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After nearly four months since closing down its air space in efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19, South Sudan has greenlighted the resumption of international flights. The country’s civil aviation authority said flights had already begun landing in Juba as the country continues its recovery from the impacts of the pandemic.
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Ethiopian is pleased to announce that it has resumed passenger flight to Dubai as of July, 2020 with enhanced safety measures to ensure your wellness.
Fly when you are ready We are offering more choices and greater flexibility for tickets purchased until August 30,2020 with a travel dates until Sep 30,2020. Your Safety is our… read more
Safarilink has just confirmed to ATCNews that this premier beach and bush airline will relaunch operations again on the 15th of July. The airline will run most of its previous schedules, especially to the Kenya coast, to where demand for travel appears very sustained already given the prebookings already received. The airline has also instit… read more
The state-owned national flag carrier of Botswana, Air Botswana, is set to resume operations. According to a press release, the airline is planning to re-introduce scheduled domestic flights in Botswana on 17 July 2020.
The resumption of services is subject to health and safety protocols and the new ways of working. Air… read more
Following the recent re-opening of the airports by the Federal Government, Dana Air has announced the resumption of its flight services on July 9.
The airline also advised its potential passengers to arrive airport three hours to flight. The airline, in a statement Wednesday morning, said it will operate three daily flights from Lag… read more
Gidon Novick is a former Comair CEO and founder of Kulula.com. He’s a serial entrepreneur, founder of Lucid Ventures, and this week he talked to AviaDev Africa about his latest enterprise: a brand new low-cost airline based out of South Africa that he hopes to launch before the end of the year.
Although he’s keeping ti… read more
Uganda is gradually easing Covid-19 restrictions after several weeks of mandatory lockdown. But among others, the country’s airport remains closed to international travellers forcing hotels into hibernation. 400,000 workers within the sector have been sent home without pay for the past three months.
“...And the majority of these are… read more
Emirates (EK) has announced a further expansion within its route network. This move will take the airline’s network up to 58 cities by mid-August.
Emirates announced it will resume flight to Geneva (from July 15) and Los Angeles(from July 22) in July. The remaining four routes will return to service throughout A… read more
One of Durban’s most beloved hotels, the Oyster Box, has been awarded the top spot in the ‘Top Resort Hotels in Africa’ category at this year’s Travel + Leisure World’s Best Awards.
The awards, voted for by readers of Travel + Leisure, judge hotels on a variety of characteristics including their rooms and facilities, location… read more
Air Namibia service licence is reinstated.
The statement read: “In an application before the Honourable Justice Tommasi, the Respondents were interdicted from implementing or taking any further action regarding the suspension of the Air Namibia licenses pending a hearing of the matter on 3 August 2020.
“Air Namibia wil… read more
South Sudan: Aviation Authorities allow international flights
Ethiopian Airlines returns to Dubai
Safarilink operations resume on July 15
Air Botswana to resume operations
Dana Tells Passengers to Arrive Airport Three Hours to Flight
Comair’s former CEO is looking at a new South African Airline
Uganda’s hospitality industry hopeful of stimulus package from gov’t
Emirates route expansion
South Africa: Oyster Box voted best resort hotel in Africa
Air Namibia AOC licence reinstated
