Travel news overview

• Flights
• 06/03/2020 05:12

Air Malta considers operations into West African

Air Malta (KM) is currently looking into the possibility to start operations to Ghana. Representatives from the Maltese and Ghanaian governments have been meeting to discuss the possibility of Air Malta commencing services to the West African country in … read more

• Flights
• 05/03/2020 12:21

TAP Air Portugal with new service into Cabo Verde

As of 20th of June 2020, TAP Air Portugal will offer a nonstop service between Porto in Northern Portugal to Sal Island, Cabo Verde.

The one-weekly flight will be operated on an Airbus A319 with 144 seats in 2 classes. TAP will operate as a night flight to Sal, leaving Poro in the evening and arriving back to Porto at 07:55 am the next day.

• Accomodation
• Beyond Africa
• 05/03/2020 12:10

Radisson announces global plan to reduce single-use plastics

Radisson Hotel Group announced to implement bulk amenity dispensers across all brands by the beginning of 2022, replacing small bottles of its bathroom products. This plan will extinguish 57 million miniature amenities from circulation, avoiding the use of almost 500 tons of plastic annually.

In addition, Radisson Hotel Gr… read more

• Flights
• 05/03/2020 12:08

Nigeria's Air Peace with new Embraer ERJ-145 Aircraft

Air Peace has taken delivery of its first Embraer ERJ-145 aircraft. The aircraft will assist to increase capacity for national and regional city pairs.

The aircraft with the registration number 5N-BXG, arrived from Marocco at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport at about 19.30hrs on Wednesday, March 4, 2020,

• Accomodation
• 04/03/2020 15:52

Marriott with two new hotels in South Africa

Marriott International has announced the opening of the Johannesburg Marriott Hotel Melrose Arch as well as the opening of the Executive Apartments Johannesburg Melrose Arch.

• Flights
• 03/03/2020 18:13

SAA continues operations into Munich

As a consequence of the "business rescue" phase, South African Aiways (SAA) had announced to end operations into Munich end of February 2020.

Suddenly, the airline said it will continue flights to Munich until 21st of April 2020; also for Sao Paolo in Brazil the flights would continue to operate until 31st of March. However, on the SAA web… read more

• Flights
• 03/03/2020 17:59

Dana Air: How to use additional aircrafts?

Dana Air (Nigeria) has announced that as part of it route consolidation and route expansion project, it has introduced additional flights on it Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt and Uyo routes. This will bring the number of daily operations to 36 flights. The two additional aircrafts are Boeing B737-300 and this brings the size of Dana's fleet now to nine aircrafts.

• Flights
• 03/03/2020 17:46

Kenya Airways secures $49mn loan

Kenya Airways has secured a USD49.46 million loan from its largest shareholder, the Kenyan Government. As per company statement, the funding will be used in the overhauling of the Kenya Airways Embraer … read more

• Flights
• 28/02/2020 19:52

Fastjet Zimbabwe announced the launch of two new routes

FastJet opens Victoria Falls to Kruger Mpumulanga International Airport – KMIA (Nelspruit) on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. To accompany this will be the rebirth of the Bulawayo to Victoria Falls route, this will operate on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

The first day of operation will be Monday 6 July for both routes. The ne… read more

• Flights
• 28/02/2020 19:47

EgyptAir receives fourth Airbus 320neo

EgyptAir’s fourth A320 Neo aircraft has arrived at Cairo International Airport; in total 15 aircrafts have been ordered.

Featuring the widest single-aisle cabin in the sky, the A320neo Family incorporates the latest technologies, including new generation engines and Sharklets, which together deliver 20 per cent reduced fuel b… read more