Travel news overview

• Conservation & Wildlife
• 18/08/2021 06:11

CONGO: a new wildlife park to protect animals rescued from poaching

_{The Congolese government wants to create a second animal park. The agreement for this project was signed on August 12th, 2021 in Brazzaville. Planned for Ignié in the Pool, in the south of the country, the park dedicated to the protection of animals saved from poaching will be manage}

• Flights
• 18/08/2021 06:10

Air Austral and Corsair towards a commercial joint venture

While the Covid-19 crisis continues to affect the profitability of the air transport sector, this project aims at enhancing service for passengers in the Indian Ocean region, while improving the economic profitability of these two airlines.

By joining their forces and resources, Air Austral and Corsair want to develop an offer, wh… read more

• Flights
• 18/08/2021 06:10

Fly City Air to start services between Harare and Mutare

Flights will be operated three times weekly using a Reims-Cessna.

• Miscellaneous
• 18/08/2021 06:10

Aviation Africa 2021 will now take place in Kigali in 2022

Organisers of Aviation Africa 2021 have taken the decision based on the increased cases of the delta variant across the African continent and hope that by moving to 2022, the event can transition to safer times when global travel confidence is back.

Mark Brown, managing director, Times Aerospace, organisers of Aviation Africa said: … read more

• Miscellaneous
• 18/08/2021 06:06

Air Namibia fraud trial to resume

The Windhoek Regional Court is set to hear more details on how N$1.1 million from the liquidated Air Namibia in payments meant for the Namibia Airports Company (NAC) ended up in the bank account of a Windhoek resident when the trial resumes this week.

The hearing, which was scheduled to resume last week, was postponed after t… read more

• Flights
• 18/08/2021 06:06

Air Peace launches Ibadan operations as Makinde pledges support to airline

Air Peace, yesterday launched scheduled flight operations to Ibadan Airport as the airline was received by the Olubadan of Ibadan, His Highness, Oba Saliu Adetunji at the Airport

The inaugural flight, operated with the airline’s brand new Embraer 195-E2 aircraft, touched down at about 11 am and was greeted with a water cannon… read more

• Cruise
• 18/08/2021 06:05

Costa gives away onboard spending credits for Dubai cruises in Back to Sea Sale

Costa Cruises is offering fare discounts and onboard spending credits as part of their “Back to Sea Sale”, which includes its Dubai itineraries. Costa Cruises is homeporting Costa Firenze in Dubai for the winter cruise season and will be offering a range of discounts to passengers who book before September 30th, 2021.

The cru… read more

• Flights
• 18/08/2021 06:04

Air France to land in Gambia as of November

Air France is continuing to adapt its network and strengthen its "leisure" destinations. For the 2021 winter season, the carrier will open almost ten new routes, including two in Africa.

From 1 November, Air France will offer a seasonal route to Gambia. The route will be operated during the winter season until March 2022, followi… read more

• Destinations
• 18/08/2021 06:04

Ghana: Closed for 6 years, Sunyani Airport set to resume regular traffic

Inaugurated in July 1974, Sunyani Airport had suffered from the ravages of time. The hub, which serves central Ghana, was closed to regular traffic in 2015 for rehabilitation.

• Flights
• 18/08/2021 06:04

Customer experience: EgyptAir launches its E-upgrade offer to facilitate upgrades

EgyptAir launched on Tuesday 17 August 2021 its new service called "E-upgrade". This is a customer offer that allows passengers of the Egyptian national airline to obtain a seat in a higher class (Economy to Comfort or Business) through a bidding system.

Specifically, for a specific flight, "the passenger will have … read more