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UNWTO 2021: A year in review
2021 has been a year of learning and adapting for tourism. It has proven that only by working together can the sector overcome challenges and embrace opportunities.
Gathering the global tourism community and developing concrete actions, UNWTO has led tourism’s response with the vision of not only restarting, but doing so in a more i… read more
Ethiopian Airlines becomes first African IATA approved Pharma airline
Ethiopian Airlines, the largest aviation group in Africa, has recently announced that it has received IATA’s Center of Excellence for Independent Validators in Pharmaceutical Logistics (CEIV Pharma) certification as an airline and ground handling in December 2021.
Incidentally, the 75-year-old Ethiopian Airlines is the first … read more
Kenya won’t nationalize its airline after all
After a multi-year saga that has swung back and forth, it appears that Kenya Airways won’t be the subject of a nationalization process after all. The news comes after the country’s government dropped the plans in favor of other ways of protecting what it has already loaned to the national airline. As such, Kenya Airways will remain onl… read more
‘Let’s work together to achieve set targets for tourism in 2022,’ Okraku Mantey urges
Ghana’s Deputy Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister, Mark Okraku Mantey has beseeched tourism industry players especially agencies under the ministry to work closely together to meet targets that have been set for the tourism industry.
Government has an ambitious goal of generating $5 billion from the sector each year and hopes to … read more
Qatar Airways Privilege Club extends members’ tier status until December 2022
Qatar Airways Privilege Club continues to honour the loyalty of its valued members by extending their tier status. This initiative will benefit all Silver, Gold and Platinum members whose tier status is due for renewal between December 2021 and December 2022. The tier validity of these members would be automatically extended to 31 Decembe… read more
Where will Ethiopian Airlines operate the Boeing 737 MAX?
Ethiopian Airlines is set to resume using the Boeing 737 MAX 8 almost three years after the type was grounded following the devastating accident in March 2019. It’ll deploy the MAX on eight routes from its Addis Ababa hub in February, with all but one route within Africa. Flights are now loaded and bookable.
A quick look at Ethio… read more
Lufthansa Group airlines cancel 33,000 flights in next three months
The airlines of the Lufthansa Group cancelled about 33,000 flights for the next three months due to the rapid spread of the omicron variant of the coronavirus leading to a sharp drop in demand for flights in January and February.
This means that the airlines within the Lufthansa Group have removed 10 percent of their flights from the winte… read more
U.S. lifted travel ban on eight Southern African countries
The U.S. had lifted travel restrictions to eight southern African countries on New Year's Eve. The restrictions, imposed last month, were meant to blunt the spread of the COVID omicron variant.
The Nov. 29 ban barred nearly all non-U.S. citizens who had recently been in South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Lesotho, Eswatini, Mozam… read more
SENDING BEST WISHES TO YOU! Last newsletter this year
All of us here at www.travelnews.africa send our very best wishes to you and your families for a happy,
healthy and safe festive season. It has been a another very hard year for our industry, hence all of us are looking into 2022 and hope for a more reliefed situations
Merry Christmas and a very happy New Year to you all.
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Kenya Airways, Italy’s ITA Airways announce new codeshare agreement
Kenya Airways and ITA Airways, Italy’s new flag carrier, have announced a codeshare agreement providing passengers with seamless connections from the Kenya Airways network to destinations across Europe. Travellers will be able to connect on the Kenya Airways’ network to ITA Airways network across Europe and reach some of Italy’s most pict… read more
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