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Qatar Airways has announced the launch of 4 weekly flights to Seattle from 15 March 2021. The Seattle service will be operated with Airbus A350-900s featuring 36 Qsuite Business Class seats and 247 in Economy Class.
The launch of flights to Seattle in March 2021 will increase Qatar Airways’ U. S. network to 59 weekly flights … read more
Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport welcomed a black impala lamb to its local herd. The new lamb is the first of its kind to be born within the airport’s parameters.
Impalas are one of the most common antelope found in Southern Africa but a black lamb is quite a rarity.
The black colour is a genetic mut… read more
Uganda Airlines is planning to start its service to Dubai using A330neo. The dates are yet to be announced.
On December 5, the airline started three times weekly flights to Mombasa, Kenya. Soon Johannesburg will join its network, it announced last week.
Uganda Airlines, based at Entebbe, has been planning direct operations into South Africa since its launch in August last year.
Those plans, interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, are finally coming to fruition and flights between Entebbe and OR Tambo International are set to start this month. The schedule is still unkno… read more
Travelport has added a new Stay Safe feature for agents connected to its API or industry leading Smartpoint agency desktop solution. Stay Safe is a searchable amenity which enables hotels to highlight to travel agents that they have signed up to industry-wide safety initiatives, within the agent’s booking workflow, mak… read more
South Africa’s newest airline will be taking off very soon, and to build anticipation, the carrier has been slowly giving us a glimpse of what its aircraft and branding will look like. Video posted to both Instagram and LinkedIn in the past day show a timelapse of one of its aircraft getting painted in the airline’s livery. At the crossro… read more
Victoria Falls becomes the City of Victoria Falls tomorrow, with President Mnangagwa expected to formally confer the new status at a ceremony where he will also be granted the Freedom of the City, the highest civic honour in recognition of his contribution to the town's growth. It will be the first such honour to be given to… read more
Air Senegal took delivery of an Airbus A321-200 on November 28, 2020. The 18-year-old aircraft (6V-AMC, msn 1881) is owned by Carlyle Aviation Partners. It was previously operated Thomas Cook Airlines.
Its arrival should help build the future development of its lines to Europe where it currently serves Paris, Marseille and Barcelona. … read more
The first KLM aircraft equipped with Premium Economy will take to the air in mid-2022 said CEO Pieter Elbers in an interview with Luchtvaartnieuws Magazine. From 2022, KLM will also offer a revamped World Business Class cabin.
“We continue to invest in our onboard product, also during the coronavirus crisis”, said Elbers. “We… read more
More than 8 000 local people have visited Lake Malawi National Park since last year, the figure which the Department of Parks and Wildlife has said is the highest in a decade. Previously, not more than 3 000 local tourists visited the park.
Speaking on Wednesday the department Upper Shire Division manager, McPhillip Mwithokom… read more
New route in times of the pandemic: Seattle with Qatar Airways from March 2021
Kruger International Airport welcomes black impala to resident herd
Uganda Airlines will operate soon to Dubai
Travelport launches hotel Stay Safe Filter
South Africa’s new LIFT airlines livery debutes on 31-year-old Airbus A320
Victoria Falls on its way to becoming the City of Victoria Falls
Air Senegal adds an Airbus A321-200 to its fleet
From 2022, KLM will offer Premium Economy and a revamped World Business Class
Tourism Booming in Lake Malawi National Park
