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Qatar Airways ‘committed to Gatwick route’
Qatar Airways has no plans to scale back services at London Gatwick (LGW), UK country manager Gary Kershaw has told Routes. The Gulf carrier resumed daily servic… read more
Hotels in Africa showed continued occupancy improvements
Hotels in both the Middle East and Africa showed continued occupancy improvements but at overall low levels, according to September 2020 data from STR.
US$ constant currency, September 2020 (percentage change from September 2019)
Middle East
• Occupancy: 43.3% (-30.8%)• Average daily rate (ADR): US$98.54 (-13.5%)•… read more
Read this! Ninety-five percent of people want to travel within next 15 months
The recent Vacation Survey conducted by home-based travel agencies Dream Vacations, CruiseOne and Cruises Inc. revealed that there is an incredible pent up demand for travel with nearly 95 percent of those surveyed planning on taking a vacation in 2020 or 2021. Approximately 1,500 people participated in the survey which took place … read more
QR extends interline agreement with Kenya Airways
The interline agreement extends the Doha-based carrier’s footprint to 43 destinations in Africa by providing domestic connections to Mombasa and Kisum… read more
Qatar Airways receives three A350-1000s
Qatar Airways announced (22-Oct-2020) the delivery of three A350-1000s. Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker stated: "Due to COVID-19's impact on travel demand, we will continue to fly greener and smarter by keeping our fleet of Airbus A380 grounded, as it is not commercially or environmentally justifiable to operate such a large aircraft in the cur… read more
Ethiopian Airlines actual London operations
Ethiopian recently adjusted Addis Ababa – London Heathrow service, for Northern summer 2021 season. From 28MAR21, the Star Alliance carrier will continue to operate this route 7 weekly, with Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft, instead of A350.
Additional changes remain highly possible.
ET700 ADD0035 – 065… read more
De Havilland Canada delivers two Dash 8-400 aircrafts
De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Limited announces the delivery of another two Dash 8-400 aircraft to Ethiopian Airlines, including the airline’s milestone 30th Dash 8-400 aircraft. The 30th aircraft – MSN 4617 – is preparing to depart for Ethiopian’s hub in Addis Ababa, along with aircraft MSN 4615. Ethiopian first welcomed … read more
Dana resumes flights from Lagos today, as Arik waits till lifting of curfew
Dana Airlines has planned flight resumption from Lagos tomorrow with the possible lifting of the curfew imposed on the State today.
The curfew was imposed by the State governor Mr. Babajide Sanwo Olu on Tuesday 20/10/20 to forestall the breakdown of law and order following series of protests.In a statement, the Spokesm… read more
Signs of recovery for InterContinental Hotels
Following today’s release of InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) Q3 2020 trading update, hospitality industry experts noted that a year-on-year (YOY) RevPAR decline of 53.4% and an occupancy rate down 30% on the previous year highlight how tough Q3 has been for IHG.
But despite this, there is reason to be positive as the hotel … read more
Young Africans to train in digital technology
Orange and OpenClassrooms have announced the signing of a broad-based partnership to provide digital training in Africa. Several Orange subsidiaries in Africa are already working on the launch of training centres providing online courses via OpenClassrooms.
To rise to the challenge of the digital revolution in Africa, student… read more
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