Travel news South Sudan

• Destinations
• 22/10/2020 05:55

Seychelles Ministry of Foreign Affairs revises list of countries allowed to enter

• Accomodation
• 22/10/2020 05:52

Hyatt Regency Cape Town Hotel to open in December

Hyatt Hotels Corporation (NYSE: H) announced today that a Hyatt affiliate has entered into a management agreement with South African real estate company, Millat Properties, for the first Hyatt-branded hotel in Cape Town. Hyatt Regency Cape Town, a 137-room hotel, is expected to open in December 2020, bringing the… read more

• Flights
• 21/10/2020 13:35

Air Namibia resumes South Africa service from late-Oct 2020

Air Namibia starting next week resumes regular International service, initially operating flights to South Africa. Planned operation from 28OCT20 as follows.

Windhoek – Cape Town 2 weekly ERJ135
Windhoek – Johannesburg 3 weekly ERJ135
Windhoek – Walvis Bay – Cape Town 2 … read more

• Flights
• 21/10/2020 13:34

Emirates actual South Africa operations

Emirates in recent weeks filed changes for planned service to South Africa, for Northern summer 2021 season from 28MAR21 to 30OCT20. As of 20OCT20, planned adjustment includes the following.

Dubai – Cape Town Reduce from 2 to 1 daily, 777-300ER operating
EK772 DXB0350 – 1135CPT 77W D
EK771 CPT1820 – 054… read more

• Rail
• 21/10/2020 13:31

Nigerian rail standard gauge network growing

The 1 435 mm gauge north-south railway linking Itakpe, Ajaokuta and Warri has been formally opened for commercial operation, following an inauguration ceremony at Agbor in Delta state, attended by Transport Minister Rotimi Amaechi and the Governor of Delta Ifeanyi Okowa.

Addressing the opening ceremony by video link, Pre… read more

• Cruise
• 21/10/2020 08:11

MSC Cruises adds second ship back into service

MSC Magnifica has returned to service for MSC Cruises, departing on her first cruise since the coronavirus pandemic began, the second ship to do so for the cruise line. The 10-day roundtrip cruise from Genoa will visit Livorno for visits to Florence and Pisa, Messina in Sicily, Piraeus for Athens, Katakolon for Olympia, Valletta, M… read more

• Flights
• 21/10/2020 06:15

Airlink into three new destinations in Mozambique

Airlink, the privately-owned regional airline, will enhance its South Africa and Mozambique network with additional scheduled services to Pemba, Vilanculos and Beira in Mozambique.

This follows the lifting of travel restrictions that curtailed travel between the neighbouring countries while they both worked t… read more

• Flights
• 21/10/2020 06:14

Air Belgium parks two Airbus A340s for long-term storage

Yesterday, Air Belgium A340-300 registered OO-ABD took off from Brussels South Charleroi with destination Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées airport in southern France. Air Belgium told Aviation24.be that, together with her sister OO-ABE, the aircraft would remain parked there in storage for the winter.

Air Belgium leases four A340-300s… read more

• Flights
• 21/10/2020 06:12

EK & Airlink Interline agreement

Emirates and South African regional carrier Airlink announced today that they had signed a new interline agreement. This will allow travelers from Dubai to Cape Town and Johannesburg to continue onwards to 45 destinations across the Southern African region.

On Tuesday, UAE flag carrier Emirates and regional Sout… read more

• Destinations
• 20/10/2020 14:52

Mauritius on hold

With South Africans’ summer holiday season coming up, it is still unclear when Mauritius will open its borders without a compulsory 14-day quarantine for visitors.

Operators are busy postponing November bookings while agents, hesitant to sell the island with this uncertainty, are advising clients to book local holidays for De… read more