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China’s domestic tourism industry has started to bounce back – but the outbound travel market may not recover fully for two years. Ning Guoxin, Vice President at Uni Core Communication, told a panel of China tourism experts that domestic travel will become mainstream, because the outbound market will feel the effects of the pandemi… read more
All is set for the Air Peace airlines’ inaugural flight to open the Lagos-Johannesburg direct scheduled flight services.
The airline yesterday told The Guardian that all necessary arrangement had been concluded for December 2 maiden flight.
Similarly, the leading carrier is scheduled to operate a special commercial char… read more
Travel Technology Europe is marking its coming of age by rebranding to TravelTech Show and launching as the first truly global event for the travel tech industry.
Marrying next-gen digital content with in-person experiences, TravelTech Show will bring together senior digital, marketing and commercial technology special… read more
Government has relaxed South Africa’s level 1 lockdown rules around international travel, allowing visitors from any country provided they follow health and safety guidelines. In an address on Wednesday evening (11 November), President Cyril Ramaphosa said that the easing of these restrictions is to enable all parts of the economy to retu… read more
In recognition of its contribution to the success story of the “Year of Return” meant to encourage Africans in diaspora to come back home and take residence in Ghana, Sunseekers Tours, a company in the tourism sector has been recognised with a National Award.
The company was recognised at the 13th National Tourism Awards held… read more
Delivery of the first A330-800 to Uganda Airlines is edging closer. Today, the airline has revealed photographs of the stunning interior onboard the plane, which will feature three classes of cabins, including a fully lie-flat business class.
The rare A330-800 has not sold well with airlines, but that doesn’t make it an… read more
The Federal Government yesterday announced that Broadband penetration in the country has increased to 45.43% by the end of October 2020.
Dr. ‘Femi Adeluyi Technical Assistant (Information Technology) to the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, explained that the increase was due to an increase of 4,061,731 broadband subsc… read more
National Aviation Services (NAS), a leading airport services provider has been awarded a new ground handling license - Certificat d’Operateur d’Assistance en Escale (COEA) by the Civil Aviation Authority (Autorité de l’Aviation Civile - AAC) of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Under the terms of the COEA, NAS will offer … read more
Ethiopian Airlines Group, the Largest Aviation Group in Africa, announce that it has won the ‘Overall Excellence for Outstanding Crisis Leadership 2020 Award’ from Global Finance magazine.
The award recognizes companies that went above and beyond in responding to the global pandemic crisis and in assisting their customers, pr… read more
"For Africa’s economic revival, it is essential to re-open markets using a single, common set of guidelines, processes and criteria,” said Muhammad Albakri.
"COVID-19 has devastated African economies and brought air connectivity across the continent to a virtual standstill. The recovery time has lengthened with 2019 tr… read more
China’s outbound travel market may take two years to rebound
Local airline opens Lagos-Johannesburg operations
SA now open for travel - but important markets are not
Sunseekers Tours Ghana receiving National Tourism Award
Uganda Airlines presents beautiful A330-800neo cabin
Nigeria: Broadband Penetration Hits 45.43%
National Aviation Services wins new ground handling license in Democratic Republic of Congo
Ethiopian wins overall Excellence for Outstanding Crisis Leadership 2020 Award
Adopting ICAO CART guidance crucial for Africa's economic revival
