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El Al Suspends Operations Indefinitely
Israeli flag carrier El Al Israel Airlines (LY) has announced all flights and other operations have been suspended. The announcement comes in a turbulent time for the airline, with Q1 cash loss and workforce union disputes. El Al CEO Gonen Usiskhin ordered all aircraft to return to Israel, and the airline is reportedly refusing to rebook … read more
Nigeria: Domestic flights resumes 8th July
Domestic flight operations are to resume on the 8th of July, 2020.
Abuja and Lagos airports will be the only airports approved for flights operations on the 8th of July.
The Minister of aviation, Hadi Sirika who made the announcement this evening after a virtual meeting with stakeholders said other airports namely Kano,… read more
Delivery of Saga Cruises’ new ship Spirit of Adventure delayed until October
Spirit of Adventure, the second newbuild for British cruise line Saga Cruises, will not be delivered until October, the cruise line has announced. Spirit of Adventure was meant to be handed over to the line in July, but due to work stoppages amid the pandemic and problems with the shipyard’s supply chain, the ship has been delayed … read more
Protea Hotel by Marriott Masa Square opens in Gaborone
Protea Hotels by Marriott, part of Marriott International announced the opening of Protea Hotel by Marriott Masa Square in the buzzing capital of Botswana in Gaborone this week.
The opening marks the expansion of the Protea Hotels by Marriott brand into its tenth African country, and the debut of the brand in Botswana.
The reb… read more
International flights to Abidjan already resumed
The Félix-Houphouët-Boigny International Airport in Cote d’ivoire is to resume operation of international flights from July 1. This comes barely a week ago when domestic flights resumed in the Ivorian capital.
The Country’s Minster of Health Eugène Aka Aoulé revealed this after a national security council meeting last week. Land and… read more
ZIM - Tourism Gets Partial Relaxation
Lockdown regulations for the tourism and hospitality sector have been partially relaxed by Cabinet so these two sectors, the most severely hit by Covid-19, can carefully and safely resume limited operations.
Restaurants are now allowed to serve sitting customers within their premises, but using only half their licensed capacity, while safa… read more
‘Border reopening, financial support to save airlines from collapse’
We’re in worst year in history of aviation business, says IATA
The airlines, under the aegis of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), said the measures would hasten the recovery and slow current losses that are plundering the airlines out of business.
IATA, Tuesday, released its financial outlook for the global air tran… read more
Iata’s Muhammad Albakri says airlines must get flying or we risk losing them
How will we fly again? That is the question as the UAE and other countries in the Middle East grapple with loosening Covid-19 related travel restrictions. Airlines have been in survival mode these past few months. Now they must take to the skies again.
To talk about the future of the industry, co-hosts Mustafa Alrawi and Kelsey Warner are … read more
Hotelbeds upgrades Contact Centre
Hotelbeds has announced that is has successfully completed the upgrade of the entire telephony infrastructure that supports its Contact Centre.
The upgrade began late last year and has involved migrating all existing services onto a new cloud-based Salesforce contact centre solution provided by Vonage (previously known as New Voice … read more
Lufthansa to offer coronavirus tests at Frankfurt and Munich to avoid quarantine
Lufthansa customers can decide if they want to be tested for the SARS-CoV-2 virus before departing from or after arriving at Frankfurt airport. Lufthansa partner Centogene has opened a special facility, offering customers PCR (polymerase chain reaction) corona tests. These tests require only a throat swab and are certified by the relevant… read more
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