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Celebration as Emirates returns to Nigeria
It was a celebration galore at the Nnamdi Azikwe Airport, Abuja on Sunday evening as Emirates Airline touched down to resume daily services to Nigeria from Dubai. The airline which also landed simultaneouslyat Muritala Muhhamed International Airport Lagos amidst jubilation and symbolic water cannon welcome … read more
Travel ban on Africa is not the solution to COVID-19 pandemic, says AFRAA
The commendable work done by South African scientists in unearthing and transparently announcing to the world the discovery of the Omicron strain of SARS CoV-2 instead of attracting applause was met with harsh and uncoordinated travel restrictions. Unfortunately, in nearly two years since Covid-19 was first discovered, it appears we have not lea… read more
Business Traveller Awards 2021 announced
The 2021 Business Traveller Awards were announced on Thursday, November 25, 2021 by the publishers of Business Traveller magazine, Panacea Media. The awards celebrate the achievements of airlines, airports, hotels, rail operators and car hire companies and are voted for by readers of the magazine, with the results produced by an independe… read more
Sabre and American Express Global Business Travel announce multi-year technology partnership to adva
Sabre Corporation and American Express Global Business Travel (GBT) announce a long-term, multi-faceted strategic partnership focused on developing technologies that will enable the future of corporate travel distribution.
Under the terms of this newly expanded technology partnership – which takes effect in January 2022 – GBT… read more
New report from Amadeus lays out its cloud vision to transform travel
Amadeus partnered with Microsoft earlier this year for a ‘once-in-a-generation’ transformation of its systems, which currently support hundreds of airlines, airports, hotels, and rail providers, as well as many thousands of travel sellers. The strategic partnership includes joint innovation and product development to envision, desi… read more
Relief for Anambra people as Air Peace kicks off flights to Anambra Airport Dec. 7
Following the recent approval of the Anambra International Cargo and Passenger Airport by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, Nigeria’s leading airline, Air Peace, has announced the commencement of scheduled flights into the airport on Tuesday, December 7, 2021.
Revealing this to journalists in a news release issued … read more
Mango remains stuck in Airline limbo
South African low-cost carrier Mango remains in airline limbo after 84% of creditors voted in favor of an amended business rescue plan. But the carrier doesn’t yet have the funding to resume flying – and there is no guarantee it will. In late October, sole shareholder South African Airways (SAA) confirmed it was not in a position t… read more
RwandAir starts flights to Doha in partnership wit QR
RwandAir has landed at Doha International Airport in Qatar for the first time in its history. Rwanda’s flag carrier now connects Kigali (KGL) and Doha (DOH), a route only possible following the signing of a codeshare agreement with Qatar Airways. Let’s investigate further.
A route a few months in the making
Earli… read more
Ship Preview: Costa Toscana
Costa Toscana features more than 2,600 cabins, 21 restaurants, 19 bars, 4 swimming pools, a theatre, spa, kids’ facilities, and several new to the line attractions across her 180,000 gross tons and 17 passenger decks.
Delivered in 2021 at the tail-end of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, Costa Toscana was presented by Costa Cruises… read more
MSC vaccine mandate for Durban season gets negative response from SA public
MSC Cruises on Wednesday confirmed that its South African cruise season out of Durban would go ahead as planned amid the Omicron variant of COVID-19, but also announced that vaccination would be mandatory. The decision by MSC Cruises to implement a vaccine mandate for its roundtrip cruises out of Durban during the 2021/22 cr… read more
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