Travel news overview

• Flights
• 10/02/2020 12:22

ET increases capacity to Oslo

As of 25th of June 2020, Ethiopian Airlines will increase the frequencies of flights between Addis Ababa and Oslo in Norway.

Instead of 4 weekly flights, as of June Ethiopian Airlines will offer five (5) weekly flights between both cities, all operated with Boeing B787 Dreamliner. ET is the only airline offering regula… read more

• Travel-tech
• 08/02/2020 14:19

SABRE and Arcor to built joint tech platform for global hospitality

Sabre Corporation and Accor announced that they plan tu build the first unified central reservation (CR) and property management (PM) platform for the global hospitality industry.

In collaboration with Accor, Sabre intends to develop a new full service property management capability and enrich its existing… read more

• Flights
• 07/02/2020 11:09

Press Release: AIRLINK WILL CONTINUE OPERATING ON ROUTES ABANDONED BY SAA

Airlink, the privately-run South African airline, will operate services linking Johannesburg with Port Elizabeth, Entebbe, Ndola and Luanda after 29 February 2020, even though its franchise partner, SAA, will stop serving those destinations from that date.

“We want to reassure travellers that as far as Airlink is … read more

• Flights
• 07/02/2020 08:46

SAA major changes - business rescue

SAA has announced to cut the domestic network in complete; only the route between Capetown and Johannsburg remain, but even here with lower frequency… read more

• Flights
• 02/02/2020 06:04

RwandAir uses Lufthansa technology for better price & scedule display

Lufthansa System has granted RwandAir access to its NetLine/Sched and ProfitLine/Price solutions, which optimize the airline’s complex flight schedule to more efficiently determine the best ticket prices, based on the current market situation as well as supply and demand.

NetLine/Sched, the schedule management system from Luf… read more

• Flights
• 02/02/2020 06:04

Ethiopian Airlines continues operations to China

Most of the airlines have suspended thei operation into China as a precaution of the coronavirus, Ethiopian Airlines has not stopped flights into China, even after the WHO World Health Organization has declared the situation as a "global health emergency."

Ethiopian runs business as usual and thanked China on a Twitter post for its … read more

• Miscellaneous
• 01/02/2020 10:12

Economic Outlook for Africa 2020

The African Development Bank has published the 2020 edition of its African Economic Outlook (AEO) report. Bank's economic experts have been workinmg on this report and it serves as a tool for policymakers, academics, investors, as well as, development and financial industry professionals. Africa’s economic growth stabilised at 3… read more

• Beyond Africa
• 01/02/2020 09:20

Costa Smeralda passengers released from quarantine

Passengers on Costa Smeralda have been released from quarantine after two Chinese guests tested negative for the coronavirus. Italian health officials diagnosed a passenger on board the ship, docked in Civitavecchia, north of Rome, with common flu.

More than 6,000 passengers had been locked for 12 hours until the results had been re… read more

• Flights
• 01/02/2020 09:12

Ethiopian Airlines will build $5 billion new Addis airport

Ethiopian Airlines' CEO has announced to build a $5 billion airport south of Addis Ababa.

Tewolde Gebremariam (CEO) said the airport would cover an area of 35 square km and be able to handle 100 million passengers a year. Reason for this is that Bole Airport, the current home of Ethiopian Airlines, will accomodate even the latest construct… read more

• Flights
• 01/02/2020 08:56

ASKY Airlines to launch Flights to Cape Verde Islands

ASKY Airlines will operate flights into Cape Verde Islands with effect from 2 March, 2020.

The new three-weekly service to the island of Cape Verde will operate between Lome in Togo and Praia in Cape Verde via Dakar in Senegal. The service will be operated using a Boeing 737-800NG offering 154 seats including 16 in Busine… read more