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• 05/01/2022 04:30

Ethiopian Airlines becomes first African IATA approved Pharma airline

Ethiopian Airlines, the largest aviation group in Africa, has recently announced that it has received IATA’s Center of Excellence for Independent Validators in Pharmaceutical Logistics (CEIV Pharma) certification as an airline and ground handling in December 2021.

Incidentally, the 75-year-old Ethiopian Airlines is the first … read more

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• 05/01/2022 04:30

Qatar Airways Privilege Club extends members’ tier status until December 2022 ‎

Qatar Airways Privilege Club continues to honour the loyalty of its valued members by extending their tier status. This initiative will benefit all Silver, Gold and Platinum members whose tier status is due for renewal between December 2021 and December 2022. The tier validity of these members would be automatically extended to 31 Decembe… read more

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• 04/01/2022 05:49

Where will Ethiopian Airlines operate the Boeing 737 MAX?

Ethiopian Airlines is set to resume using the Boeing 737 MAX 8 almost three years after the type was grounded following the devastating accident in March 2019. It’ll deploy the MAX on eight routes from its Addis Ababa hub in February, with all but one route within Africa. Flights are now loaded and bookable.

A quick look at Ethio… read more

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• 03/01/2022 05:13

Lufthansa Group airlines cancel 33,000 flights in next three months

The airlines of the Lufthansa Group cancelled about 33,000 flights for the next three months due to the rapid spread of the omicron variant of the coronavirus leading to a sharp drop in demand for flights in January and February.

This means that the airlines within the Lufthansa Group have removed 10 percent of their flights from the winte… read more

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• 03/01/2022 05:12

U.S. lifted travel ban on eight Southern African countries

The U.S. had lifted travel restrictions to eight southern African countries on New Year's Eve. The restrictions, imposed last month, were meant to blunt the spread of the COVID omicron variant.

The Nov. 29 ban barred nearly all non-U.S. citizens who had recently been in South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Lesotho, Eswatini, Mozam… read more

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• 24/12/2021 06:05

Kenya Airways, Italy’s ITA Airways announce new codeshare agreement

Kenya Airways and ITA Airways, Italy’s new flag carrier, have announced a codeshare agreement providing passengers with seamless connections from the Kenya Airways network to destinations across Europe. Travellers will be able to connect on the Kenya Airways’ network to ITA Airways network across Europe and reach some of Italy’s most pict… read more

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• 24/12/2021 06:01

Emirates re-opens over 20 dedicated airport lounges across its network

First Class, Business Class and Platinum and Gold Skywards members to have access to more than 120 Emirates Lounges and partner facilities at destinations where operations have resumed Premium customers and frequent flyers to benefit from lounge offering in airports worldwide Lounge operations resumed with health and safety measures in place

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• 24/12/2021 06:01

British Airways reinstates january Johannesburg A380 flights

After the UK government scrapped its red-list again, British Airways has reinstated Airbus A380 flights to Johannesburg in January. The airline had pushed back the launch to February after the eruption of the Omicron COVID-19 variant led to a slew of new travel restrictions earlier in December.

British Airways is in th… read more

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• 24/12/2021 05:58

South African Airways dealing with a refund backlog

South African Airways (SAA) has added employees to process a backlog of refunds from flights it canceled during the early portion of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The carrier is asking U.S. travel advisors to forward refund requests via email to either [email  protected] or [email  protected]. Refunds cannot be processed through … read more

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• 23/12/2021 03:03

Dubai extends Kenya flights ban to Christmas eve

Dubai has extended the ban for all inbound and transit passenger flights from Kenya till December 24 amid a surge in Covid-19 cases in the country.

The Dubai Civil Aviation Authority (DCAA) had announced a 48-hour suspension on all flights from Kenya to the Middle East nation on December 20.

On Wednesday, the Dubai-based Emira… read more