Travel news overview

• Flights
• 02/06/2021 21:37

Malawi Airlines back on track

Malawi Airlines has plans to resume full operations by mid-June and already has a schedule for June of six flights a week between both Lilongwe and Blantyre and Johannesburg’s OR Tambo. The airline's two shareholders, the Malawian government, which holds a 51% shareholding and  Ethiopian Airlines, which holds 49%, have… read more

• Flights
• 02/06/2021 21:36

Air Zimbabwe resumes domestic flights

Zimbabwe's flag carrier, Air Zimbabwe, has announced the resumption of domestic flights. Effective yesterday (02 June 2… read more

• Destinations
• 02/06/2021 21:36

Mozambique is gradually easing restrictive measures!

Mozambique's President Filipe Nyusi announced in a televised address to the nation on 26 May 2021 the gradual easing of the restrictive… read more

• Flights
• 02/06/2021 21:36

Central African Republic: Gabonese Jacques ASSOUMOU takes over Simb Airlines

After 35 years of a rich career as an airline pilot, Captain Jacques Assoumou is turning to new challenges. At the age of 59, he became the first managing director of Simb Airlines Corporation, the young business company based in Bangui.

• Miscellaneous
• 02/06/2021 21:36

Senegal will build an airport in Kédougou in the south-east of the country

Kédougou is a town located 702 km from Dakar, the capital of Senegal.  Since the discovery and industrial exploitation of gold deposits in the early 2010s, this city - close to the borders of Mali and Guinea - has experienced an economic revival.  The state now wants to turn it into a real sub-regional metropolis by devel… read more

• Destinations
• 02/06/2021 04:36

Mauritius prepares to reopen borders, but South African travellers’ fate hangs in the balance

Mauritius is expected to reopen borders by mid-2021. However, Mauritius Tourism Promotion Authority (MTPA) said the country was unsure when its borders will open to South African travellers. According to MTPA, consultations have intensified among tourism partners in Mauritius to open borders to international travel around mid-2021.… read more

• Destinations
• 02/06/2021 04:36

Algeria resumes international flights

Algeria has partially reopened its air borders from 1 June for the first time in over 15 months of the Covid crisis. Many members of France's large Algerian diaspora are desperate to return home but, with only two flights each week, run by state-run Air Algérie, many are frustrated and angry.

Air Algérie confirmed on Saturday… read more

• Flights
• 02/06/2021 04:36

Cabo Verde Airlines will officially resume flights from June 18

From June 28th 2021 until March 28th 2022, Cabo Verde Airlines will make four weekly flights between Praia/Sal and Lisbon on Fridays and Mondays; a weekly flight to and from Sal/Praia/Boston on Tuesdays with return on Wednesdays and a weekly flight to and from Sal/São Vicente/Paris on Saturdays with return on S… read more

• Miscellaneous
• 02/06/2021 04:36

UNWTO to open first regional office in the Middle East

The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has opened its first Regional Office for the Middle East, bringing the United Nations specialized agency closer to its Members and advancing on its commitment to guiding the development of tourism in every global region.

At a ceremony in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, UNWTO Secreta… read more

• Flights
• 02/06/2021 04:28

Qatar Airways expands U.S. network to 12 destinations and over 85 weekly flights

Qatar Airways’ resumption of four-weekly Atlanta flights on 1 June marks the full return of the airline’s pre-pandemic U.S. network increasing its gateways to 12, two more than it operated before COVID-19. The airline will also be increasing frequencies to Boston, Miami, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Seattle… read more