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Emirates Airline announced (23-Nov-2020) the launch of multi risk travel insurance coverage, automatically applied to all tickets purchased from 01-Dec-2020.
The cover is provided by AIG Travel at no additional cost to passengers and includes up to USD500,000 for out of country emergency medical expenses and emergency medical… read more
The Government of Liberia has hailed the resumption of flights to Monrovia by Air France, an event which marks the end of a long hiatus since the airline halted its operations in the country.
President George Manneh Weah expressed the Liberian Government's appreciation and delight Friday, when Air France Senior Executives for Africa… read more
IATA welcomed (23-Nov-2020) ICAO's publication of the Manual on Testing and Cross Border Risk Management Measures, a document providing governments with a risk based assessment tool for using testing programmes that could alleviate quarantine requirements.
The manual is an output from the ICAO Collaborative Arrangement for the Preve… read more
Comair has opened bookings for domestic British Airways flights in South Africa. The airline said it plans to begin serving all the domestic British Airways’ routes it previously operated from 9 December. Comair said that regional services will be reintroduced as it ramps up to full operations over the next few months.
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Air Peace has attributed its reduced capacity and frequency to the fact that several of its aircraft were out of the country undergoing checks before the COVID-10 pandemic hit leading to the lockdown that had far-reaching and devastating effects on airlines not just Air Peace.
Chief Operating Officer of the… read more
The International Air Transport Association, which represents almost 300 airlines worldwide, is working on a mobile app that will help travellers demonstrate their coronavirus-free status, joining a push to introduce so-called Covid passports as vaccines for the disease near approval.
The Travel Pass will display test … read more
The CEO of the main trade group for global airlines will step down next March, and organisation officials are supporting a former British Airways boss to replace him.
The change in leadership comes as airlines confront their worst financial crisis ever because of the coronavirus pandemic, which has devastated air travel.
The … read more
PROSPECTS of Tanzania, in particular the Serengeti National Park to get a huge number of tourists is increasingly large as the park grabs headlines as the second preferred destination for 2021.
Being only second to Maldives, Serengeti National Park has been singled out by global agents of an internationally renowned tr… read more
According to the head of the Department of State Tourism Projects and Tourism Safety of Russia‘s Federal Agency for Tourism, the country’s business travel sector’s 2020 revenues plunged 80% compared to the prior year. The official contributed such a dire loss of the revenues to rampaging COVID-19 pandemic.
“Before the end of this year and,… read more
Qantas Airways Chief Executive Officer has announced that the Australian flag carrier is planning to make COVID-19 vaccination mandatory for all international travelers boarding their flights.
In an interview with Australian television news program, Alan Joyce said that a coronavirus shot may not be necessary for domes… read more
Emirates Airline launches complimentary multi risk travel insurance coverage
Air France resumes flights to Monrovia, after a nine years break
IATA welcomes ICAO manual on testing and border risk management
Comair/BA restart domestic flights in South Africa
COVID-19 impact on aircraft maintenance affected our frequency, Air Peace explains
IATA working on app as Covid-free passports set to be key for international travel
Serengeti declared second most preferred Destination for 2021
Russia’s business travel sector lost 80% of revenues in 2020
Qantas to require mandatory COVID-19 vaccination before restarting international flights
