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The Director of Airports and Aviation Security for the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA), Al-Hajj Eng. Sooma Ayub, reported that Phase 1 of passenger flights to Entebbe International Airport for the next 3 months will begin starting on October 1, 2020 to December 2020.
The Uganda Tourism Board is currently working on an evaluat… read more
As the aviation row between East African neighbours Kenya and Tanzania appears to have no immediate resolution in sight, the Rwanda flag carrier, RwandaAir has moved in to fill the vacuum left by four of Kenya’s airlines barred from flying to Tanzania. The Kigali-based carrier has announced it will operate three fligh… read more
Cuthbert Ncube, the Chairman of the African Tourism Board (ATB), yesterday opened the 2nd virtual ministerial round table organized by the Project Hope committee of the organization. The round table was chaired by Dr. Taleb Rifai, former UNWTO Secretary-General and patron of the organization. Speakers:
Dr. Nedret Emiroglou, Director… read more
The Tanzania-based Air Precisionhas cancelled planned resumption of flights to Nairobi just days after the government said it would not deny them traffic rights amid the ongoing standoff between the two countries. In a notice published on the airline’s website, Precision Air said it was suspending the plans because of low… read more
Tourism investorsin the region are challenged by the ongoing airspace tension between Kenya and Tanzania, now damaging the East African tourism and travel sector in the region. Tension over the regional skies between Tanzania and Kenya were observed last month when Tanzanian aviation authorities banned Kenya Airways to land … read more
Kenya will not cancel the traffic rights for Tanzanian-based Precision Air that will resume flights to Nairobi Thursday amid a standoff that has seen Dar es Salaam stop three Kenyan airlines from flying there. Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) director-general Gilbert Kibe said Precision Air has an existing traffic right… read more
"The government of the Union of the Comoroshas decided to reopen the air borders to international commercial flights from September 7, 2020, in strict compliance with health instructions." This is the main information contained in the information note of August 27, sent by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to diplomatic and consu… read more
The Provincial Migration Services in Niassa are reopening four border posts in a process which started last week under the Presidential Decree on the gradual relaxation of coronavirus prevention measures. A first phase covers the border crossings with Malawi and Tanzania at Matchedje, Mandimba and Entre-Lagos.
The spok… read more
Tanzania has banned three more Kenyan airlinesfrom its airspace as the standoff over the management of Covid-19 escalates. This comes barely three weeks after a similar move was taken against the national carrier, Kenya Airways, following Kenya’s insistence that Tanzanians have to quarantine for 14 days to be allowed entry i… read more
Local tour operators have asked the government to back their plea to foreign countries to remove a 14-day mandatory quarantine on tourists returning from Tanzania.
Some company owners who spoke with The Citizen in separate interviews explained that the requirement to stay in quarantine in their home countries is a major chall… read more
Uganda Set to Open Entebbe International Airport Flights
RwandAir capitalises on Kenya-Tanzania aviation row to spread operations
The Second African Tourism Board Second Ministerial Round Table Opened
Precision Air cancels plan to resume Nairobi flights
East African Tourism: Turbulent Skies
Comoros will reopen air borders on September 7
Airlink & Flysafair plan to spread their network
More Kenyan airlines banned from Tanzania
Quarantine for Tourist returning from Tanzania
