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Air Seychelles during Northern winter season plans to offer service to The Maldives, previously served until April 2005. Subject to Government Approval, Airbus A320neo aircraft to operate this route once weekly, during the period of 05DEC20 – 09JAN21.
HM124 SEZ0755 – 1205MLE 32N 6
HM123 MLE1550 – 1755SEZ 32N 6
Etihad Airways is mulling a decision on whether it will return its Airbus A380s to service again after the Covid-19 pandemic forced the airline to ground its ten superjumbos. The Boeing 787 Dreamliner, the backbone of Etihad Airways' fleet, is "massively" more efficient than the four-engined A380 jet, Tony Douglas, ch… read more
South African Airways administrators said they will decide within the next week whether to sell or liquidate the insolvent carrier if 10.5 billion rand ($620 million) pledged by the government fails to be delivered. The business-rescue practitioners have placed SAA under care and maintenance in the meantime, suspendin… read more
Virgin Voyages is cancelling all its scheduled cruises in November, according to a letter the cruise line sent to travel agents. Scarlet Lady, the cruise line’s first ship, was meant to commence cruises from Miami in November, but the 2,770-guest vessel will instead remain in lockdown with the rest of the US cruise industry.… read more
EGYPTAIR during the month of October 2020 schedules following International service, based on schedule listing as of 29SEP20. Planned operation for the period of 01OCT20 – 24OCT20 as follows. Additional changes remain likely, due to various travel restrictions.
Alexandria Borg el Arab – Dammam 2 weekly 737-800 (1… read more
French carrier Corsair from December 2020 plans to resume service to Mayotte, previously served until September 2018. From 12DEC20, the airline’s Airbus A330-200/-300 aircraft will operate Paris Orly – St. Denis de la Reunion – Dzaoudzi route, twice weekly.
Corsair’s new Airbus A330-900neo is expected to… read more
flydubai at the launch of Northern winter 2020/21 season plans to resume service to The Maldives, last served until February 2018. From 27OCT20, the airline plans to operate Dubai – Male service 4 times weekly, with Boeing 737-800 aircraft.
FZ1569 DXB1035 – 1550MLE 73H x137
FZ1570 MLE2330 – 0310+1DXB 73H x137
Minister for Tourism and Natural Resources, Hamisi Kigwangala on Sunday night said the decision by the government to continue tourism business amidst the Covid-19 was a difficult one but one they had to make to save the sector. Dr Kigwangala said this during a virtual conference during the Mwananchi Thought Leadership Forum … read more
Emirates has announced it will restart services to Entebbe, Uganda (October 1) and Muscat, Oman (October 2), bringing the total number of cities served by the airline to 94.
Emirates is gradually resuming operations and rebuilding its network to provide more opportunities for travel.
The airline will operate to Entebbe with th… read more
Mango Airlines' entire fleet is still grounded after South African Airways Technical (SAAT) withdrew its maintenance services over non-repayment.
"Critical discussions with Mango and SAAT are still continuing today and we are hopeful of a resolution. Updates will be made available as soon as possible," said Mango spok… read more
Air Seychelles plans to resume Maldives service in Dec 2020/Jan 2021
ET: Will the Airbus A380 return?
SAA could be sold or shut down within the next week
Virgin Voyages latest cruise line to cancel all voyages through end of November
EGYPTAIR Oct 2020 International operations
Corsair resumes Dzaoudzi service from Dec 2020
flydubai resumes Maldives service in from late-Oct 2020
Decision to Open the Tourist Sector Was a Difficult One, Says Tourism Minister
Emirates restarts flights to Muscat
Mangos fleet still grounded over non-payment
