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Re-Open East African airspace with great caution
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
Kenya Airways lame re-entry into operations
Kenya Airways resumed international commercial flights on Saturday in the most uncertain of times for both world aviation and the company itself.
Covid-19 restrictions around the world and Kenya Airways’ internal reorganisation have seen the airline drop 42 direct flights routes including some of the country’s major tourism destinat… read more
Kenya excludes US, EU, India from safe flights list as its resumes international aviation
Kenya has excluded the US and the major European nations from a list of countries whose nationals will be allowed into the country as it resumes international flights operations.
According to businessdailyafrica.com, a protocol guiding the resumption of international flights only has Canada, Switzerland, Japan, China and South Korea… read more
Which African Countries Are Reopening for Tourism?
If you may have been wondering which African countries are reopening for tourism, this is for you! Many African nations are starting to reopen airports, remove curfews, and slowly resume international tourism.
Most countries in Africa have been very strict on containing the spread of the virus, with most of them going into complete lockdow… read more
Tariffs for Permits at National Parks in Tanzania
Tanzania National Parks (Tanapa) has announced new tarrifs for the 2020/2021 financial year. A statement issued on Thursday July 30, by Tanapa says the new tariffs will take effect from August 1 until June 30 2021.
The affected areas include multiple entry permit, new National Parks and reduction of fees in Canopy walkway. In a mult… read more
Internet search soars 65 times after Moscow announces flight resumption into DAR
RUSSIA has opened its doors to travellers from Tanzania following Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova naming the country as one of three nations to resume flights with Moscow starting tomorrow. According to Yandex, the most popular Russian search engine, the number of people searching for the tropical East African country… read more
Resilience and recovery: Aviation in Africa
As the world comes to grips with the pandemic's acute health and socio-economic impacts, today we are facing a new reality of unprecedented uncertainty. COVID-19 has brought the aviation industry to a halt, and like everywhere else, it had a massive social, financial and economic impact in Africa. The grounding of flights has resulted in… read more
Kenya’s domestic tourism in recovery mode amid COVID-19
The chirping sound of forest birds, babbling of river over smooth rocks and the sight of monkeys jumping from one branch to the other is what motivates Stella Thome to keep going back to Karura Forest located on the outskirts of the Kenyan capital Nairobi. The 30-year-old woman has been frequenting the forest more often after she found herself w… read more
LAM Mozambique with new service to Dar es Salaam
Mozambique’s national airline LAM, short for Linhas Aereas de Mozambique, has announced a new flight which is to connect the capitals of both countries, Mozambique and Tanzania, effective 30th of July.
The service will route via the northern Mozambique city of Pemba. The flight used to continue to Nairobi … read more
Air Tanzania selects Panasonic monitor for A220
Air Tanzania selects Panasonic IFE for A220 family:
The airline has equipped two of its A220s with Panasonic’s eX1 IFE solution which is specifically designed for narrowbody aircraft. Each seat will feature elegant full HD seatback monitors, complete with touch displays and handsets, and an intuitive, personalized interface. Passe… read more
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