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Abu Dhabi Airports explained how they have improved
We found a very interesting youtube video with which the Airports of Abu Dhabi have produced. The video shows what the administration has done to be operational also during VOVID-19. Does this display the way of travel in the newar future?
Best wishes for a calm sundy from the travelnews.africa editor team.
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South Africans see impacts of COVID-19 worsening
Consumer uncertainty is one of the greatest barriers facing the travel industry, and despite cases of COVID-19 stabilizing across South Africa, 70% of South African respondents in a recent survey by GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, say they are still extremely concerned about the impact of COVID-19 - in comparison to the 1% that… read more
Dubai Expo 2020 postponed to October 2021
The postponement of Expo 2020 Dubai is set to be approved by the Bureau International des Expositions, with the change of dates having already surpassed the required two-thirds threshold.
Authorities in the United Arab Emirates are expected to announce the postponement of Dubai Expo 2020 as the coronavirus pandemic continues to ravage global hospitality. The jamboree was expected to begin on October 20th this year, kicking-off six months of celebrations in the emirate.
However, with global tourism in a virtual lockdown, org… read more
Airline Giant EMIRATES suspends all passenger flights
"The world is in quarantine" - this is a statement of Emirates chairman Sheik Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum.
As of next Wednesday, 25th of March, Emirates will shut down its world-wide passenger operations, whereas all cargo operations will remain active. Emirates is looking very sceptical into the future as the outlook and the future demand most likely would be very low.
Due to the escalation of the COVID-19 epidemic around the world, after consultation with all our stakeholders,… read more
LH group to cancel 23,000 flights until end of April
As a consequence of decreasing reservations, the Lufthansa Group has announced to adapt the schedule for the next six weeks.
Roughly 23,000 flight, most of them within Europe and Asia, have been taken out of the schedule and therefore, these flight have dissapeared on all booking channels. Lufthansa announced that they are… read more
The African Development Bank has published the 2020 edition of its African Economic Outlook (AEO) report. Bank's economic experts have been workinmg on this report and it serves as a tool for policymakers, academics, investors, as well as, development and financial industry professionals. Africa’s economic growth stabilised at 3… read more
Etihad waivers because coronavirus
Etihad Airways, based in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, has announced to waive rebookings and cancellations to and from China a result of the outbreak of the Corona virus in China itself.
For the moment this waivers will be granted until 29th of February 2020.
Mauritius airport back open
At 10: 30am local time, the Mauritius authorities have declared operations at the airport as safe and have reopened the same. The shut down had lasted almost 24 hrs. A lot of airplanes are standed in the region, for instance at La Reunion or Madagascar, even in Mombasa - Kenya. It will take quite a time to come back to normal schedule.
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