Travel news overview

• Flights
• 12/10/2020 03:57

Airpeace takes delivery of ERJ-145 aircraft

…….to receive another two brand new 124-seat capacity Embraer 195-E2 Jets this October

Air Peace, has taken delivery of a new ERJ-145 aircraft to help boost its domestic and regional operations.

The aircraft, with registration number 5N-BXF, arrived the Murtala Muhammed International Airport at about 20:00hrs on Saturday, Octo… read more

• Rail
• 12/10/2020 03:48

Lagos Red Rail Line will be completed in 24 month

LAMATA MD Lagos will witness an operational railway line in 24 months, Managing Director of Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA), Engr. (Mrs) Abimbola Akinajo affirmed in Lagos recently.

Speaking at a milestone meeting on the implementation of the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Red and Blue Line projects with the con… read more

• Miscellaneous
• 12/10/2020 03:44

WTM Virtual will offer Buyers opportunities to sign off deals

Buyers from travel firms around the world can reconnect with established partners, forge new contacts and make business deals at next month’s WTM Virtual (9-11 November) from 7am to 10pm GMT, to allow access to all the different time zones across the globe.

Organisers of the online event aim to host 5,000 pre-selected buyers from a diverse… read more

• Flights
• 11/10/2020 17:54

KLM adds Zanzibar service from December

KLM from December 2020 is adding new service to Tanzania, as the airline opened reservation to Zanzibar this week. From 10DEC20, the carrier’s Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft to operate Amsterdam – Zanzibar – Dar es Salaam – Amsterdam routing, twice weekly.

KL515 AMS0940 – 2025ZNZ2140 – 2235DAR2340 – 07… read more

• Flights
• 11/10/2020 12:10

Etihad removes A380 from its schedule

Etihad has removed its fleet of Airbus A380s from its flight schedule indefinitely. The airline grounded its ten A380s in March. Previously, it has only been removing A380s from the schedule a month or two in advance. However, the A380s have now disappeared from Etihad’s flight schedules for the next 11 months. Etihad… read more

• Flights
• 11/10/2020 10:39

Air Seychelles will occasionally serve its regional network next winter

Between November 1, 2020 and March 31, 2021, Air Seychelles will serve its routes to South Africa, Mauritius and Israel. The one leading to India by regular flights will remain suspended but the Seychelles parastatal will continue to offer charters to Mumbai and Ahmedabad.

From next month, Air Seychelles will resume … read more

• Flights
• 11/10/2020 10:36

RAM will not restart its regular flights before November 10

• Destinations
• 10/10/2020 06:02

Nigeria’s Old Oyo National Park courts tourist with cultural and spiritual tourism

Nigeria’s Old Oyo National Park is probably one of the parks in the country with a rich reservoir of cultural and spiritual relics, with a blend of indigenous flora and fauna for tourism exploitation by tourists. According to the Conservator, Old Oyo National Park, Joseph Assam Ntui, the park is the most unique of all the National … read more

• Flights
• 10/10/2020 05:58

QR: Commitment to Ghana

Ghana's aviation industry has received a further boost as Qatar Airways has began operating a four weekly flights to Accra via Lagos. This becomes the fourth new destination launched by the national carrier of the State of Qatar since the start of the pandemic.

The Accra service is being operated by the airline'… read more

• Rail
• 10/10/2020 05:38

NRZ major breakthrough against thieves

The National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has scored a major breakthrough after apprehending three people for stealing brass bearings from its wagon wheel axles. For years, the NRZ has had challenges with thefts of brass bearings from wagon wheel axles with no arrests being made.

The thieves would remove the bearings and replac… read more