Travel news South Sudan

• Beyond Africa
• 16/10/2020 07:00

EY 787-10 operates service through Israeli airspace

United Arab Emirates carrier Etihad Airways has conducted a commercial service through Israeli airspace, with its Milan Malpensa-Abu Dhabi flight. Flight EY88 has a scheduled block time of 6h 5min and typically spends about 5h 25min airborne.

The service is normally routed through Turkey and then uses the busy north-south cor… read more

• Flights
• 16/10/2020 05:24

Airlink reconnects JNB & WDH

This follows the relaxation of South Africa’s intra-Africa travel restrictions and Namibian Aeronautical Authorities acknowledging Airlink’s traffic rights and designation on the route. Airlink also recently resumed scheduled services between Cape Town and Windhoek as well as between Johannesburg and Walvis Bay.

Air travel between t… read more

• Miscellaneous
• 16/10/2020 05:24

Rwanda: First East African nation to legalize growing of marijuana

Rwanda has legalized the growing of cannabis but only for medical purposes. It has now become the first East African nation to legalize the growing of cannabis.

• Flights
• 16/10/2020 05:06

FlySafair receiving new aircraft

FlySafair has announced the arrival of the newest addition to its fleet. The Boeing 737-800 Next-Generation aircraft, touched down at OR Tambo International Airport recently, with a second aircraft due to arrive later in October 2020.

The airline has been increasing its capacity since restarting operations in June this year, … read more

• Flights
• 15/10/2020 15:15

SAA: Govt not sure how to raise funds for bailout

Government on Wednesday said it was not sure where an urgent R10 billion to bailout South African Airways (SAA) would come from. The struggling national airline wants almost R20 billion, of which R10.5 billion is needed urgently.

The Department of … read more

• Flights
• 15/10/2020 15:14

RwandAir is back in SA

RwandAir resumed flights between Kigali and Johannesburg via Lusaka on October 10, and hopes to introduce a direct service soon. The carrier is operating three weekly flights from Johannesburg, departing from OR Tambo International Airport at 23h30 Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays and arriving in Kigali at 05h20 the following morn… read more

• Flights
• 15/10/2020 15:05

Air Belgium: MRU postponed

The coronavirus pandemic forces Air Belgium to postpone the start date of its flights between Brussels Airport, Belgium and Mauritius, originally scheduled for December 2020, to 30 March 2021. The Belgian airline also announced to resume its regular flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to the French islands of Martinique and Guadeloupe … read more

• Flights
• 15/10/2020 06:35

Air Côte d'Ivoire will start Johannesburg in April 2021, eyeing long-haul in 2022

Air Côte d'Ivoire will open a direct line to Johannesburg in April 2021. The service will be operated with its new A320neo. The carrier is banking on more NEO devices for long-haul deployment by 2022, the expected year of profitability. Air Côte d'Ivoire is maintaining its network and fleet growth plan. The Ivorian national … read more

• Flights
• 15/10/2020 06:29

Airlink launches Maputo route

Airlink, the privately-owned regional airline, has reconnected Mozambique and South Africa with the launch of its new scheduled passenger air service between Maputo and Johannesburg.

Today’s first Airlink return flight on the route follows the lifting of travel restrictions that curtailed travel between the neighboring… read more

• Flights
• 15/10/2020 05:49

Qatar Airways and Airlink in interline agreement

Qatar Airways  and Airlink in interline agreement.

The agreement with Airlink will provide passengers seamless connectivity via Cape Town, and Johannesburg to more than 20 regional destinations in Southern Africa including; Gaborone, Maun, Tete, Port Elizabeth, Lusaka, Harare and Victoria Falls.

Qatar Airwa… read more