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Viking Star has called in Saudi Arabia for the first time during her 118-night 2022 World Cruise, becoming only the fifth cruise ship ever to do so. Viking Star made her first port call in Saudi Arabia last week during her 2022 Viking World Horizons as she voyaged from Asia to the Mediterranean via the Red Sea and Suez Canal.
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Cape Town Air Access has welcomed Air Belgium's plans to launch flights to Cape Town in September. The leisure-oriented Belgian airline is in the process of expanding its fleet to enable for the launch of new routes to South Africa, with Johannesburg and Cape Town being the carrier's only continental Africa flights.
In 2019, … read more
The former Managing Director of the defunct national carrier, Nigeria Airways Mr. Yomi Jones, has said that with the current 25 per cent repayment on loans by the Nigerian carriers, none of them can compete with the foreign carriers.
Jones also charged the Federal Government through the Ministry of Aviation to reverse the policy of … read more
Holland America Line's Volendam will be used to accommodate Ukrainian refugees as part of an agreement announced by Netherlands and City of Rotterdam government officials. The ship will dock in Rotterdam for three months to provide a temporary home for approximately 1,500 Ukrainians, part of a larger commitment from the Netherlands… read more
Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has said that Nigerians spend $1billion annually on medical tourism, adding that 9,000 doctors left the country for the United Kingdom, United States of America and Canada in two years (2016-2018), leaving the country with just 4.7 per cent specialists.
This, the NMA said, has negatively impacted t… read more
The Best Tourism Villages by UNWTO initiative will return for a second year as it establishes itself as the world’s leading network focused on tourism for rural development.
Launched in 2021, Best Tourism Villages by UNWTO promotes and enhances the role of tourism in safeguarding rural villages, along with their landscapes, natural … read more
Since 2013, Kenya Airways (KQ) has been operating at a loss. In 2020, the coronavirus pandemic further depressed the Kenyan national airline. Since then, it has benefited from several financial aids from the State, allowing it to cover its expenses.
Kenya Airways will benefit from yet another financial aid from the Kenyan government… read more
All attempts to privatise Air Botswana over the past six years have so far failed. However, the Botswana government has still not given up hope of finding an investor to revitalise the national carrier, which has become a major financial burden on the national treasury over the years.
As African countries attained their independence in the 1950s and 1960s, a common joke was that the three symbols of their newfound sovereignty were a national anthem, a national flag, and a national airline.
Indeed, the following decades saw the rise and fall of numerous national and multi-national airlines throughout the continent, almos… read more
For the past 750 days, South Africa has been in a National State of Disaster.
This is an extraordinary situation that is unprecedented in our country’s history.
The declaration of a state of disaster was a response to a global health crisis that posed a grave threat to the lives and the well-being of our people.
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Viking Star marks inaugural port call in Saudi Arabia on 2022 World Cruise
Air Belgium plans to operate seasonal flights to SA
No Nigerian Airline Can Survive With 25% Interest Payment On Loan – Fmr MD Nigeria Airways
Holland America Line ship will become temporary home for Ukrainian refugees in the Netherlands
UNWTO Invites applications for Best Tourism Villages 2022
Kenya Airways to receive a further USD 174 million government bailout
Air Botswana privatisation process accelerates
A flag, an Anthem and an Airline
The National State of Disaster ends
