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Since the signing of a peace agreement in October 2020, between the various parties in conflict, calm has more or less returned to Libya, after nine years of civil war.
Since then, foreign airlines have been planning their return to the country.
After an eight-year hiatus, EgyptAir returned to Libya on Monday, April 18, 2022. Flight MS8… read more
On April 15, 2022, the Managing Director of Société de Manutention de Carburants Aviation (SMCADY) informed his counterpart at Blaise Diagne International Airport in Dakar (AIBD SA) of his company's inability to supply the platform with fuel, recommending that he issue a NOTAM on this subject.
From next Saturday, all air carriers operating… read more
Spanish carrier Albastar is planning to launch scheduled flights between Italy and Senegal in May, filling a gap in the market left by the suspension of Italian leisure airline Blue Panorama’s operations last October.
Flights from Milan Bergamo (… read more
POLICE in Unguja North Region have insisted that Zanzibar is safe for tourists and all other visitors.
The Police Force issued the statement yesterday in response to sexual assault allegations being made by a Nigerian woman, Zainab Oladehinde, who claimed to have been sexually assaulted in Warere Hotel in Nungwi, Zanzibar.
Reg… read more
By Conrad Onyango, bird Story Agency
With the easing of Covid-19 restrictions, Africa’s tourism sector has started showing signs of a recovery as international arrivals begin to grow, airlines relaunch and offer new routes and increased frequencies, and international hotel chains open their doors again.
News that French hospitality g… read more
Ethiopia and Africa at large, have the most cultural and natural heritage resources, yet the least inscribed in the World heritage sites. This formed part of the discussion on how to promote sustainable tourism in Ethiopia, between Prof Hubert Gijzen, Regional Director and Representative UNESCO Regional Office for Eastern Africa, when he paid a … read more
As the Sub-Saharan African economy struggles to recover from the 2020 recession induced by the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, the region now faces new economic growth challenges, compounded by the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The World Bank’s latest Africa’s Pulse, a biannual analysis of the near-term regional macroeconomic outlook, esti… read more
Seabourn has revealed its 2023/24 cruise itineraries, with 24 voyages across Arabia and India, Asia, the South Pacific, Australia and New Zealand aboard Seabourn Encore and Seabourn Odyssey.
Two of the cruises aboard Seabourn Encore will sail from Dubai during 2023 and 2024, marking the luxury cruise line’s return to the Middle East… read more
After completing its major fleetwide upgrade program OceaniaNEXT in 2019, Oceania Cruises has now announced that Riviera and Marina will be refurbished again in 2022 and 2023 respectively.
Marina and Oceania are sister ships built in 2011 and 2012, both were refurbished prior to the pandemic as part of the OceaniaNEXT initiative, but will … read more
In 2016/17, the Tanzanian government decided to restructure Air Tanzania Company Ltd (ATCL). Despite this reform, the national airline is still not profitable. Nevertheless, it is continuously improving its financial deficit.
Although still in the red, Air Tanzania improved its performance in its last financial year. Accor… read more
EgyptAir returns to Libya after 8 years of absence
Dakar int'l airport organizes itself to alleviate the shortage of kerosene
Route Analysis: Milan-Dakar
Zanzibar is safe for Tourists, Police insist
Africa’s tourism sector bouncing back
Ethiopian Ministry of Tourism and UNESCO discuss joint efforts to promote sustainable tourism
Seabourn Encore to cruise double itineraries from Dubai in 2024
Oceania Cruises to send Riviera and Marina for major refit and refurbishment
Still loss-making, Air Tanzania cut losses by 40% in 2021
