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A Norwegian Cruise Line restart is finally happening, with the cruise line confirming that it will put three ships back into service in the Caribbean and Mediterranean in 2021.
Norwegian Joy, Jade and Gem will lead the Norwegian Cruise Line restart in July.
Norwegian Jade will sail cruises to the Greek Isles from Athens… read more
AFRICA Travel Week Virtual kicks off on Wednesday, April 7.
The three-day event features trends, insights and speakers from across the globe.
The event is being run using a blended approach where travel trade professionals benefit from connecting with their industry peers virtually at the main event in April, then face-to… read more
The Mpumalanga Tourism and Parks Agency (MTPA) has announced that it's staff went on strike through the National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (NEHAWU) this morning (06 April 2021).
Due to the strike action, all provincial nature reserves in … read more
Akwa Ibom State Governor Udom Emmanuel has said that Ibom Air, the State-owned Airline, will extend its flight operations to the Gambia and other West African countries.
Emmanuel said this when the Gambian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr Mohamadou Musa Njie, paid him a courtesy visit at Government House, Uyo on Monday.… read more
China's civil aviation regulator has announced the suspension of a RwandAir flight, an Ethiopian Airlines flight and a Turkish Airlines flight after several passengers on the routes recently tested positive for Covid-19.
Five passengers tested positive on RwandAir flight WB9500 on March 21, and the flight will be suspended for tw… read more
In the wake of the audit report from the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), embattled Azman Air has commenced enactment of its Corrective Action Plan (CAP) on the management area of its audits with the sack of its former Acting Head of Maintenance and the appointment of Engineer Peter Wusbam Vungmo as Head of… read more
It isn’t often a plane heads to or lands at the wrong airport. But on Sunday, April 4, Ethiopian Airlines won the daily double. Two Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737-800s both headed to the same under construction airport in Africa. One of the Boeings, a cargo plane, landed. The other, a passenger flight, came within 50 feet of doing so.
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The International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) outlined three priorities for African governments to ensure that the airline, travel and transport industry survives the Covid-19 crisis and is able to support economic recovery, growth and development throughout the continent.
The three priorities are:
In 2020, a handful of… read more
This comes two days after the government banned all flights from the UK, effective April 9, in response to London’s move to bar Kenyans from its territory over the spike in Covid-19 cases. With more travellers rushing to beat the deadline, KQ has added two flights to the UK tomorrow and Thursday.
The ‘Red List’
With the suspension … read more
The airline has operated a total of 18,385 flights in January, February, and March in which it has scored 91% on-time departures.
We have recognized from our customers’ feedback that the COVID-19 Travel Requirements, and especially the expiry of Negative PCR Test certificates by many countries after 72 hours, have made on-time fligh… read more
Norwegian Cruise Line restart announced in Mediterranean and Caribbean
Africa Travel Week Virtual kicks off today. Here are 4 reasons why you should attend
Mpumlanga: Temporary closure of provincial nature reserves due to strike action
Ibom Air To Extend Flight To Gambia – Gov Emmanuel
Flights to China of RwandAir, Ethiopian Airlines, Turkish Airlines suspended over Covid-19 cases
Azman Audit: Airline starts CAP, appoints new Head of Maintenance
Ethiopian Cargo Boeing 737 lands at wrong Airport in Ndola
IATA outlines three priorities for Africa
Kenya Airways suspends passenger flights between Kenya and UK
