ghana: PCR test required for all new arrivals
The officials at Ghana’s major international travel hub, Kotoka International Airport, have announced that all new international arrivals will be required to take a PCR test. The test could be administered at any of the over 70 sampling collection booths set-up at the upper level of the Arrival Hall, with the results being ready wi… read more
Abuja-Kaduna line breaks even
Managing Director, Nigeria Railway Corporation, Fidet Okhiria, has said the Abuja-Kaduna rail service generated the sum of N1.5 billion naira out of the N3.09 billion generated by the service in 2019 making it the most lucrative route in the country. According to tbiafrica.com, Fidet Okhiria, disclosed this in a statement issued in… read more
Lesotho: Mohahlaula Airlines set to launch domestic flights!
The Government of Lesotho has relaxed the national Covid-19 control levels and now allows inter-district travel for work and leisure, so that the country’s only scheduled airline, Mohahlaula Airlines, is finally able to launch scheduled domestic operations. Tickets will go on sale on 01 September 2020 and operations are set to star… read more
FAAN probes evacuation racket at Abuja airport
Kenya Airways reports 68% drop in Revenue
The airli… read more
The future of the Corporate Traveller
In May, The Economist predicted the end of working life as we know it, going as far as saying the shift to remote working may rival the great workplace transformations of the 19th and 20th centuries. Twitter declared that all its employees will be allowed to work from home permanently– and Facebook expects half… read more
Africa World Airlines increases domestic capacity
Fred Olsen hopes to restart next spring
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines has unveiled its plans to have three of the fleet ‘back in the water’ in March and April, with Balmoral to sail even sooner. The company’s two new ships, Bolette and Boreali… read more
Court stops Kenya Airways from sacking pilots
Employment and Labour Relations court has temporarily stopped Kenya Airwayscompany from laying off its pilotsin anything related to redundancy.In a ruling delivered on Wednesday by Justice Onesmus Makau, he found that Kenya Airline Pilots Association had satisfied the court that their case was not frivolous because of… read more
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