Travel news overview

• Destinations
• 14/07/2020 18:09

Senegal opens borders tomorrow

The Blaise Diagne International Airport in Senegal is all but set to welcome back travelers as of tomorrow. The country last week confirmed the resumption of international flights effective July 15 as it eases restrictions to get tourism restarted.

Conducting the final inspection at the airport, the Minister of Tourism and Ai… read more

• Flights
• 14/07/2020 12:21

Mahogany Air interim schedule

Zambia's Mahogany Air has publishes its interim schedule as follow:

• Lusaka - Ndola - Lusaka: MON, THU, FRI, SUN
• Ndola - Mansa - Ndola: MON & THU

Flight from Ndola to Mansa will be operated with the same aircraft as the LUN-NLA route, which means you can fly from Lusaka to Mansa as well (via Ndola)

• Cruise
• 14/07/2020 06:42

Carnival intends to sell 13 ships

Carnival Corporation will sell a total of 13 ships this year as the cruise giant seeks to cut capacity in the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak. The company had previously confirmed plans to d… read more

• Flights
• 14/07/2020 06:14

Kenya Airways current domestic operations

Kenya Airways last week announced its scheduled service resumption, initially on domestic routes starting this week. From 15JUL20, planned operation includes the following.

Nairobi – Kisumu 1 daily
Nairobi – Mombasa 2 daily

The Skyteam member has extended service suspension on Inter… read more

• Rail
• 14/07/2020 06:13

Update:African Integrated High-Speed Railway Network

The African Union Development Agency-NEPAD ( AUDA-NEPAD) has officially released a video capturing the conception, design and implementation plan for the African Integrated High- Speed Railway Network. Although it the video was issued in December last year, the seven-minute video includes reports from across Africa, dedicated to railway r… read more

• Flights
• 14/07/2020 05:56

Nigeria: Domestic air travellers now to arrive airports 1hr 30mins only

Arrival time for domestic air travel has been reviewed from three hours to one and a half hours.

Minister of Aviation Hadi Sirika says in his twitter handle that, “My colleagues & I have reviewed passenger facilitation at our airports, consequently I am happy to announce that, henceforth travelers are to arrive one hour a… read more

• Beyond Africa
• 14/07/2020 05:56

Air traffic in Europe on the rise again

Air traffic in Europe is on the rise again after very difficult months due to the coronavirus crisis. Eurocontrol counted 90,549 flights last week, or 36.6% of the number of flights made in the same week last year, according to a tweet posted on Monday by the Director-General of Eurocontrol Eamonn Brennan (see hereunder).

On … read more

• Accomodation
• 14/07/2020 05:56

Hilton end operations in Capetown City Centre

Global hotel chain will no longer operate Hilton Cape Town City Centre property from this weekend, as industry continues to struggle.

In another sign of the severe trauma being inflicted on the South African hospitality industry, Hilton Hotels is to relinquish its Hilton Cape Town City Centre property this weekend.

• Rail
• 13/07/2020 23:08

Zimbabwe Railways PPP With Zimasco

The National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has identified, Private-Public-Partnerships (PPP) as one of the strategies to ensure efficient service delivery to major clients in the face of challenges it is facing. Under the PPP strategy, NRZ is prepared to enter into mutually beneficial arrangements with customers resulting in win-win situatio… read more

• Flights
• 13/07/2020 23:08

Air France To Reach 60 Percent Of Flight Schedule By October

Air France is continuing the rebuilding of its network, with plans to serve “close to 170 destinations” in September and October. The figure equates to 85 per cent of the carrier’s normal network, although reduced frequencies mean the airline will reach just 50 per cent of its planned flight schedules in September, rising to 60 per… read more