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Virgin Atlantic NS20 operation plans as per today
Virgin Atlantic during the weekend of 27JUN20’s schedule update filed changes to Orlando service, for summer 2020 season. Reflecting the airline’s press release on Monday 22JUN20, service to Orlando is delayed to 24AUG20, instead of 20JUL20. Further changes remain likely.
London Heathrow –Orlandoeff… read more
British Airways July/August 2020 Long-Haul operation plans as of 26JUN20
British Airways in this past week extended long-haul interim schedule to late-August 2020, as the airline tentatively schedules to resume additional 17 routes. As of 26JUN20, planned July and August 2020 operation for long-haul routes as follows.
Planned operation remains subject to change, pending on various travel restrictions… read more
National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) is planning to resume passenger services
Zimbabwe’s Minister of Transport and Infrastructural Development, Joel Biggie Matiza, announced in a media briefing in Bulawayo on 25 June 2020 that National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) is planning to resume passenger train operations in Zimbabwe soon.
The Minister didn’t name a specific date. Both NRZ’s urban and long-distance… read more
MSC Cruises scales back 2020/21 Dubai cruise season, South Africa unaffected
MSC Cruises has downsized its Dubai cruise program for the 2020/21 Middle East cruise season, with just one ship homeporting in the Arabian Gulf, but its two-ship plans for South Africa remain in place. Instead of sending MSC Seaview and MSC Lirica to Dubai for the winter season between November, 2020 and March, 2021, MSC Cr… read more
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and UNWTO to boost tourism recovery
The rapid spread of COVID-19 has had a massive impact on many sectors of the global economy, with tourism being among the hardest hit. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) are joining forces to boost the recovery of the tourism sector across the 38 economies … read more
Air Namibia Faces Liquidity Problems
Air Namibia owes a lot of money in maintenance fees. It’s inability to pay means its A319 aircrafts are grounded until the airline can pay thousands of dollars in outstanding maintenance fees. One aircraft, the V5-ANK, has been stranded in Larnaca, Cyprus since January. Two other aircrafts, V5-ANN and V5-ANM, are sitting at Johannesburg’s… read more
Air Mauritius: Administrators Faces Headwinds in Rescuing
“Amidst the COVID-19 crisis, the Mauritian national carrier wishes to give itself the necessary breathing space and set the conducive conditions for restructuring opportunities in order to stay afloat,” the administrators said. “At the outset, it is important to highlight that Air Mauritius has not filed for bankruptcy. Our objectives as … read more
Airpeace demonstrates readiness to resume flights
As the resumption of domestic flight operations is drawing near, Nigeria’s leading airline, Air Peace, on Wednesday June 24, 2020, in a show of strength and readiness to resume operations, littered the Nigerian airspace with several of its fleets of aircraft in SHAKEDOWN flights. It should be recalled that the airline has a mixed fleet of… read more
Egyptian National Railways: TMH Starts Delivery Of 1,300 Passenger Coaches
Twenty-two, UIC passenger coaches were officially delivered to Egyptian National Railways (ENR) in the port of Alexandria on 25 June, in the presence of representatives from the Egyptian Ministry of Transport. Ten more coaches left Russia on 19 June, they are due to arrive in Egypt in early July.
The coaches were transported by truc… read more
Etihad Airways launches Corona risk-assessment tool
Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, is partnering with Austrian-based healthcare technology company Medicus AI to launch a COVID-19 risk-assessment tool that will empower guests to make informed decisions about travelling.
Powered by Medicus AI’s technology, the risk-assessment tool will guide Etihad’s … read more
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