Travel news overview

• Flights
• 01/02/2020 08:47

Proflight Zambia increases capacity to Johannesnburg

Beginning mid-Februarypassengers can fly four times in week on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturdays on the Ndola-Johannesburg route.

• Flights
• 01/02/2020 02:50

Africa World Airlines Limited and Cabo Verde Airlines sign partnership

Africa World Airlines Limited (AWA) and Cabo Verde Airlines (CVA) recently signed a partnership to improve connectivity to West Africa.

As per this agreement, passengers can connect seamlessly on a single ticket between AWA and CVA flights at Lagos, with onward connection to their respective hubs in Accra and Sal, and beyond.… read more

• Flights
• 01/02/2020 02:42

Maiden flight of Boeing 777X

The largest ever built twin-engine jet returned safely after its maiden flight on Saturday, January 25 and made aviation history. The brand-new Boeing 777X. It has been designed to carry up to 426 passengers in a two class configuration. The initial customer is British Airwaysin order to replace the Boeing 747 Jumbo.

The Boeing 777X flew e… read more

• Rail
• 01/02/2020 00:45

National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) and Botswana Railways (BR) plan strategic partnership

Both Railway companies, National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) and Botswana Railways (BR), will start a strategic partnership to connect Gabarone with Harare.

At the moment BR offers only a route from Gabarone to Bulawayo. BR said it was important to reach fully functioning in order to meet customers needs.

• Flights
• Miscellaneous
• 27/01/2020 14:03

Etihad waivers because coronavirus

Etihad Airways, based in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, has announced to waive rebookings and cancellations to and from China a result of the outbreak of the Corona virus in China itself.

For the moment this waivers will be granted until 29th of February 2020.

• Beyond Africa
• 23/01/2020 11:08

Sabre and Google partner to build the future of travel

Google Cloud announced an agreement with Sabre Corporation to collaborate in order to digitally transform the traveler’s experience, and create with joint power the future of travel. The agreement will have a duration of 10 years.

One of the first steps is that Sabre will migrate its IT infrastructure into… read more

• Flights
• 23/01/2020 10:10

Another new route in Nigeria: Asaba to Kano and v.v.

Today, Air Peace in Nigeria has announced another new route. Domestic routes a currently open almost on a weekly basis in Nigeria and follwing the developments, it can be detected that the new routes do not touch Lagos or Abuja anymore.

Air Peace opens a new route from Asaba to Kano as of tomorrow, 24th of January.

• Flights
• 22/01/2020 09:29

Also Qatar and Malaysia Airlines sign Codeshare deal

Thirty (30) Qatar Airways destinations can now bean reach by Malaysia Airlines passengers to travel to Qatar Airways gateways in Europe, America, and Africa, of course through Qatar.

In return, Qatar Airways passengers will no have access to new destinations in South East Asia. They can now book travel on Malaysia Airlin… read more

• Flights
• 22/01/2020 09:18

Etihad & easyJet sign partnership agreement

Etihad Airways, based in Abu Dhabi, announced that it has signed a partnership agreement with the British low-cost carrier easyJet.

The new partnership, effective with immedeate effect, will enable customers to purchase tickets through the easyJet worldwide website connecting the two carriers’ extensive destination netwo… read more

• Flights
• 21/01/2020 09:11

SAA to sell nine Airbus A340

Quite often the Airbus A340, having four engines and a lower fuel efficiency, has been made responsible for the finacial problems of the airline. However, after having received the first new planes of the model Airbus A 350, South African Airlines now is on the way to sell nine of their A340 plus some spareparts, as per tender on SAA's we… read more