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In Cape Verde, the Council of Ministers will approve this week, a resolution authorizing the resumption of international flights in the country. On August 1, the country opened up to "essential flights" to and from Portugal. Domestic connections, meanwhile, have been in effect since July 15.
International flights to and fr… read more
The groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of an 83.5-kilometer-long first section of the new standard gauge western railway from Kumasi to Obuasi was carried out by the President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo, on Wednesday, September 30th, 2020. The project is part of a plan to develop standard gauge railroad lines that will be built by t… read more
After a press release last night, the situation has changed again:
Emirates announced service to South Africa will resume in full tomorrow, with flights to Cape Town, Durban, and Johannesburg operating. Crews will not be required to submit negative COVID-19 tests, but will be required to self-isolate in… read more
In case you haven’t already done the math – it is now 8 months since China
announced the first major shutdown of 20% of the domestic flights and a
few international flights back in lat… read more
ATPCO launched a new format of Routehappy Rich Content: Structured UPAs (Universal Product Attributes). With the introduction of Structured UPAs, airlines and channels now have greater flexibility in how they display essential retailing content using more comparable, concise, and sortable data that can be presented to emphas… read more
Ethiopian Airlines in recent schedule update filed changes to its South East Asia service for the month of November 2020, from 25OCT20 to 30NOV20. During this period, planned service to South East Asia includes the following.
Ongoing travel restrictions continue to impact the airline’s passenger traffic rights on certain directi… read more
The Government of Liberia (GOL) and Ghanaian carrier Goldstar Air (GSA) have signed a strategic partnership to revive the National Airline of the country. The new national carrier of Liberia has been named and branded as LONE STAR AIR (Wings Of Liberia) and will initially be flying to eleven West African des… read more
As more travellers start to emerge from their homes to shake off cabin fever, City Lodge Hotel Group has launched its Summer Campaign to help finances go further this festive season. After the success of its Weekend Special rates launched in August 2020, the group is now extending this rate to include all weekdays too. From 1 Decembe… read more
The Government of Mauritius is deeply committed to enhancing and expanding the image of Mauritius as a prime tourism, investment and export destination, around the world. The devastating global impact of COVID-19 has only increased the importance of the country’s international branding strategy. Ensuring its success, will be vital … read more
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will resume issuance of visiting visas to Nigerian travellers from Wednesday, while its carrier, Emirates would recommence flight into the country from Thursday. A source close to UAE Government told our correspondent that Nigerians seeking to get entrance visa into the country could apply through its platforms.… read more