Air Seychelles has today announced its 2022 February flight schedule, now that the airline has resumed commercial passenger services back to all its pre-pandemic destinations, including Johannesburg, Mauritius, Tel Aviv and Mumbai.
As part of its plan to rebuild its route network, reaffirming its commitment to its markets, Ai… read more
“Recent uncertainty and concerns have arisen around the potential disruption and impact on air travel related to the rollout of high speed 5G networks in the U.S. Mid-day reports show little impact due to the agreement to minimize the use of 5G around airports. GBTA is pleased with today’s … read more
On 20 January 2022, Qatar Airways, through the legal proceedings against Airbus in the Technology & Construction division of the High Court in England, sought an expedited hearing of a preliminary issue to address our serious and legitimate safety concerns regarding the surface degradation condition adversely impacting our Airbus A350… read more
Costa Cruises and AIDA Cruises have cancelled the next two cruises aboard their Dubai-based ships Costa Firenze and AIDAbella. Costa Firenze was meant to depart the Dubai Harbour Cruise Terminal on Saturday evening, while AIDAbella was meant to depart Sunday, both on week long roundtrip cruises in the Arabian Gulf.
Carnival Horizon has returned to service in the Caribbean out of Miami after completing an emergency drydock in Italy to fix a propulsion issue. Carnival Horizon was pulled from service on December 5th, 2021 due to technical issues that impacted her top cruising speed, but has now returned to Miami.
There has been complaints from passengers of the challenges they have to grapple with in accessing the international travel portal to get their travel permit, QR code, make payments etc to enable them travel.
In this interview, President, National Association of Nigeria Travel Agencies, NANTA, Mrs. Susan Akporiaye speaks on these challenge… read more
Over the last three decades, there has been an abundance of South African airlines that have ceased operations. Some veterans have become a thing of the past, while many newcomers have also stopped flying in such a short period of aviation history.
A major shift
In the early 1990s, South Africa’s government went through a nota… read more
The Alitalia brand will return to the skies after a few months of interruption, while ITA Airways in the first two and a half months of activity closed with an EBIT of -170 million euros.
ITA Airways, the public company that took the place of Alitalia and bought the historic brand for 90 million euros last October, will reviv… read more
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World Health Organisation calls for international travel bans to be lifted
Air Seychelles re-establish network connectivity and announces February schedule
GBTA urges resolution of 5G rollout concerns related to air travel safety
Qatar Airways issued a statement on Airbus A350 Aircraft
Namibia & Angola to re-open common border posts
Costa and AIDA Cruises cancel Dubai itineraries until February
Carnival Horizon gets new livery and upgrades during emergency drydock
NANTA calls for downward review of Covid test, knocks IATA
Why has South Africa had so many short-lived airlines?
The Alitalia brand will fly again in March
