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When South Africa implemented lockdown
restrictions, one of the sectors that was most affected by this was
tourism, with businesses remaining shut even when economic activity
resumed.
When Deputy President David Mabuza appeared
before the National Assembly to respond to oral questions on Wednesday,
he said a plan … read more
Discovery Princess, the sixth of Princess Cruises’ Royal-class cruise ships, has been floated out at Fincantieri’s shipyard in Monfalcone, while the cruise line has announced it will sail a UK season this summer. Discovery Princess is scheduled to be delivered next year, with her float out marking a significant milestone in her con… read more
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has said that the suspended Azman Air was an accident waiting to happen due to the series of serious incidents and numerous unprofessional conducts the airline involved itself in recent times.
The regulatory agency also revealed that the troubled airline had at least thre… read more
P& O Cruises, Fred Olsen and Viking Ocean Cruises have announced a summer cruise season out of the UK between May and September, but one of them will require full vaccination for all guests. P & O Cruises will be bringing two ships back into service, Britannia, and its new Excel-class mega ship Iona.… read more
AIR Peace today took delivery of another of its thirteen (13) pre-ordered Embraer E195-E2 aircraft at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja and has called on the Federal Government to impress on the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) the need to honour signed laws.
The brand new aircraft landed the country at 1:55pm… read more
Air Cairo, which flies mainly to the Middle East and Europe, does not currently serve any African country.
But the situation should change soon. High-ranking discussions were initiated this week between the management of the company and the Guinean government to open a connection between Cairo (Egypt) and Conakry (Guine… read more
Virgin Voyages has announced that all passengers booking cruises on its upcoming itineraries will be required to produce proof of full vaccination against COVID-19. The move by Virgin Voyages makes it the latest cruise line to require that passengers be fully vaccinated before boarding, joining Saga Cruises, Crystal, Swan Hellenic … read more
Voyager Station is described as "a rotating space station designed to produce varying levels of artificial gravity by increasing or decreasing the rate of rotation".
"It will be the first habitable space station with artificial gravity," states OAC'… read more
Holland America Line has announced it is extending its pause of cruise operations to now include all June 2021 roundtrip sailings to Alaska from Seattle, Washington. This includes six cruises on Eurodam and Oosterdam with a call at Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
At this time, Alaska cruises sailing roundtrip from … read more
South African regional carrier CemAir is set to launch its first own international route. Effective 23 March 2021, the airline will operate one weekly flight on board its sole Bombardier CRJ900 (90 seats) between OR Tambo International Airport (JNB) in … read more
South Africa: Tourism Recovery Plan to Be Presented to Cabinet Soon
New Princess cruise ship floated out as cruise line announces UK season
Suspended Azman Air Was An Accident Waiting To Happen– NCAA
P&O, Fred Olsen and Viking release UK-focused roundtrip itineraries
Air Peace takes delivery of 2nd brand new Embraer jet
Air Cairo: towards the opening of an air link between Egypt and Guinea
Virgin Voyages joins full passenger vaccination trend as it prepares to resume cruises
World's first space hotel set to open in 2027
Holland America Line pauses all Alaska cruises
CemAir to launch flights between Johannesburg Luanda
