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Star Alliance has been named the World’s Leading Airline Alliance in this year’s World Travel Awards. The annual awards cover multiple categories and are awarded based on a worldwide poll of qualified executives working within travel and tourism, and the consumer travel buyer. The awards serve to acknowledge, reward and celebr… read more
Star Alliance named World’s Leading Airline Alliance
Cainiao, Ethiopian Airlines partner to l...
Cainiao Smart Logistics Network, the logistics arms of Alibaba Group Holdings, has partnered with Ethiopian Airlines to launch special cold chain air freight for the transportation of temperature-controlled medicines from Shenzhen Airport, China's first medical cross-border cold chain facility. Temperature-controlled … read more
ATM expecting influx of Israeli exhibitors and visitors
Arabian Travel Market (ATM) has announced that it is expecting an influx of exhibitors and visitors from Israel and further afield.
ATM, which has already announced that the 2021 edition of its annual showcase will take place live at the Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) from May 16-19, has witnessed a massive spike, not only i… read more
New route in times of the pandemic: Seattle with Qatar Airways from March 2021
Qatar Airways has announced the launch of 4 weekly flights to Seattle from 15 March 2021. The Seattle service will be operated with Airbus A350-900s featuring 36 Qsuite Business Class seats and 247 in Economy Class.
The launch of flights to Seattle in March 2021 will increase Qatar Airways’ U. S. network to 59 weekly flights … read more
Kruger International Airport welcomes black impala to resident herd
Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport welcomed a black impala lamb to its local herd. The new lamb is the first of its kind to be born within the airport’s parameters.
Impalas are one of the most common antelope found in Southern Africa but a black lamb is quite a rarity.
The black colour is a genetic mut… read more
Uganda Airlines will operate soon to Dubai
Uganda Airlines is planning to start its service to Dubai using A330neo. The dates are yet to be announced.
On December 5, the airline started three times weekly flights to Mombasa, Kenya. Soon Johannesburg will join its network, it announced last week.
East African airline bound for JNB
Uganda Airlines, based at Entebbe, has been planning direct operations into South Africa since its launch in August last year.
Those plans, interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, are finally coming to fruition and flights between Entebbe and OR Tambo International are set to start this month. The schedule is still unkno… read more
Travelport launches hotel Stay Safe Filter
Travelport has added a new Stay Safe feature for agents connected to its API or industry leading Smartpoint agency desktop solution. Stay Safe is a searchable amenity which enables hotels to highlight to travel agents that they have signed up to industry-wide safety initiatives, within the agent’s booking workflow, mak… read more
South Africa’s new LIFT airlines livery debutes on 31-year-old Airbus A320
South Africa’s newest airline will be taking off very soon, and to build anticipation, the carrier has been slowly giving us a glimpse of what its aircraft and branding will look like. Video posted to both Instagram and LinkedIn in the past day show a timelapse of one of its aircraft getting painted in the airline’s livery. At the crossro… read more
Victoria Falls on its way to becoming the City of Victoria Falls
Victoria Falls becomes the City of Victoria Falls tomorrow, with President Mnangagwa expected to formally confer the new status at a ceremony where he will also be granted the Freedom of the City, the highest civic honour in recognition of his contribution to the town's growth. It will be the first such honour to be given to… read more
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