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Air Mauritius: 5 planes for sale
Air Mauritius has put up five aircraft for sale on July 7th due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
This comes a few months after the airline has entered into administration as a result of the current crisis. With international travel demand looking sluggish for the foreseeable future, it appears that the airline is seeking t… read more
South Sudan: Aviation Authorities allow international flights
After nearly four months since closing down its air space in efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19, South Sudan has greenlighted the resumption of international flights. The country’s civil aviation authority said flights had already begun landing in Juba as the country continues its recovery from the impacts of the pandemic.
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Comair’s former CEO is looking at a new South African Airline
Gidon Novick is a former Comair CEO and founder of Kulula.com. He’s a serial entrepreneur, founder of Lucid Ventures, and this week he talked to AviaDev Africa about his latest enterprise: a brand new low-cost airline based out of South Africa that he hopes to launch before the end of the year.
Although he’s keeping ti… read more
South Africa: Oyster Box voted best resort hotel in Africa
One of Durban’s most beloved hotels, the Oyster Box, has been awarded the top spot in the ‘Top Resort Hotels in Africa’ category at this year’s Travel + Leisure World’s Best Awards.
The awards, voted for by readers of Travel + Leisure, judge hotels on a variety of characteristics including their rooms and facilities, location… read more
Nigeria not in Top 5 most powerful countries in Africa
Nigeria is conspicuously missing in the latest global ranking of the most powerful nations in the world with Egypt topping the list in Africa. According to a US News and World Report, published on pulse.ng, Egypt retained its position as the most powerful nation in Africa for 2020, as South Africa, Kenya, Ghana and Morocco made the… read more
Air Namibia: the end?
Another page of African aviation is turning. After the financial troubles for South African Airways (technically bankrupt), after the State which will take over Kenya Airways while it was the first African airline to be privatised in 1996, the end seems to be near for 73-year old Air Namibia.
Namibian civil aviation authority suspen… read more
Eastern Sudan - Transport Drivers Strike for Higher Tariffs
Drivers of public transport vehicles in Kassala in Eastern Sudan have called-out a strike demanding higher tariffs. They complain that their business is not profitable under current conditions
A driver told Radio Dabanga that the continuing fuel crisis compels driver to buy petrol at the commercial price or from the parallel market.… read more
Cape Town Air Access Update
Over the past five years, the Cape Town Air Access project has helped to dramatically increase the number of non-stop international flights to Cape Town International Airport. The partnership between Wesgro, City of Cape Town, Western Cape Government, Airports Company of South Africa, Cape Town Tourism, South African Tourism, and the priv… read more
SA Express Airline Up for Auction
Joint Provisional Liquidators (JPL) has been tasked with selling the assets of SA Express (a South African airline). The agency is calling for Expressions of Interest (EOI) from buyers interested in acquiring the bankrupt carrier either as a whole or piecemeal.
The liquidators value the airline at R113 million. These assets include eight B… read more
African Hotel pipeline resilient despite unprecedented challenges
Acknowledged as one of the African continent’s leading hospitality investment experts, Wayne Troughton of HTI Consulting shared unique insights in the first ‘Virtual Hotel Club’ held in early July, a dynamic and informal Pan-African platform for hospitality industry stakeholders the way forward within the industry at this time of crisis.… read more
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