Travel news overview

• Flights
• 23/05/2020 07:53

Air Senegal revises Geneva and London bookings in W20

Air Senegal in the last few days further adjusted its inventory for planned service to Geneva and London. Reported on Airlineroute on 06MAY20, the airline closed reservation for travel between June and October 2020.

As of 13MAY20, the airline has closed reservation for travel until late-January 2021. Latest adj… read more

• Car rental
• 23/05/2020 07:45

Hertz Files for Bankruptcy Protection

Hertz, which started with a fleet of a dozen Ford Model T’s a century ago and became one of the world’s largest car rental companies, filed for bankruptcy protection on Friday after falling victim to its mountain of debt. The coronavirus pandemic has devastated Hertz by grounding business travelers and tourists, making it impossible for t… read more

• Beyond Africa
• 23/05/2020 05:24

British Airways still to do 47,000 repayments for unused tickets

British Airways boss Willie Walsh said that repayment for 47,400 bookings remained outstanding as airlines came under fire for failing to reimburse travellers. Mr Walsh said that it had refunded 921,000 tickets and provided vouchers for another 346,000 customers who had cancelled bookings.

The UK consumer organisation said that it h… read more

• Flights
• 23/05/2020 05:14

LAM Mozambique postpones Lisbon service resumption to third quarter in 2020

LAM Mozambique has delayed planned service resumption on Maputo – Lisbon route, previously scheduled on 02/03JUN20. The airline’s schedule listing shows service is now scheduled on 02/03JUL20, however first flight available for reservation is showing 01AUG20 from Lisbon, 02AUG20 from Maputo.

TM704 MPM1325 – 2315LIS 332… read more

• Flights
• 22/05/2020 19:17

COVID-19: IAG, Ryanair, easyJet cut 1.2 million seats this week

• Flights
• 22/05/2020 19:16

Airlink Introduces Johannesburg to East London Flights

Airlink has announced that it will launch a mid-morning flight between Johannesburg and East London from 16 March 2020. The key objective of this flight is to provide connections with international and regional flights arriving in the early morning at OR Tambo International.

The flights will depart daily from Johannesburg at 10h10 … read more

• Flights
• Beyond Africa
• 22/05/2020 16:32

Only 7 out of 14 Airbus A380s Lufthansa will fly again

Today, Lufthansa has confirmed that only half of its 14 Airbus A380s will ever fly again once the coronavirus pandemic is over and they will all operate out of Munich Airport, not Frankfurt.

From Lufthansa’s point of view, a distribution to two locations is no longer justifiable “logistically and economically” as the crisis hit the … read more

• Flights
• Beyond Africa
• 22/05/2020 16:32

German Government agrees on a rescue package for Lufthansa

The German government has agreed on the final details of a rescue package for Lufthansa, German magazine Der Spiegel reported on Wednesday.

Lufthansa… read more

• Flights
• 22/05/2020 06:02

Airpeace to downsize, stop inflight service to cut cost…..

The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, MD/CEO, of Airpeace airline Mr. Allen Onyema says it will down size its operations when flights resume in the country.

This action he says will affect some of the workforce activities and no inflight service again onboard it domestic flights across its routes network. Speaking … read more

• Flights
• 21/05/2020 17:44

South Africa Puts Aside More Money For Struggling SAA

The South African Government has thrown cash-strapped South African Airways another lifeline. $212 million has been “provisionally” set aside by the government for the airline this current financial year. This comes despite earlier assurances from the government that there would be no more money for the state-owned carrier.

South Africa… read more