Travel news South Africa

• Flights
• 07/11/2019 06:39

South African Airways receives its first A350

South African Airways has taken delivery of the first out of four A350-900 aircrafts. The first two A350s to arrive are not brand new – SAA confirmed that they previously flew “with another carrier”, and are nine months old.

The aircraft is not brand-new; SAA gave no statement in regards to the previous owner. However, … read more

• Flights
• 06/11/2019 18:18

Lufthansa reduces bag allowance on Africa flights

As of tomorrow, 7th of November 2019, Lufthansa will reduce the luggage allowance for all its passengers from and to East-, Central- and Westafrica. Instead of two suitcases 23kg each, for all sales of tomorrow there is only one suitecase 23kgs allowed.

• Flights
• 05/11/2019 03:10

Azman to introduce Owerri

Owerri, a city with appx. 540,000 inhabitants in the South East of Nigeria and capital of the Imo state in Nigeria is now part of the network of Azman Air Services Limited.

As of 15th of November, Owerri flights are scheduled four time per week from Lagos as well as from Abuja; the schedule for all flights is almost the same … read more

• Flights
• 28/10/2019 17:18

Air Senegal will operate to Marseilles and Barcelona

As of December 12th, 2019, Air Senegal will operate three weekly flights into its new destinations, Marseilles and Barcelona. The flights will be operated on brand new Airbus A330 neo.

New destinations have been also started within Africa (Lagos and Abuja in Nigeria and Accra in Ghana) and in the United States (New York plus Washington) in… read more

• Flights
• 08/10/2019 19:43

Air Peace to operate dayly between Lagos and Johannesburg

Ai Peace, one of tha most important carriers in Nigeria, has been granted with traffic rights between Lagos (Nigeria) and Johannesburg in South Africa. The service will start "as soon as possible" and operated on a Air Peace B777.

The serivce has been announce to operate on a daily basis.

Since Arik Air has disconneted … read more

• Flights
• 24/09/2019 11:44

Uganda Air: Back in the skies after almost 20 years absence

In 2001 Uganda Airlines was grounded due to financial problems. Now they are back.

Uganda Airlines, that used to be the name of the Uganda flag carrier, has performed its first flight after almost 20 years beein non-operational. Today the airlines is newly certified and the fleet consits of two Bombardier CRJ900 at the moment. The f… read more

• Flights
• 19/09/2019 16:13

Africa World Airways opens new route to Wa

Africa World Airways announced a new route to the city of Wa, located in the Northwest of Ghana.

The service will kick off on October 16th, 2019 and operate three times weekly on the Africa World Airways ERJ145 aircraft. Wa will be served from Accra via Tamale. The 3-letter-code of Wa is "WZA"

• Rail
• 30/11/-0001 00:00

Ethiopia releases its transport sector masterplan ´

ETHIOPIA, the cradle of humankind, has shown vast progress in recent years. Besides stunning population growth to become the second largest country in Africa with over 90 million inhabitants, it is also experiencing strong economic development.

Large multinational companies, attracted by its relative proximity to Europe and the… read more