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British Airways in the 3rd quarter of 2021 plans operational aircraft changes on London Heathrow – Johannesburg route, previously not covered on Airlineroute. From Heathrow, the airline schedules 777-300ER aircraft on BA057/054 service, between 20JUL21 and 11AUG21, replacing 777-200ER.
Additional ch… read more
Lufthansa and its subsidiaries Eurowings, SWISS, Austrian and Brussels Airlines will ground 125 more aircraft during Winter 2020/2021 than originally planned, Lufthansa Group’s CEO Carsten Spohr wrote in an internal memo.
The coronavirus pandemic continues to dramatically disrupt the aviation industry. “It is unavoidable to r… read more
Rwanda has made it to the Forbes' list of top 20 best destinations to travel to in 2021. Every year Forbes brings together a team of experts to rank top 20 world's best destinations that tourists can visit. This year, like last year, Rwanda made it to that list.
The country was chosen by Julie Danziger, the cofounder and mana… read more
Travel industry executives met at London Heathrow Airport as part of a transatlantic trial of CommonPass, a digital health pass aimed at enabling safer travel and the reopening of international borders.
Officials from Internova Travel Group, the World Travel & Tourism Council, The Commons Project Foundation … read more
Luxury Botswana safari operator Desert & Delta Safaris announce that they have doubled their initial target of $10,000 and raised an incredible amount of $20,000 for Elephants Without Borders, more than doubling their initial target. This astonishing amount of money was raised through Desert & Delta Safaris’ exc… read more
The never-ending corona crisis is worsening the situation at German airports.
Massively broken flight connections have brought air traffic almost to zero in recent months. With a sustained drop in passenger numbers of over 80%, a trend reversal is not in sight. Even the autumn holidays did not change this negative development.… read more
KQ spent Sh62.3 million in two-and-a-half months to quarantine its cabin crew in Nairobi’s high-end hotels, revealing the firm’s high cost of operations in the Covid-19 pandemic. The airline made the payments to Four Points by Sheraton Nairobi Airport hotel, Four Points by Sheraton Nairobi Hurlingham hotel and Panari Hote… read more
On the evening of 31 October 2020, Terminal 1 of Berlin Brandenburg
Airport will open with the arrival of the first scheduled flights. One
week later, on 7 November 2020, regular flight operations at Tegel will
cease. In between the commissioning of Terminal 1 and the closing of
Tegel, the airlines shall relocate to Berlin … read more
South African Airways (SAA), the embattled state airline, appears doomed unless the cash-strapped government of Africa's most industrialised nation can find money to save the carrier. A loss-making entity for more than a decade, SAA in December last year was placed into business rescue – a process of independent administration to r… read more
Uganda Wildlife Authority long distance teenage sensation, Jacob Kiplimo, bagged the Gold medal at the 2020 World Athletics Half Marathon in Gdynia, Poland, this past week on October 17, 2020.
The 19-year-old Kiplimo surged away from Kenya’s Kibiwott Kandie one mile from the finish line to win gold in a new championship… read more