Travel news Cape Verde

• Accomodation
• 08/07/2020 06:12

African Hotel pipeline resilient despite unprecedented challenges

Acknowledged as one of the African continent’s leading hospitality investment experts, Wayne Troughton of HTI Consulting shared unique insights in the first ‘Virtual Hotel Club’ held in early July, a dynamic and informal Pan-African platform for hospitality industry stakeholders the way forward within the industry at this time of crisis.… read more

• Flights
• 04/07/2020 06:24

Lufthansa July – October 2020 Inter-continental actual operations

Lufthansa this week filed revised Inter-continental operation for the remainder of summer 2020 season, until 24OCT20. Between 01JUL20 and 24OCT20, the Star Alliance carrier plans to operate following routes.

Various travel restriction will impact the airline’s passenger traffic rights, as well as planned operation.

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• Flights
• 03/07/2020 07:57

Airlink to resume additional domestic routes

South African carrier Airlink has announced additional routes restoration, starting from 06JUL20. Additional 6 routes will be restored, on board Embraer ERJ135/145 aircraft.

Cape Town – Bloemfontein 6 weekly
Cape Town – Port Elizabeth 3 weekly
Johannesburg – Bloemfontein … read more

• Flights
• 03/07/2020 05:18

Ghana’s Ministry of Tourism expands National Steering Committee on “Beyond The Return”

Ghana’s Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture Barbara Oteng-Gyasi has expanded the National Steering Committee on “Beyond The Return” launched on 27th May, 2020.

According to a press release by the ministry, it said the expansion is to bring on board additional subject matter experts to aid the committee in it works.

New membe… read more

• Flights
• 30/06/2020 22:22

Airlink expands its domestic flight network

Following the announcement by South Africa’s Minister of Transport, Fikile Mbalula, that seven more airports in South Africa resume operations from 01 July 2020, South African regional carrier Airlink is set to introduce flights between OR Tambo Internaitonal Airport (JNB) in Johannesburg and Bram Fischer International Airport (BFN) in Bl… read more

• Destinations
• 29/06/2020 15:16

South Africa reopens seven more airports!

• Flights
• 27/06/2020 14:56

British Airways July/August 2020 Long-Haul operation plans as of 26JUN20

British Airways in this past week extended long-haul interim schedule to late-August 2020, as the airline tentatively schedules to resume additional 17 routes. As of 26JUN20, planned July and August 2020 operation for long-haul routes as follows.

Planned operation remains subject to change, pending on various travel restrictions… read more

• Cruise
• 27/06/2020 06:44

MSC Cruises scales back 2020/21 Dubai cruise season, South Africa unaffected

MSC Cruises has downsized its Dubai cruise program for the 2020/21 Middle East cruise season, with just one ship homeporting in the Arabian Gulf, but its two-ship plans for South Africa remain in place. Instead of sending MSC Seaview and MSC Lirica to Dubai for the winter season between November, 2020 and March, 2021, MSC Cr… read more

• Flights
• 27/06/2020 06:39

Air Namibia Faces Liquidity Problems

Air Namibia owes a lot of money in maintenance fees. It’s inability to pay means its A319 aircrafts are grounded until the airline can pay thousands of dollars in outstanding maintenance fees. One aircraft, the V5-ANK, has been stranded in Larnaca, Cyprus since January. Two other aircrafts, V5-ANN and V5-ANM, are sitting at Johannesburg’s… read more

• Flights
• 26/06/2020 13:59

Rwandair Sees A Gradual Network Resumption from August 2020

Rwandair in recent inventory update closed reservation for all scheduled passenger flights until 31JUL20 inclusive. As of 17JUN20, the airline’s earliest date available for reservation is 01AUG20, initially on selected destinations. Additional changes, including service resumption date, remain likely to change in the next few weeks, pendi… read more