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Which planes can actually land at St Helena Airport?
Saint Helena has welcomed its latest arrival. Yesterday, a Titan Airways Boeing 757 touched down at the airport as the first direct flight from London. To mark the occasion, we thought we would take a look at which aircraft are actually capable of landing at this beautiful location.
Titan’s B757 arrives again
Yesterday,… read more
International Travel Makes a Return on October 1
South Africa will reopen its international borders on 1 October 2020, under alert level 1 of lockdown. President Cyril Ramaphosa made the announcement during a televised address to the nation on Wednesday evening.
While the country will move to alert level 1 of lockdown from midnight on Sunday 20 September 2020, internat… read more
Air Mauritius Oct 2020 Paris ops
Air Mauritius during the month of October 2020 continues to schedule limited service on Mauritius – Paris CDG route, on board Airbus A350-900XWB aircraft. Although the airline’s schedule listing shows 2 weekly round trip flights, only Fridays departure from Mauritius is available for reservation in various sales channels,… read more
Air Seychelles Oct 2020 International operations
Air Seychelles at the end of September 2020 intends to resume scheduled International operation. Based on current listing, the airline plans to resume Mahe Island – Tel Aviv route, as early as 30SEP20. Between 30SEP20 and 24OCT20, the airline schedules twice weekly flights, with Airbus A320neo aircraft.
F… read more
Qatar Airways accelerates Accra launch to late-Sep 2020
Qatar Airways has accelerated planned service launch to Accra in Ghana, where the airline schedules Doha – Lagos – Accra route. From 29SEP20, Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner will operate this route 4 times weekly. The oneWorld member previously scheduled Accra launch from 09DEC20.
QR1415 DOH0030 – 0730LOS0800 – 0… read more
Emirates Airbus A380 Nov 2020 operations as of 16SEP20
Emirates this week filed aircraft changes and additional frequency changes for the month of November 2020. Regarding Airbus A380 operation, planned operation for the period of 25OCT20 – 30NOV20, as of 16SEP20, as follows. Additional changes remain possible.
Dubai – Cairo 4 weekly
Dubai – Guangzhou… read more
Mauritania Airlines Sep 2020 operations as of 16SEP20
Mauritania Airlines last week resumed scheduled operation, initially operating 3 routes to 7 destinations. Planned operation for the month of September 2020 as follows.
Nouakchott – Bamako – Cotonou – Pointe Noire – Brazzavilleeff 11SEP202 weekly
Nouakchott – Dakar – Bamako – Cotonou … read more
ET plans South Africa service resumption in Oct 2020
Ethiopian Airlines in October 2020 plans to resume service to South Africa, where it will once again operate Johannesburg and Cape Town service.
Additional changes remain highly possible.
Addis Ababa – Cape Towneff 01OCT201 daily A350-900XWB
Addis Ababa – Johannesburg… read more
Serena Hotels reveils details about their new hotel in Goma
Travelers generally visit Goma en-route to tracking mountain gorillas, climbing Nyiragongo or trekking in the Rwenzori Mountains. The city itself has no proper attractions, but it’s a great pre- and post-Virunga hang-out, with some decent accommodation and dining options. And now, for the first time ever, Goma is about to have the only 5-… read more
Carnival Cruise Line with modifications to fleet and sailing plans
Carnival Cruise Line announced the sale of Carnival Fascination and Carnival Imagination, which had previously been put on long-term lay-up status and removed from published itineraries.
The sale of Carnival Fascination, launched in 1994, and Carnival Imagination, introduced in 1995, is in line with Carnival Corporatio… read more
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