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Qatar Airways expands African network
Qatar Airways expands African network. Image: Qatar Airways. Image: Qatar Airways
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Expansion: Air Peace interconnects multiple domestic routes, resumes suspended routes
Come February when Air Peace expects the return of all it’s aircraft out for maintenance, the airline has announced connections to more cities as part of its expansion drive with intent to resume previously suspended ones.
The new routes to be launched this February 2021 are: Enugu-Kano-Enugu, En… read more
Zambian diplomat says innovation could save tourism after Covid-19
Zambian high commissioner to South Africa Jackson Miti has called for increased innovation within Zambia’s tourism sector to ensure the survival of the industry amid the debilitating effects of the Covid-19 pandemic in that country. Miti made the remarks at the Zambian High Commission in Pretoria.
It was necessary to … read more
Ethiopian Airlines and CemAir have signed an interline agreement
Africa's largest airline and Ethiopia's flag carrier, Ethiopian Airlines, and privately owned South African regional airline CemAir… read more
Camair-Co leases a Dash8-400, prepares to acquire two more
Cameroon's national carrier has commissioned a new Dash8-400. The airplane (msn 4105), owned by the South African private carrier Cemair, has been deployed for almost a week on the domestic network which includes 5 routes: Douala, Yaoundé, Ngaoundéré, Garoua, Maroua.
Operated under a wet-lease contract(ren… read more
SANParks has released an update on Cyclone Eloise
South African National Parks (SANParks) has released an update on the weather conditions currently experienced in … read more
USA: Ban on travellers from South Africa
United States President Joe Biden is set to ban most non-U. S. citizens who have recently been in South Africa from entering the country, in a bid to contain the spread of a new variant of Covid-19, a senior U. S. public health official has told the Reuters news agency.
The agency reports that Biden will also reimpose an entr… read more
The Hiccup Effect: Australia points 2021 direction for int'l aviation & travel
Australia’s leading health official on 18-Jan-2021 announced his belief that national border restrictions on international travel were likely to remain in place for the duration of 2021.
On 17- and 18-Jan-2021, Australia recorded no new locally acquired cases of coronavirus, the first time in many months, with constant monitori… read more
Arusha Airport Facelift gathers pace
Plans are underway to relocate the Arusha-Minjingu highway to facilitate Arusha Airport operations. Part of the stretch will now feature in the envisioned Kisongo-four way lane, Arusha Airport Manager Elipid Tesha said on Saturday. In a telephone interview with this paper, Mr Tesha said the regional airport had currently undergone massive… read more
Seychelles President suggests Air Seychelles could operate domestic only
The President of the Republic of Seychelles has signalled that changes could be inbound for its national airline. In his first State of the Nation address, Wavel Ramkalawan advised that Air Seychelles maintains a solely domestic focus. The airline is debt-laden by millions of dollars worth of loans.
Last October, Wavel Ramkalawan ac… read more
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