Travel news South Africa
Please remember to register on this website, so we can send you your dose of travel news customized as per your requirements.
As of 13th of January, 2020, the Premium Economy Class will be availbale on the flights to Banjul, Conakry and Dakar. 1st of February the routes tp Douala and Yaounde will be also operated with aircr… read more
National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has agreed with United Wagon Co. (UWC) to deliver 100 open wagons. They are about to be delivered within the next 12 months after NRZ has finalised an export loan with the assistance of UWC.
The 1 067 mm gauge wagons will be used for cross-border shipments of coal, chrome ore and bagged grains, underlini… read more
Already this coming december (14th), Cabo Verde Airlines, will start flying twice a week to Boston, on Tuesdays and Saturdays.
This new service can be used for either Americans travelling to the Cabo Verde island or connecting to Africa as well as for customers travelling the western direction. Cabo Verde airlines is recently starting to operate in Lagos, Nigeria.
The aircraft manufacturer EMBRAER has confirmed a binding order from West Africa's largest airline, Air Peace, containing another three new E195-E2 airplanes.These three planes now icrease the numbers of planes to 17 for the very same model; the first aircraft is going to be delivered to Nigeria in Q2/2020. Allen Onyema, Air Peace CEO said, th…
read more
New government –
new approach: The South African government has eased access for children travelling
to South Africa or having a transfer at one of the South African Airports.
Effective
November 2019, foreign children no longer require supporting documents to be presented
upon arrivals. However, South African children holding S… read more
South African Airways has recently closed boking for one of the new destinations, Guangzhou.
Originally, the ailine had planned to commence this Service on 12th of January, 2020. Published as 3 weekly A340-300 service, reservation for travel on/after this date, including Northern summer season from 29MAR20, is no longer available.
Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) has confirmed it will not service planes of Air Zimbabwe any longer at any of its nine Airports in South Africa. ACSA confirmed that this decision had to be taken due to open debts. However, the amount has not been mentioned.
ACSA says it informed Air Zimbabwe in writing that it would not be allowed to … read more
The interim CEO of SAA is doing what has been expected quite a time: Hard structural changes for South African Airways. in a press conference on Monday the 11th of November, Zuks Ramasia announce 18% of the 5,150 jobs would be eliminated. Affected would be all parts of the company, as well as Mango, the catering company Air Chefs as well as SAAT, t… read more
Last month, the new Metro Express has launched its operations on Mauritius.
In 1964, all railroad facilities had been dismantled on Mauritius island; the railroad was unable to compete with growing indivual traffic. Of course this has changed over the last years and along with increasing demand of public transport and the ong… read more
This week, a Boeing 737-80 New generation with the livery of AIR PEACE landed at Lagos Murtala Mohammed International Airport. An airline spokesman has confirmed the acquisition of the 160 seater aircraft offering 16 seats in Business Class and 144 in Economy. The new acquired aircraft would give Air Peace, West and Central Africa’s large… read more
Brussels Airlines: more routes with Premium Economy
Russian wagons for Railways of Zimbabwe
Cabo Verde Airlines opens second flight to Boston
Additional Embraer E195-E2s for Air Peace
Kids travel to South Africa has been eased
SAA skips Guangzhou before the start
Air Zimbabwe cannot fly to South Africa anymore
Mauritius Metro Express inaugurated
