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The new SAA – 9 aircraft, 27 routes
In the 2019-2020 year, every airline globally suffered devastating impact from COVID-19. The damage to SAA was even more severe than that suffered by others. It had already been driven into business rescue by years of misfortune, massive financial losses year on year, corruption, government interference, and lack of continuity at every level of … read more
Qatar Airways expands South America connectivity
Qatar Airways announce it has increased Sao Paulo services to 10 weekly flights and expanded codeshare cooperation with LATAM Airlines Brasil optimising connectivity for both airline’s passengers to and from destinations in Asia, the Middle East and South America. The new codeshare agreement will further strengthen the two a… read more
A Safari Into the Social History of the Kruger National Park
Most conservation books set in Africa are written by white authors and often (unintentionally) for a white audience. Jacob Dlamini uses the park as a microcosm of South Africa's wider history in the 20th century.
As a black South African, Jacob Dlamini, an assistant professor of history at Princeton University, has brought an important per… read more
MSC pushes South African cruise season back to February
The emergence of two new strains of COVID-19, one originating in South Africa and the other in the UK, has prompted MSC Cruises to further postpone its 2020/21 cruise season out of Durban and Cape Town. MSC Cruises’ decision to push back the start date of the new South African cruise season followed the announcement of tighter anti… read more
Air France - Transit Visa Compulsory for Nigerians Travelling to UK From January 1
Air France - KLM has reintroduced airport transit visa (ATV) for citizens of certain countries, including those from Nigeria, travelling to the UK from January 1, 2021. An ATV is a document which grants access to a traveller to pass through the international zone of an airport, without entering the country's territory.
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Airlink adjusts flight schedule to comply with latest curfew
Airlink is adjusting its schedule of early morning and evening departures so that customers can comply with the country’s new curfew with minimal disruption to their travel plans.
The changes will affect Airlink flights that were originally due to depart prior to 08:00 and arrive after 20:00. These will be rescheduled … read more
Ports of Entry ready for travellers returning to SA
Government has outlined plans for operations at the ports of entry from 2 January until 14 January that have been approved by the National Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure (NatJoints). During this period, traveller volumes are expected to be above normal because of people returning to South Africa.
"The Department… read more
Vaccines may soon make travel possible again. But how quickly will it return - and will it be foreve
Before Covid-19, there was much concern about whether tourism had grown too big for our planet. There were calls to … read more
Nepalese airline Buddha Air flies passengers to wrong airport
Passengers on the Buddha Air ATR72-500 flight U4 505 (reg. 9N-AMY) from Kathmandu Tribhuwan International Airport to Janakpur, Nepal, had a big surprise on Friday, 18 December. Instead of landing as planned in Janakpur in the south of the country, they ended up in Pohara, the second-largest city in the country, more than 400 kilometres from thei… read more
TAAG suspends flights to South Africa
Angola's Airlines TAAG suspended as from Saturday, 26th December, its flights to Johannesburg and Capetown (South Africa) due to the emergence of a variant of the SARSC-CoV-2 virus, which represents the increase of the Covid-19 transmission.
TAAG decision, which comes twenty days after the company increased its frequencies to… read more
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