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Following the recent re-opening of the airports by the Federal Government, Dana Air has announced the resumption of its flight services on July 9.
The airline also advised its potential passengers to arrive airport three hours to flight. The airline, in a statement Wednesday morning, said it will operate three daily flights from Lag… read more
Gidon Novick is a former Comair CEO and founder of Kulula.com. He’s a serial entrepreneur, founder of Lucid Ventures, and this week he talked to AviaDev Africa about his latest enterprise: a brand new low-cost airline based out of South Africa that he hopes to launch before the end of the year.
Although he’s keeping ti… read more
Uganda is gradually easing Covid-19 restrictions after several weeks of mandatory lockdown. But among others, the country’s airport remains closed to international travellers forcing hotels into hibernation. 400,000 workers within the sector have been sent home without pay for the past three months.
“...And the majority of these are… read more
Emirates (EK) has announced a further expansion within its route network. This move will take the airline’s network up to 58 cities by mid-August.
Emirates announced it will resume flight to Geneva (from July 15) and Los Angeles(from July 22) in July. The remaining four routes will return to service throughout A… read more
One of Durban’s most beloved hotels, the Oyster Box, has been awarded the top spot in the ‘Top Resort Hotels in Africa’ category at this year’s Travel + Leisure World’s Best Awards.
The awards, voted for by readers of Travel + Leisure, judge hotels on a variety of characteristics including their rooms and facilities, location… read more
Air Namibia service licence is reinstated.
The statement read: “In an application before the Honourable Justice Tommasi, the Respondents were interdicted from implementing or taking any further action regarding the suspension of the Air Namibia licenses pending a hearing of the matter on 3 August 2020.
“Air Namibia wil… read more
Ethiopian Airlines in the last few days extended interim European schedule to late-September, as of 08JUL20. Planned operation between 01JUL20 and 30SEP20 as follows.
Additional changes remain highly possible, as schedules listed on selected routes remain pending, despite reservation is available.
Addis Ababa – … read more
The government now says only passengers who will exhibit coronavirus-like symptoms will be subjected to a mandatory 14-day quarantine once their airspace is open for international passenger flights on August 1.
Transport Cabinet Secretary James Macharia said anybody who will come to Kenya with no symptoms of coronaviru… read more
Like many countries around the world, the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority has welcomed the easing of national lockdown. This is a positive step toward a full reopening of Zimbabwe’s tourism sector.
Zimbabwe was under lockdown as part of measures to curb the spread of the deadly Covid-19 pandemic. The lockdown has negatively affected the … read more
Nigeria is conspicuously missing in the latest global ranking of the most powerful nations in the world with Egypt topping the list in Africa. According to a US News and World Report, published on pulse.ng, Egypt retained its position as the most powerful nation in Africa for 2020, as South Africa, Kenya, Ghana and Morocco made the… read more
Dana Tells Passengers to Arrive Airport Three Hours to Flight
Comair’s former CEO is looking at a new South African Airline
Uganda’s hospitality industry hopeful of stimulus package from gov’t
Emirates route expansion
South Africa: Oyster Box voted best resort hotel in Africa
Air Namibia AOC licence reinstated
Ethiopian Airlines actual European network
Kenya; No quarantine for tourists having nNo COVID-19 Symptoms
Zimbabwe going towards full Reopening of Tourism Sector
Nigeria not in Top 5 most powerful countries in Africa
