Travel news overview

• Conservation & Wildlife
• 06/05/2021 05:36

Artificial intelligence to help combat elephant poaching

Every 15 minutes, an African elephant is killed by a poacher. New artificial intelligence (AI) technology may well change this disturbing statistic.

Developed by British researcher Olga Isupova, this new algorithm photographs and analyses large areas to identify African elephants. Working with a satellite, the technology will gre… read more

• Flights
• 06/05/2021 05:35

Rwandair resumes flights to South Africa, Zambia & Zimbabwe

Rwanda's flag carrier, Rwandair, has announced the resumption of flights to … read more

• Flights
• 06/05/2021 05:35

El Al cancels plans to resume flights to South Africa

The Government of Israel on 03 May 2021 banned travelling to seven countries, including … read more

• Flights
• 06/05/2021 05:35

Airlink resumes its "Lodge Link Service"

South African privately-owned regional carrier Airlink has announced the resumption of its "Lodge Link Service". Effective 01 July 2021, the airline's safari lodge air transfer service will provide direct connectivity beyond Skukuza Airport (SZK) in … read more

• Flights
• 06/05/2021 05:35

Flights between Frankfurt Windhoek to be operated by the new "Eurowings Discover

The Lufthansa Group has announced that it will continue to operate five weekly flights to and from Windhoek throughout 2021 and that it will move its flight operations between … read more

• Miscellaneous
• 06/05/2021 05:34

African airlines’ cargo demand in March increased 24.6%

Because comparisons between 2021 and 2020 monthly results are distorted by the extraordinary impact of COVID-19, unless otherwise noted all comparisons to follow are to March 2019 which followed a normal demand pattern.

Global demand, measured in cargo tonne-kilometers (CTKs*), was up 4.4% compared to March 2019 and 0.4% compared to Februa… read more

• Flights
• 06/05/2021 05:29

All flights halted: Ethiopian Mozambique Airlines

Ethiopian Mozambique Airlines will suspend all flights due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, starting from Thursday, May 6th. The airline has cited a sharp drop in demand for travel as the reason behind halting flights, making it impossible to continue operating.

In a statement this week, the airline said,

“Despit… read more

• Leisure
• Travel-tech
• Opinion
• 06/05/2021 05:28

Reviewing the trends driving Africa’s allure: Leapfrogging through technology Published by Simon Fre

By Simon Freemantle, senior political economist, Standard Bank

A decade ago, amidst profound general optimism around Africa’s ‘rise’, we published a series of reports detailing what we believed to be the five structural drivers behind Africa’s renewed and long-term economic promise. These trends looked at demographic (and income) changes; … read more

• Flights
• 06/05/2021 05:27

United Nigeria with more frequencies on Lagos to Abuja

United Nigeria Airlines has increased frequencies into the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA), Lagos and the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport (NAA) in Abuja. The airline said that it will now fly the two routes daily; Lagos-Abuja at 16:00hrs and Abuja-Lagos at 17:30hrs.

A statement by the airline said that the new schedule adds to its regu… read more

• Flights
• 06/05/2021 05:26

Cally Air takes delivery of its second plane, another Boeing 737

Cally Air is progressing in its preparations to be operational by the second half of the year. The young Nigerian start-up, the result of a joint venture between Cross River State and Dana Group, recently took delivery of the second aircraft that will make up its initial launch fleet.