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Nigeria plans to reopen Kano and Port Harcourt airports to international flights. The two airports will soon be equipped with anti-Covid-19 devices and the appropriate workforce. At the moment, only the airports of Lagos and Abuja are open to international traffic.
Kano and Port Harcourt airports, closed for international … read more
After a successfully completed pilot phase with three DER travel agencies, all of the more than 500 DER travel agencies now offer PCR tests.
As the company announces, the range of tests for tour operator customers is also being expanded: The PCR tests are available to all customers of Dertour, ITS, Jahn Reisen, Meiers Weltreisen and… read more
Kenya Airways restored it services to Bujumbura, Burundi on November 9.
“We're pleased to resume passenger services and continue to keep your cargo moving,” revealed Kenya Airways on its LinkedIn page. Meanwhile, Kenya Airways was clear for take-off to New York on October 31 but has postponed the plan to November end.
As part of its ongoing decarbonisation strategy, Rolls-Royce is to use 100% sustainable aviation fuel for the first time in engine ground tests on next-generation engine technology.
The tests will aim to confirm that unblended SAF makes a significant contribution to improving the environmental performance of gas turbine engines.
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Crystal Cruises will be sending its luxury yacht-like cruise ship Espirit back to the Middle East in 2021 on a series of voyages that take in the Holy Land, Petra and the glistening ancient coastal cities of the Mediterranean via the Suez Canal.
The nine cruises aboard Espirit in April, 2021, and in November thr… read more
“We heard you Mr President – International Travel is Open,” said Emirates in a release sent out to the trade following yesterday’s announcement by President Cyril Ramaphosa.
The airline has responded to the announcement by increasing its frequencies to 14 flights a week between Johannesburg’s OR Tambo and Dubai Internationa… read more
After years of rehabilitation at the Zululand Rhino Orphanage, rhinos Mpilo and Makhosi were successfully released into their new, wild home.
‘Mpilo and Makhosi who were both rehabilitated at the Zululand Rhino Orphanage since they were young calves are a conservation success story, and now, they will finally go back into the wild a… read more
FlyWestair is strengthening its domestic offer with a new route between Windhoek and Walvis Bay from November 20. Domestically, the private Namibian company already serves Oranjemund, Ondangwa and Toivo Ya Toivo. Outside the borders, it flies to Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa.
From 20 November, Westair Avia… read more
There are two key issues stopping more Nigerians from travelling by air. One is low purchasing power of average Nigerian and two is relatively high cost of air ticket.
Currently the number of Nigerians that travel by air is lower than one per cent of the projected 200 million population; so if five per cent of the population could travel b… read more
His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has launched the commencement of a $270 million work on the new airport terminal project that will accommodate one million passengers per year and provide 2000 direct jobs for Sierra Leoneans in the construction phase.
Since 1967 when the Lungi International Airport runway was expanded, this is … read more