Travel news overview

• Destinations
• 19/08/2021 07:02

Namibian Gov’t supports Tourism Private Sector under Covid-19 reforms

• Flights
• 19/08/2021 06:57

Asky resumes flights to Malabo

Pan-African Airline, ASKY has announced the resumption of flights to Malabo, Equatorial Guinea as from August 23, 2021.

Malabo will be connected to ASKY’s network from Lomé hub (Togo) to all other destinations once a week as instituted by the Government of Equatorial Guinea due to COVID restrictions. We will avail addit… read more

• Flights
• 19/08/2021 06:56

Another suspension of Kenya Airways operations on the Nairobi - Guangzhou route

Kenya Airways is really struggling on its Nairobi - Guangzhou route. Since the beginning of the year, the airline has been disrupted in its operations, having been sanctioned several times by China due to imported cases of Covid-19 among its passengers. It has been suspended for a further two weeks.

Kenya Airways' Nairobi … read more

• Miscellaneous
• 18/08/2021 06:13

Kenya Airways to Launch 'Flying Taxis' in Nairobi

Kenya Airways (KQ), through its subsidiary Fahari Aviation, is set to introduce flying taxis in Nairobi.

The agreement with Fahari Aviation, the unmanned aircraft division of KQ, aims to design a network for the safe operation of Electric Vertical Aircraft (EVA). Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer SA announced its flying… read more

• Flights
• 18/08/2021 06:12

Emirates increases baggage allowances for African clients

Emirates Airlines has said that its customers flying to and from any of its destinations in Africa are now entitled to more luggage allowances.

The airline in a statement by its media consultant in Nigeria said that its customers travelling in first and business classes on any Africa route can check-in up to 64kgs of free bag… read more

• Conservation & Wildlife
• 18/08/2021 06:11

CONGO: a new wildlife park to protect animals rescued from poaching

_{The Congolese government wants to create a second animal park. The agreement for this project was signed on August 12th, 2021 in Brazzaville. Planned for Ignié in the Pool, in the south of the country, the park dedicated to the protection of animals saved from poaching will be manage}

• Flights
• 18/08/2021 06:10

Air Austral and Corsair towards a commercial joint venture

While the Covid-19 crisis continues to affect the profitability of the air transport sector, this project aims at enhancing service for passengers in the Indian Ocean region, while improving the economic profitability of these two airlines.

By joining their forces and resources, Air Austral and Corsair want to develop an offer, wh… read more

• Flights
• 18/08/2021 06:10

Fly City Air to start services between Harare and Mutare

Flights will be operated three times weekly using a Reims-Cessna.

• Miscellaneous
• 18/08/2021 06:10

Aviation Africa 2021 will now take place in Kigali in 2022

Organisers of Aviation Africa 2021 have taken the decision based on the increased cases of the delta variant across the African continent and hope that by moving to 2022, the event can transition to safer times when global travel confidence is back.

Mark Brown, managing director, Times Aerospace, organisers of Aviation Africa said: … read more

• Miscellaneous
• 18/08/2021 06:06

Air Namibia fraud trial to resume

The Windhoek Regional Court is set to hear more details on how N$1.1 million from the liquidated Air Namibia in payments meant for the Namibia Airports Company (NAC) ended up in the bank account of a Windhoek resident when the trial resumes this week.

The hearing, which was scheduled to resume last week, was postponed after t… read more