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Interview: What We’ve Learnt… City Lodge Hotel Group
We got into the mind of Lindiwe Sangweni-Siddo, Chief Operating Officer at City Lodge Hotel Group. Is remote work here to stay as digital nomads, bleisure and virtual events become more commonplace? Here’s what we learnt from City Lodge Hotel Group.
The pandemic served as a temporary kill shot to the business travel … read more
Fly-SAX buys SA Express for R50 million
Fly-SAX has emerged as preferred bidder for SA Express, as reported by ATC News.
SA Express, which has been in liquidation since April 2020, has been purchased for an estimated value of R50 million.
South Africa’s public enterprise department last week confirmed the intention to sell the airline’s assets. SA Express cur… read more
Emirates chief expects ‘meaningful’ capacity return in Q4
Impacts from Covid-19 variants on government-imposed travel restrictions are likely to delay a “meaningful” restart of international travel until the fourth quarter of this year, in the view of Emirates president Tim Clark.
Speaking during a CAPA Live event on 10 February, Clark explained that Covid-19 variants “are proving difficul… read more
Cabo Verde Airlines (CVA) relaunch requires creditors support
The CEO of Cabo Verde Airlines (CVA) does not see a way out of the crisis for the company without the involvement of its various creditors. Run since March 2019 by Icelandic investors, the carrier, financially weakened by Covid-19, has not performed any commercial flights for nearly a year.
n an interview given to the Portugue… read more
Burkina Faso: after Ouagadougou, Royal Air Maroc targets Bobo Dioulasso
Royal Air Maroc (RAM) aims to serve Bobo Dioulasso. This is what the representative of the Moroccan national company in Burkina Faso told the Burkinabè Minister of Transport, Urban Mobility and Road Safety.
Received in Ouagadougou by Vincent Timbindi Dabilgou, Joudat Reda told him that 15% of passengers tr… read more
Covid-19: Airpeace flight from Lagos to Sharjah suspended by UAE Government
The United Arab Emirates, UAE Government has stopped Airpeace inbound flights from Nigeria to UAE as part of its COVID-19 measures.
Airpeace in a statement however says, flights bringing Nigerians back from UAE are not affected.
Spokesman for Air Peace Stanley Oliseh says, flight from UAE (Sharjah-Dubai) to Lagos is not affect… read more
United Nigeria Airline kick starts operations on Lagos-Enugu-Abuja routes tomorrow
With the receipt of its Air Operators Certificate, AOC, Thursday 10th February, 2021, from the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), having fulfilled all mandatory regulatory requirements, the new entrant into the airline industry, United Nigeria Airlines is set to kick off operations with its inaugural flight on Friday, Februa… read more
Air Mauritius wants to halve its fleet to rebalance its finances
Air Mauritius has been under provisional administration since April 2020. Hardly impacted by Covid-19, it could accumulate a three-year loss of 239 million USD by March 2021. Pending the publication of the rescue plan scheduled for June, management is working on the financial rebalancing strategy.
From March 1, 2021, A… read more
Air Namibia suspends operations with immediate effect
Air Namibia, the national carrier of Namibia has decided to suspend its operations with immediate effect. As from today (11 February), all commercial activities will be suspended and all aircraft will return to Windhoek.
In July 2020, the airline already suffered with financial issues and safety concerns. Hence the Namibian c… read more
Comair flight routes for East London
British Airways (operated by Comair) has lined up two new routes to East London, the airline announced on Wednesday.
The airline is offering fares starting from R595, including taxes and surcharges. This is “35% lower than fares currently offered on the East London routes”.
Desmond O’Connor, executive head of revenue ma… read more
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