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Cabo Verde Airlines Resumes Operations
According to Erlendur Svavarsson, Chairman and Executive Director of Cabo Verde Airlines (VR), the company is working to resume flights on July 1, 2020.
The airlines, led by Icelandic investors after privatization in 2019, has been completely shut down since March 19 when the Cape Verdean government suspended all internationa… read more
Rwandair gradual network resumption from August
Rwandair in recent inventory update closed reservation for all scheduled passenger flights until 31JUL20 inclusive. As of 17JUN20, the airline’s earliest date available for reservation is 01AUG20, initially on selected destinations. Additional changes, including service resumption date, remain likely to change in the next few weeks, pending on v… read more
mango June/July 2020 operations as of 17JUN20
South African carrier mango earlier this week resumes scheduled operation, initially operating key domestic routes from 15JUN20. Planned frequencies and routes listed below is in effect from 15JUN20 to 31JUL20.
Cape Town – Durban 11 weekly
Johannesburg – Cape Town 12 weekly
Johannesburg – Durban 12 weekly
Three Stubborn Business Travel Myths Debunked
Business travel has been made more complicated by the many misconceptions and myths that have developed over time. Some think business travel is all glitz and glamour, with paid-for trips and champagne in first class. Others will tell you that business travel means long days, burn-out and loneliness. The truth is probably found somewhere in the … read more
Qatar Airways is planning to resume flights to Africa
According to Qatar Airways’ updated time table, the airline is planning to resume flights to various destinations in Southern and East Africa in June 2020 and July 2020.
Flights to Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) resumed today (16 June 2020), while flights to Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban (South Africa), Windhoek (Namibia), M… read more
Delta Air Lines Johannesburg preliminary schedule as of 14JUN20
Delta Air Lines during the weekend of 14JUN20 filed aircraft changes for Atlanta – Johannesburg route, for Northern summer 2021 season. Preliminary filing shows the Skyteam member displaying Airbus A350-900XWB aircraft service from 28MAR21, replacing Boeing 777-200LR aircraft.
Further changes will be made in the… read more
AIDAmira: based in Cape Town for cruise season 2020/21
After her first ever South African cruise season was cut short by the Coronavirus pandemic, AIDAmira has been confirmed for a second cruise season out of Cape Town during the upcoming 2020/21 season. Arriving in Cape Town in November, 2020, AIDAmira, which formerly sailed as neoRiviera for Costa Cruises, will offer a set of 14-nigh… read more
Detail Knowledge: Norwegian Dawn
Norwegian Dawn is an old ship, and for anybody that loves the bells and whistles and simple layout of Norwegian’s larger newer cruise liners, she’ll feel dated, but for the rest of us with a love for a ship with a bit of history, she’ll get under your skin and have you wishing you could stay.
Norwegian Dawn will cruise from both Sou… read more
Half of all cruises departing Cape Town for 2021 will be roundtrips
The South African cruise sector looks set to have a strong rebound from the Coronavirus pandemic, based on 2021 cruise itineraries released by mainstream cruise lines. According to forward-looking itineraries, more than half of all the cruises departing from the country’s primary cruise port, Cape Town, will be roundtrip itinera… read more
SAA returns 17 aircrafts to owners
South African Airways has returned 17 aircraft to lessors so far. This is because the lessors have elected to initiate the termination of the leases, the state-owned airline's business rescue practitioners confirmed on Friday.
The aircraft returned include four A319s; three A340-300s; three A340-600s; five A330-200s and two B737s. T… read more
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