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Airlink (South Africa) (4Z, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo) has announced it has reached an agreement with South African Airways (SA, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo) to reissue tickets sold by the flag carrier after December 6, 2019, for travel on Airlink's flights.
Airlink will reissue all tickets under its own stock, using the 749 flight… read more
President EDGAR LUNGU has opened the Victoria falls to the public which was closed due to the outbreak of Covid 19 pandemic. President LUNGU says he wants key sectors of the economy running whilst observing the new normal of following Covid 19 health guidelines.
The President also said government will give incentives to sectors such … read more
Reconstruction of the metre-gauge freight railway through the suburbs of Dakar has been successfully completed, despite the constraints imposed by new working arrangements to protect against coronavirus.
The electrified 1 435 mm gauge TER express rail link to the capital’s Blaise Diagne International Airport is being built alongs… read more
N IGERIA’S Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama has said that henceforth, subsequent evacuations of Nigerian nationals will be carried out by indigenous airlines stating that some flights are already scheduled with Nigerian airlines.This is just as he announced that government will be staggering subsequent repatriations into the cou… read more
Zambia and Tanzania are in talks over public health management amid the coronavirus pandemic, a day after the former shut its joint international border, officials said.
Last Saturday, Zambia recorded as many as 85 virus cases, 76 of which were detected in Nakonde. Chitalu Chilufya, Zambia’ s health minister, said both the countries were p… read more
Kenya Airways has asked the Treasury for a Sh7 billion emergency bailout after its aircraft were grounded due to the restrictions on international passenger flights sparked by the coronavirus pandemic that has killed over 280,000 people globally.The Treasury is reviewing the application but has remained non-committal on whether it will of… read more
As airlines around the world begin to gradually resume passenger services, Air France has introduced further safety measure to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. As from 11 May 2020, Air France will implement temperature checks on departure from all its flights. These systematic checks will be carried out with contactless infrared the… read more
Starting in June, Lufthansa, Eurowings and SWISS will be offering monthly restart schedules to significantly more destinations in Germany and Europe than in the past few weeks. The repatriation schedules will thus end on 31 May.
A total of 80 aircraft will be reactivated with the "June timetable". This means that a total of 106 dest… read more
We found a very interesting youtube video with which the Airports of Abu Dhabi have produced. The video shows what the administration has done to be operational also during VOVID-19. Does this display the way of travel in the newar future?
Best wishes for a calm sundy from the travelnews.africa editor team.
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Ibom Air has taken delivery of the airline’s fourth Bombardier CRJ 900 aircraft in Lagos.
The aircraft arrived Lagos from Calgary, Canada at 10:48 pm local time, (05 May, 2020)
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We are very pleased to receive the first of our two recently purchased Bombardier CRJ 900 aircraft, in line with our fleet expansion strateg… read more