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Airbus A330neo D-ANRB marks another milestone: Condor welcomes its ninth factory-new A330neo in Frankfurt. The aircraft, registered D-ANRB, arrived at Frankfurt Airport at 11.04 on Saturday morning, coming from Toulouse. The commercial maiden flight is expected to take place end of next week to Canada.
This means Condor has welcomed… read more
In the first week of July Qatar Airways increased frequencies between
Doha and Amsterdam from 7 to 11 flights a week. Qatar Airways operates
the route twice daily on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday.
The global business travel industry has rebounded at a more
accelerated rate than expected just a year ago and is now expected to
surpass its pre-pandemic spending level of $1.4 trillion in 2024 − and
grow to nearly $1.8 trillion by 2027. In 2022, global business travel
spending rose 47% to $1.03 trillion, with strong gains continuing an… read more
The recovery in business travel has stalled this year amid record price
rises for premium flights and growing pressure on big companies to cut
their carbon emissions.
Europe’s three major airline groups reported a
drop in the rate of recovery in corporate travel in their most recent
earnings, while bookings at US airlines ha… read more
More than 100 members of Africa’s Western Cape tourism community attended a networking event in Cape Town on 3rd August, hosted by ATTA® in collaboration with WESGRO.
The networking evening saw industry leaders sharing their expertise and vision for a more responsible tourism industry. Attendees learned more about the ATTA® E… read more
Dubai’s resurgent tourism industry is celebrating a successful first
half of 2023, after welcoming a record 8.55 million international
overnight visitors, compared to 8.36 million tourists in H1 2019.
Surpassing pre-pandemic visitation levels and further bolstering the
city’s bid to become the world’s most visited destination, the latest… read more
Global Airlines and Laurent Perrier, a renowned champagne
brand, have announced a new partnership, where Laurent Perrier will be
the premier champagne on all Global Airlines Transatlantic flights
starting from 2024.
The champagne, known for its quality
and history since 1812, will be featured on the airline’s… read more
Global Airlines,a new long-haul airline flying exclusively
Airbus A380 aircraft, has entered into a significant partnership with
American Express to collaborate on payments processing and offer
exclusive deals to Amex Cardmembers.
The agreement allows
high-spending Amex Cardmembers to be among the first to b… read more
The Namibia Tourism Board has wrapped up its 2023 China roadshow
themed “Space & Time”. Successfully staged in Beijing, Shenzhen and
Shanghai, the roadshow drew more than 300 tourism industry and media
representatives from across the top-tier cities.
Among the three sessions, Dr. Elia G. Kaiyamo, Namibia’s ambassador to
… read more
EgyptAir and Qatar Airways have announced the expansion of their flight services from BER Airport, offering travellers more options for reaching their destinations.
Egyptair will increase its flights to the Egyptian capital, Cairo, starting from 3 July. In addition to the existing six weekly direct connections, a new f… read more