Travel news overview

• Cruise
• 21/05/2021 04:46

New Carnival cruise ship Mardi Gras ramps up for US cruise restart from Florida

Carnival Cruise Line has reflagged Mardi Gras from Panama to the Bahamas and will soon reposition her from Barcelona to Port Canaveral ahead of an anticipated reopening of the US cruise sector this summer. Mardi Gras will depart Barcelona on Friday, sailing a trans-Atlantic cruise to Florida without any passengers. Ahead of her rep… read more

Namibia’s Hosea Kutako Int’l Airport to serve 2 million passengers yearly after renovation

The Hosea Kutako International Airport, Namibia’s main international airport is looking to serve more passengers after renovation works which are ongoing are done. The airport is expected to cater to about 1.8 to 2 million passengers each year after its refurbishment.

The refurbishment of the airport which commenced towards … read more

• Miscellaneous
• 20/05/2021 21:11

ICAO joins transport leaders in exploring new horizons

While participating in the high-level opening panel discussion at the International Transport Forum’s Summit 2021 event, ICAO Secretary General Dr. Fang Liu responded to questions on whether pandemic effects on air transport were likely to persist, on the role of governments in building back better in terms of innovation and sustainabilit… read more

• Destinations
• 20/05/2021 19:38

Ranking: Cape Town has Africa's bluest sky!

According to a study conducted by Australian money exchange service S Money, Cape Town in South Africa has Africa's bluest sky and the world's 13t… read more

• Flights
• 20/05/2021 05:48

BestFly takes over intra-island flights for Cape Verde

BestFly has grown from an FBO and aviation services business into charter and commercial operations for Angola’s oil and gas industry through to international operations. It began flights in Cape Verde on Monday following the award of the public service contract.

The six-month contract follows the withdrawal of… read more

• Miscellaneous
• 20/05/2021 05:47

FITUR Begins: The Strategic Event For Tourism Recovery

• Flights
• 20/05/2021 05:42

Sirika issues another dateline, says national carrier will commence operations 2022

MINISTER of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, once again says efforts at establishing a national carrier are still in the works as operations may commence in the first quarter of 2022 while using this year, 2021 to do the needful. This is just as he said that the COVID-19 exposed certain economic vulnerabilities in the nation due to its lack of having very… read more

• Flights
• 19/05/2021 19:43

Royal Air Maroc to widen Spanish network

Royal Air Maroc is planning to add a pair of new routes to Barcelona in the coming weeks as the oneworld alliance member continues to rebuild its network between Morocco and Spain. The planned launch of the services comes as air travel in Morocco is expected to formally resume on June 10 when the Nor… read more

• Flights
• 19/05/2021 19:43

Emirates, flydubai combined network to reach 168 destinations

Emirates Airline and LCC flydubai have further expanded their combined network and expect to reach 168 destinations by the end of May. Since resuming their strategic codeshare partnership in early September 2020, close to 500,000 passengers have flown on the  Emirates-flydubai  combined net… read more

• Cruise
• 19/05/2021 19:42

AIDA Cruises confirms AIDAnova for Dubai 2021/22 cruise season

Just days after it appeared to drop its 2021/22 Dubai cruise season for AIDAcosma, AIDA Cruises has confirmed that it will instead be deploying her sister ship AIDAnova in the region.

AIDAnova, which at the time of her launch in 2018 was the world’s first LNG-fueled cruise ship, will homeport in Dubai, cruising roundtrip from the ci… read more