Travel news overview

• Flights
• 28/07/2020 06:28

TAP Portugal plans restart

TAP Air Portugal has outlined operational restart plans in an aim to replenish 40% of its normal pre-COVID-19 operations by September. From next month, the airline will resume operations to 66 destinations, with it increasing to 76 in September. August will offer close to 500 round-trip flights per week, with Septembe… read more

• Flights
• 28/07/2020 06:28

Emirates will return to Nairobi

Emirates has announced it will resume flights to Nairobi (from 2 August), Baghdad and Basra (from 10 August), expanding its growing network, and offering customers around the world more convenient connections to Dubai, and via Dubai.

This will take the airline’s passenger network to 67 destinations in August, including seven … read more

• Flights
• Beyond Africa
• 28/07/2020 06:27

St Helena: Titan Airways prepares for first B757 flight

A very special aircraft is gearing up to land at the infamous Saint Helena Airport. Titan Airways will be flying a Boeing 757 to the airport this week. This will be the airport’s first Boeing 757 arrival and the largest passenger jet to ever land at the airport. The plane will operate a repatriation flight.

• Opinion
• 27/07/2020 16:51

Resilience and recovery: Aviation in Africa

As the world comes to grips with the pandemic's acute health and socio-economic impacts, today we are facing a new reality of unprecedented uncertainty. COVID-19 has brought the aviation industry to a halt, and like everywhere else, it had a massive social, financial and economic impact in Africa. The grounding of flights has resulted in… read more

• Flights
• 27/07/2020 15:12

Major International Airlines Announce Plans to Resume Operations in Nairobi

A host of international airlines are set to resume operations in and out of Nairobi in August, four months after Kenya suspended all flights to combat the spread of COVID-19.

British Airways says it will operate 4 weekly flights, being on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. Qatar Airways will also res… read more

• Beyond Africa
• 27/07/2020 15:12

Alaska Airlines joins oneworld

Alaska Airlines is to join oneworld, becoming the alliance’s 14th member airline and bringing even more destinations and flights to customers.

Alaska Airlines is working with oneworld to deliver benefits to its guests as quickly as possible, with a hope of joining oneworld around the end of the year. The airline’s wholly-owned regio… read more

• Accomodation
• Beyond Africa
• 27/07/2020 15:07

Safety stamp and certification: Retreat Palm Dubai McGallery by Sofitel

Following comprehensive health and safety verification processes, The Retreat Palm Dubai has received the Dubai Assured stamp from Dubai’s Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (Dubai Tourism), and the CovidClean certification from Safehotels. Both certifications have been achieved after successful implementation of ALL Safe Accor … read more

• Accomodation
• 27/07/2020 05:58

Hilton continues to Invest in Sustainable Travel and Tourism in Africa

Since Hilton announced its Big Five commitment to drive sustainable travel and tourism in Africa less than a year ago, the company has allocated $626,000 towards community partnerships and projects. These drive impact and deepen positive social and environmental change in five key areas – Youth Opportunity, Water Stewardship, Anti-… read more

• Flights
• 27/07/2020 05:44

South Africa’s Comair in problems to raise funds

South Africa based Comair is in a perilous situation after its business rescue practitioners failed to convince lenders to throw more money into the restructuring process of the aviation company, which operates Kulula and British Airways flights in SA.

The business rescue process of Comair is on the ropes as the… read more

• Opinion
• 27/07/2020 05:44

SAA has only five airplanes left

The embattled South African Airways this week returned four more leased airplanes to their lessors, leaving the airline with only five to use, and with several questions about its ability to continue operations.

This comes after the airline had initially returned 17 aircraft in mid-June, followed by a second batc… read more