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  • Flights

Mali Carriers in Mali given 72 hours to use or lose landing slots

Authorities in Mali have given airlines operating in the country just 72 hours to decide if they want to keep their slots. The demand comes following the increase in political tensions in West Africa over the last week.

Regional concerns

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) last week had hit Mali with economi… read more


  • Cruise

Cruise Fred Olsen Fred Olsen pushes back restart dates for Braemer and Balmoral ships

Fred Olsen Cruise Line  has pushed back the restart date for its two oldest ships, Braemer and Balmoral, citing uncertainty over the current COVID-19 environment. Fred Olsen Cruise Lines said that Braemer won’t resume operations until 2023, pushing its restart date back by a year, while Balmoral will only return to service in Ma… read more


  • Miscellaneous

Zimbabwe Foreign airlines have over $177 Million trapped in Zimbabwe

International airlines flying into Harare’s Mugabe International Airport are out of pocket, with millions of dollars unable to be repatriated from the country. International airlines are among the many foreign companies waiting to repatriate around US$2.5 billion reportedly stuck in Zimbabwe.

Shortage of hard currency in Zimbabwe sp… read more


  • Rail

South-Africa PRASA - Goodwood Community Take Back Their Railway

The Goodwood community came to the aid of Metrorail Security and successfully apprehended a cable theft suspect. At 10:41 am on 6 January, PRASA Security Personnel driving along the N1 from Belville to Cape Town opposite Monte Vista, noticed a suspect pulling electrical cables next to an informal settlement.

The Security team… read more


  • Cruise

Cruise NCL Norwegian Cruise Line reveals Prima sister ship Norwegian Viva

Norwegian Cruise Line has unveiled Norwegian Viva, the next ship in its new Prima Class and a sister ship to the eponymous Norwegian Prima, which was revealed last year. Norwegian Viva will also be built at Fincantieri and is due for delivery in 2023, with an initial Mediterranean cruise season scheduled for June next year.… read more


  • Flights

UAE Emirates 5 Cities: Emirates begins rebuilding its African network

After pausing flights in December, Dubai-based Emirates has resumed flights from five African countries, including Ghana, Guinea, Angola, Ivory Coast, and Uganda. The airline had suspended flights late last year owing to omicron concerns.

Emirates partially reboots its African network

In a travel advisory posted … read more


  • Destinations

South-Africa Air travel to South Africa is slowly recovering

Following the discovery of the Omicron variant on November 24 by South African scientists, 90 countries imposed travel bans on flights from South Africa, which saw bookings drop by 85%. But, with the easing of restrictions, travel to South Africa is slowly recovering.  After the huge drop in flights to South Africa in December, … read more



  • Destinations

Tunisia Tourism revenues up 19% in first 10 days of 2022

Tunisia's tourism revenues edged up by 19% to 37.8 million dinars (MD) in the first 10 days of 2022, compared to the same period last year, according to the latest monetary and financial indicators of the Central Bank of Tunisia (BCT).

Likewise, the cumulative labour income grew by 16% to 158MD against 135MD last year.

Foreign… read more


  • Travel-tech

GDS Sabre Sabre SafePoint adds travel restriction tracking capability

Sabre Corporation, a leading software and technology provider that powers the global travel industry, announces the expansion of SafePoint, a travel risk management product, to include global travel restriction tracking. Whilst the solution is not limited to a singular event, it provides information regarding the spread of COVID 19 and ne… read more


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