Travel news South Africa

• Flights
• 22/01/2020 09:18

Etihad & easyJet sign partnership agreement

Etihad Airways, based in Abu Dhabi, announced that it has signed a partnership agreement with the British low-cost carrier easyJet.

The new partnership, effective with immedeate effect, will enable customers to purchase tickets through the easyJet worldwide website connecting the two carriers’ extensive destination netwo… read more

• Flights
• 21/01/2020 09:11

SAA to sell nine Airbus A340

Quite often the Airbus A340, having four engines and a lower fuel efficiency, has been made responsible for the finacial problems of the airline. However, after having received the first new planes of the model Airbus A 350, South African Airlines now is on the way to sell nine of their A340 plus some spareparts, as per tender on SAA's we… read more

• Flights
• Beyond Africa
• 10/01/2020 07:30

Hahn Air partners with 40 new airlines in 2020

Hahn AIR has contracted 40 new partners all over the world to use their sales- and ticketing facilities.

17 of the new partners will be using the product HR-169 and hence have entered into an interline agreement with Hahn Air. The remaining 23 carriers are taking advantage of the products H1-Air or X1-Air for airlines that are looki… read more

• Cruise
• 09/01/2020 05:54

Mauritius: New cruise terminal under construction

Cruises are more and more important for sea facing countries in Africa. Mauritius, being a cruise destination (even to exchange passengers) since years saw itself forced to invest into new infrastructure.

The Mauritius Port Authority is currently building a 7,500 sq meter new cruise terminal at the Port Louis harbour. The cap… read more

• Flights
• 09/01/2020 05:45

SAA achieved high punctuality ranking

IATA considers all arrivals and departures within a time frame of 15 minutes versus schedule as punctual. As per this benchmark, SAA permormed an OTP of almost 86% across its netwo… read more

• Travel-tech
• 04/01/2020 08:13

Air India offline in SABRE

Quite a known phenomenon in Africa, now also in India: With immedeate effect it is not possible any longer to book any Air India flights through the Global Distribution System (GDS) SABRE.

This news had been spread by SABRE itself via a press release.

“After a successful 20-year relationship, Air India has decided t… read more

• Flights
• 04/01/2020 07:52

Turkish Airlines' next Africa destination: Malabo

Malabo, the capital of Equatorial Guinea is the airlines' latest destination and flights will start into the West African metropole as of February 7th, 2020. These flights int… read more

• Flights
• Miscellaneous
• 31/12/2019 04:49

Mauritius airport closed

Having tropical cyclone Calvinia in the vicinity of Mauritius, the Mauritius authorities have decided to close the airport of the island. Airlines like SAA, Kenya Airways, Lufthansa, Eurowings, Condor, Edelweiss, Austrian, Turkish Airlines, Air Austral, etc. cannot operate into the island anylonger.

SAA has planned some extra flights for t… read more

• Flights
• 28/12/2019 06:50

SAA operated first commercial flight on A350

After some weeks of training, South African Airways operated on its first Airbus A350-900 aircraft the first commercial flight, domestically, on 24 December 2019. The flight lead from Johannisburg to Capetown and bac as SA 323 and SA 336 on the return flight.

The aircraft is one of four new Airbus A350-900 jets in South Afric… read more

• Flights
• 25/12/2019 04:24

The success story of Ethiopian Airlines

Ethiopian Airlines is truly the prototype of the successful airline. The Ethiopian national company inaugurated Sunday, December 15, 2019, two new international routes. One to Houston in the United States, and the other to Athens in Greece.

Adding these services, Ethiopian Airlines has become the No. 5 carrier in the w… read more