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Airlink to launch flights between Durban & Harare
South African privately-owned regional carrier Airlink is set to launch scheduled direct services between King Shaka International Airport (DUR) in Durban and Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport (HRE) in … read more
Dana Air partners Travelstart on seamless booking & deals
Dana Air has announced that it will partner with Travelstart, Africa’s largest online travel agency, on seamless booking and exciting deals to provide customers with smart fares as soon as the ongoing systems integration is concluded.
This was made known during a courtesy visit by the Global Chief Operating Officer of Travelstart, A… read more
TAZARA to resume cross-border passenger train operations between Tanzania and Zambia!
The Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA) has announced that cross-border passenger train operations between Tanzania and … read more
Etihad Airways to return to Zanzibar seasonally next summer
As summer approaches, airlines are increasing the number of seasonal routes to capitalise on the increase in demand to tourist destinations. Etihad Airways will continue this tradition this year.
Etihad Airways will reopen four former seasonal routes next summer, namely Heraklion and Santorini in Greece, Malaga in Spain, and Zanz… read more
Condor adds JNB
Germany’s Condor is launching flights to Johannesburg (JNB) during the winter 2022/23 season, taking its network in South Africa to two destinations.
Th… read more
Nigeria Tourism struggles amid rising insecurity
Amid global tourism's gradual recovery from a devastating and ongoing pandemic resulting in a $1.2 trillion loss in global tourism industry (UNWTO), 75m jobs losses globally (WTTC 2020), of which 50 per cent job cuts in the aviation industry are likely permanent according to the International Air Travel Association (IATA).
With the … read more
Kulula holidays relaunches booking platform as travel recovers
Kulula Holidays, a Comair Travel brand, has relaunched its platform with new features that make it easier and cheaper for travellers to plan and book domestic and international holidays.
“Under the restrictive conditions of the pandemic, we reinvented kulula holidays so we could offer South Africans real savings and co… read more
Towards a reduction of the Kenya Airways fleet
Between May and August 2021, the British firm Steer Group drew up the restructuring plan for Kenya Airways (KQ). Although this new business plan for the Kenyan parastatal remains secret, some of its outlines have leaked to the press.
In concrete terms, the plan is to reduce the 787 Dreamliner fleet to five and the Embraer 190s to 10… read more
Malaysia Airlines, Qatar Airways deepen cooperation
Oneworld airlines Malaysia Airlines and Qatar Airways… read more
Major cruise lines begin to drop mask requirements on US cruises
All three of the world’s largest cruise companies, Carnival, Royal Caribbean and Norwegian, have dropped their mask requirements on cruises departing from US ports after March 1st. Carnival, Royal Caribbean and Norwegian Cruise Line, as well as their subsidiary lines, have changed their face mask rules for passengers from mandatory t… read more
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