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Etihad Guest, the award-winning loyalty program of Etihad Airways, concluded 2020 with a positive outlook following a series of corporate social responsibility activations and member initiatives. During 2020, the program and its members donated 48 million miles to support relief campaigns for COVID-19, Australia’s bushfires a… read more
The SA Civil Aviation Authority will follow the US Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) lead, and will clear the Boeing 737 MAX aircraft to return to South African skies, subject to compliance with a new airworthiness directive for South African aircraft.
The MAX has been out of service for almost two years following two fatal cr… read more
ASECNA is fully committed to making the skies over Africa as safe as possible – and using the latest technology to do it.
It is currently working with Thales Alenia Space (TAS) to provide satellite-based augmentation system (SBAS) services to the African continent and the Indian Ocean to strengthen navigation operations and optimise traj… read more
The African Airlines Association (AFRAA) has appointed Raphael Kuuchi as director government, legal and industry affairs in consulting capacity effective January 01, 2021.
Kuuchi joins AFRAA from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) where he served as the special envoy to Africa on aero-political affairs for 2 years an… read more
Tewolde GebreMariam has for the second time been named as one of the 100 most influential people in Africa. Image: Ethiopian Airlines
A statement by the airline said: “ On behalf of the entire 17,000 employees of Ethiopian Airlines Group, we would like to Congratulate our Group CEO for being selected as one of the 100 most influent… read more
Most conservation books set in Africa are written by white authors and often (unintentionally) for a white audience. Jacob Dlamini uses the park as a microcosm of South Africa's wider history in the 20th century.
As a black South African, Jacob Dlamini, an assistant professor of history at Princeton University, has brought an important per… read more
As a fresh round of stricter COVID-related guidelines grip many parts of the world heading into the new year, the hotel industry is still feeling and reeling from the sting of the pandemic, though breakthrough vaccines could be the antidote to spur devitalized demand.
U. S. Backtracks According to HotStats, after pulling into positive prof… read more
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) unveiled key
design elements of the IATA Travel Pass. IATA Travel Pass is a mobile
app to help travelers easily and securely manage their travel in line
with any government requirements for COVID-19 testing or vaccine
information.
“Testing is the immediate solution to safely re-o… read more
Kenyans will have to pay to use the Nairobi Expressway when it is complete. This is after the Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Infrastructure, Housing, and Urban Development James Macharia officially gazetted it as a toll road. Courtesy of a gazette notice dated December 31, this announcement takes effect with immediate effect, although the susp… read more
Air France - KLM has reintroduced airport transit visa (ATV) for citizens of certain countries, including those from Nigeria, travelling to the UK from January 1, 2021. An ATV is a document which grants access to a traveller to pass through the international zone of an airport, without entering the country's territory.
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"Etihad Guest" offers more flexibility during pandemic
SACAA gives green-lights for the MAX
Hi-tech way to keep Africas skies safe
Raphael Kuuchi takes charge within AFRAA
Ethiopian Airlines CEO selected as one of the 100 most influential people in Africa
A Safari Into the Social History of the Kruger National Park
Profit plunge has hotel industry looking to brighter 2021
IATA Unveils Key Design Elements of Travel Pass
Kenyans to pay to access the Nairobi Expressway
Air France - Transit Visa Compulsory for Nigerians Travelling to UK From January 1
