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A study that can give the best Covid-19 recovery options for East Africa's tourism industry is on the cards. The exercise is the brainchild of the East African Business Council (EABC) and the African Economic Research Consortium (AERIC), a Nairobi-based think tank.
The study will assess the impact of the pandemic which has se… read more
Uganda Airlines continues to rebuild its regional network with the return to Bujumbura from November 20. Mombasa service will begin next month. It has already reconnected with Nairobi, Mogadishu, Dar Es Salaam and Juba. Uganda Airlines is also eyeing Kinshasa, Kilimanjaro, Zanzibar and Johannesburg. Its A330-800 is expec… read more
Sylvestre Radegonde, the new Tourism Minister for the Seychelles, will also hold the portfolio of Foreign Affairs – a marked departure from the past government where Tourism was enjoined by Civil Aviation, Ports and Marine.The new Minister, in his first address yesterday to the nation after being sworn in, urged the tourism industr… read more
Kenya Airways restored it services to Bujumbura, Burundi on November 9.
“We're pleased to resume passenger services and continue to keep your cargo moving,” revealed Kenya Airways on its LinkedIn page. Meanwhile, Kenya Airways was clear for take-off to New York on October 31 but has postponed the plan to November end.
Burundi has resumed international flights since November 8 thanks to the reopening of air borders. A 3-day lockdown is imposed on all arriving passengers. Maritime and land borders remain closed.
Burundi officially reopened air borders on Sunday, November 8. As in all countries around the world, this reopening comes with a nu… read more
Negligence or oversight, that is the question many people are asking after Seychelles published an amended list with African countries allowed to enter the archipelago but left out Uganda. Also Botswana, Burundi, Ivory Cost, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Niger, Rwanda, South Africa and Zimbabwe residents are now allowed to visit the Se… read more
Travellers from the ten African countries listed below will be permitted to enter Seychelles from: South Africa, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Niger, Burundi, Ghana, Rwanda, Botswana, Cote D’Ivoire and Kenya.
Seychelles has so far, recorded low numbers of Covid-19… read more
When Bugesera International Airportopens for business in 2022, it will be backed by one of the world’s most successful airlines. In December 2019, Qatar Airways signed a deal to take a 60% stake in the new airport, now under construction around 35km south-east of the Rwandan capital, Kigali. Under three agreemen… read more
Officially, Jambojet now has a second base in Kenya. According to the August 7, 2020 edition of The Kenya Gazette, the low-cost carrier has been approved to develop a secondary base at Mombasa International Airport. On reading the official journal, the private Kenyan company has obtained licenses from the Kenya Civil Avi… read more
After months of shuttering air travel, East Africa is gradually joining the rest of the world in opening up.
Kenya, Rwanda and Tanzania are now permitting international flights, even as their land borders remain closed to passenger travel. Only Uganda, South Sudan and Burundi are still closed, but they are coming under… read more
East Africa with new plan to pull Tourism out of Covid-19 hole
Uganda Airlines returns to Bujumbura and Mombasa
New Seychelles Tourism Minister sworn in
Kenya Airways resumes Bujumbura service...
Burundi has reopened its air borders
Boost for Rwanda's new airport
Jambojet will make Mombasa its secondary hub
Re-Open East African airspace with great caution
