Travel news overview

• Flights
• 28/01/2021 05:07

Air Peace takes delivery of the first E2 for Africa

Air Peace is the launch customer in Africa for the E2, the newest, most efficient, and most comfortable aircraft in the segment. The airline is also the global launch customer for Embraer’s innovative premium staggered seating design.

The jet delivered today is the first of 13 firm E195-E2 orders, with 17 remaining purchase r… read more

• Flights
• 28/01/2021 05:07

Lawyers advise Ethiopian Airlines not to accept Boeing settlement over 737 Max crash

Ethiopian Airlines CEO, Tewolde GabreMariam paid tribute to the crew and passengers of flight ET302, the 737 Max8 aircraft, that crashed  in early 2019.  Image:  Ethiopian AfAE News

In a letter sent on Sunday, the Chicago-based lawyers warned Ethiopian CEO Tewolde GebreMariam that the offer falls “grossly short” of what th… read more

• Flights
• 28/01/2021 05:06

Ghana unhappy with British Airways operating into LGW

About one month ago, British Airways announced its intention to transfer its London to Accra service from Heathrow to Gatwick Airport, starting March 28th. This move is not sitting well with Ghanaian authorities, however. The country’s Ministry of Aviation has expressed its strong objection to what it calls a unilater… read more

• Flights
• 28/01/2021 05:04

Airlink to resume flights to Skukuza Airport in Kruger National Park

South African privately-owned regional carrier Airlink has announced the resumption of scheduled air services to and from Skukuza Airport in … read more

• Flights
• 28/01/2021 05:04

RwandAir start operating into Bangui in Central Africa

RwandAir will start operating on February 1, a new Kigali-Bangui-Douala route. From this date, the Rwandan national carrier will offer two flights per week (Wednesday and Sunday) between the Rwandan and Central African capitals, with an extension in the economic capital of Cameroon.

The line will be operate… read more

• Miscellaneous
• 27/01/2021 18:33

Global tourism recovery assumptions

Four main friction forces have been identified as having a determining role in the realization of the recovery assumptions:

1. The economic situation of households and businesses
2. The consumer's perception of the health situation.
3. International cooperation: COVID-19 tests and mutually recognized vaccination certific

• Flights
• 27/01/2021 18:33

Qatar Airways to increase flights to South Africa

Qatar Airways, has announced that it is planning to increase the number of flights to South Africa. The airline will increa… read more

• Flights
• 27/01/2021 18:33

Qatar Airways and Mango agree for interlining

The state-owned flag carrier of Qatar, Qatar Airways, and South African low-cost airline Mango have signed an interl… read more

• Flights
• 27/01/2021 07:08

Kenya lauded for Travel Management Portal

The African Union has lauded Kenya's move to to adopt the Africa CDC Trusted Travel platform for Managing travels through the Covid -19 Pandemic. This follows the announcement by Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe of the adoption of the platform, making Kenya the first country to take it up.

"The ministry has collaborated with the Afric… read more

• Conservation & Wildlife
• 27/01/2021 07:07

Coronavirus in Africa could reverse 30 years of wildlife conservation gains, harming interconnected

For wild animals in Africa on the verge of extinction and the tight knit communities who protect them, COVID-19 is a specter, disrupting a delicate balancing act of survival for both humans and endangered species. African officials and conservation experts from Kenya, Uganda and Gabon briefed members of Congress on May 12 about the growing impac… read more