Travel news overview

• Beyond Africa
• 09/08/2022 21:02

Russia cuts up Western planes to hoard spare parts

Some modern aircraft are too sophisticated to be repairable with other parts. Russia thus begins to sacrifice planes to be able to keep other machines alive. Ultimately, Western sanctions will hurt the Russian aviation.

Sanctions are beginning to show their effects. With the war in Ukraine, the West banned its aircraft manufa… read more

• Conservation & Wildlife
• 09/08/2022 21:01

Chad and Zambia join Unesco’s world biosphere network

_{The Sena Oura National Park in Chad and the Kafue National Park in Zambia have joined the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO) World Biosphere Network. The addition of Chad and Zambia to the Unesco biosphere network this year brings the number of African r}

• Conservation & Wildlife
• 09/08/2022 20:59

Five Southern African countries kick-start Elephant census

Five southern African countries, with more than half the continent's elephants, are conducting a first-ever aerial census to determine the elephant population and how to protect it.

Light aircraft will fly simultaneously across the plains of Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe — in a conservation area known as the … read more

• Flights
• 09/08/2022 20:57

In the midst of a takeover process, Mango Airlines is surprised by the expiry of its licences

Due to financial and operational problems, Mango Airlines entered into voluntary restructuring on 10 August 2021. Since then, the low-cost subsidiary of South African Airways (SAA) has been in the process of privatisation.

It was thought that the end of the tunnel for the takeover of Mango Airlines was in sight, after a potential bu… read more

• Miscellaneous
• 09/08/2022 20:54

Uganda Airlines wants to capitalise on the future development of the Ugandan oil industry

As of 1 April 2022, Uganda Airlines has a new board of directors, chaired by Priscilla Mirembe Seruka. The new team wants to turn the page on the financial malpractices and management problems that have tainted the reputation of Uganda's national airline since its launch three years ago.

Uganda Airlines wants to take advantage of the futur… read more

• Flights
• 09/08/2022 20:52

All Nigerian airlines operate safe service

The Commissioner, Accident Investigation Bureau – Nigeria (AIB-N), Engr. Akin Olateru, has reiterated that all Nigerian airlines are safe despite the challenges facing the sub-sector. AIB also said that it is investigating some serious incidents involving some Nigerian airlines, assuring that their safety recommendations would be released t… read more

• Flights
• 09/08/2022 20:50

Qatar Airways to resume flights to Qassim, Saudi Arabia

Qatar Airways will resume services to its fifth destination in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Qassim, with three weekly flights starting 22 August. The airline will increase to four weekly flights from 2 September 2022.

The award-winning airline will also introduce additional four weekly flights to Riyadh starting 18 August 2022, brin… read more

• Miscellaneous
• 09/08/2022 20:49

Poor customer service is impacting travel sector’s reputation, research finds

As part of its new Make Every Conversation Count report, FM Outsource asked 1,000 people about their experiences with and attitudes towards customer service in 10 business sectors including utilities, travel, banking, insurance, hospitality, logistics, fashion retail and grocery retail.

Respondents were asked to rate each sector’s reputati… read more

• Flights
• 09/08/2022 20:42

Ibom Air and the aviation crisis

Akin Omobowale writes that the state-owned airline is making a difference in air transportation

When he mulled the idea of a commercial airline, many scorned the move as dead on arrival in the light of awry experiences of airline projects that ended as white Elephant projects. But like an experienced Sailor on the high sea, who is vast abo… read more

• Flights
• 09/08/2022 07:46

Air Peace suspends JNB flights

Air Peace has communicate via the Social Media channels that it will suspend the flights between Lagos and Johannesburg as of August22, 2022.

Given reasons are the poor load factor on the flights as per the delayed issuance of South African Visas for travellers as well as the scarcity of air fuel.

However, the ai… read more