Travel news Cape Verde

• Destinations
• 22/10/2020 06:29

Trip report: Cape Winelands

Sometimes also referred to as the Cape Winelands, the Boland is home to towns such as Worcester, Robertson, and Paarl and is packed with a plethora of interesting things to see and do.

Here are some fun and interesting (and non-wine) things to see and do in the region for the whole family.

A visit to this amazing piece of… read more

• Accomodation
• 22/10/2020 05:52

Hyatt Regency Cape Town Hotel to open in December

Hyatt Hotels Corporation (NYSE: H) announced today that a Hyatt affiliate has entered into a management agreement with South African real estate company, Millat Properties, for the first Hyatt-branded hotel in Cape Town. Hyatt Regency Cape Town, a 137-room hotel, is expected to open in December 2020, bringing the… read more

• Flights
• 21/10/2020 13:35

Air Namibia resumes South Africa service from late-Oct 2020

Air Namibia starting next week resumes regular International service, initially operating flights to South Africa. Planned operation from 28OCT20 as follows.

Windhoek – Cape Town 2 weekly ERJ135
Windhoek – Johannesburg 3 weekly ERJ135
Windhoek – Walvis Bay – Cape Town 2 … read more

• Flights
• 21/10/2020 13:34

Emirates actual South Africa operations

Emirates in recent weeks filed changes for planned service to South Africa, for Northern summer 2021 season from 28MAR21 to 30OCT20. As of 20OCT20, planned adjustment includes the following.

Dubai – Cape Town Reduce from 2 to 1 daily, 777-300ER operating
EK772 DXB0350 – 1135CPT 77W D
EK771 CPT1820 – 054… read more

• Cruise
• 21/10/2020 08:11

MSC Cruises adds second ship back into service

MSC Magnifica has returned to service for MSC Cruises, departing on her first cruise since the coronavirus pandemic began, the second ship to do so for the cruise line. The 10-day roundtrip cruise from Genoa will visit Livorno for visits to Florence and Pisa, Messina in Sicily, Piraeus for Athens, Katakolon for Olympia, Valletta, M… read more

• Flights
• 21/10/2020 06:14

Air Belgium parks two Airbus A340s for long-term storage

Yesterday, Air Belgium A340-300 registered OO-ABD took off from Brussels South Charleroi with destination Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées airport in southern France. Air Belgium told Aviation24.be that, together with her sister OO-ABE, the aircraft would remain parked there in storage for the winter.

Air Belgium leases four A340-300s… read more

• Flights
• 21/10/2020 06:12

EK & Airlink Interline agreement

Emirates and South African regional carrier Airlink announced today that they had signed a new interline agreement. This will allow travelers from Dubai to Cape Town and Johannesburg to continue onwards to 45 destinations across the Southern African region.

On Tuesday, UAE flag carrier Emirates and regional Sout… read more

• Flights
• 20/10/2020 14:34

Kenya Airways updated Nov 2020 international

Kenya Airways during the month of November 2020 schedules following International service, including service resumption to the US. Due to various travel restrictions, additional changes remain highly possible. The following list is based on schedule listing as of 19OCT20.

Nairobi – Abidjan – Dakar 1 weekly 737-80… read more

• Cruise
• 20/10/2020 05:56

MSC Cruises in ‘deep consultation’ with SA government to save 2020/21 season

MSC Cruises is in talks with the South African government to try get approval to operate its scheduled 2020/21 cruise season out of Durban and Cape Town amid the coronavirus pandemic. MSC Cruises’ local office, MSC South Africa, is in “deep consultation” with authorities in an attempt to secure approval for cruises to… read more

• Destinations
• 20/10/2020 05:20

Cape Verde to reopen in time for tourist season

Cape Verde is set to reopen its borders on Monday, the government said, after the coronavirus pandemic forced the archipelago state to close to visitors for months. Visitors to the West African country will have to provide proof of a negative coronavirus result from a high-precision molecular test, known as a PCR test.