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Following the recent approval of the Anambra International Cargo and Passenger Airport by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, Nigeria’s leading airline, Air Peace, has announced the commencement of scheduled flights into the airport on Tuesday, December 7, 2021.
Revealing this to journalists in a news release issued … read more
South African low-cost carrier Mango remains in airline limbo after 84% of creditors voted in favor of an amended business rescue plan. But the carrier doesn’t yet have the funding to resume flying – and there is no guarantee it will. In late October, sole shareholder South African Airways (SAA) confirmed it was not in a position t… read more
RwandAir has landed at Doha International Airport in Qatar for the first time in its history. Rwanda’s flag carrier now connects Kigali (KGL) and Doha (DOH), a route only possible following the signing of a codeshare agreement with Qatar Airways. Let’s investigate further.
A route a few months in the making
Earli… read more
Costa Toscana features more than 2,600 cabins, 21 restaurants, 19 bars, 4 swimming pools, a theatre, spa, kids’ facilities, and several new to the line attractions across her 180,000 gross tons and 17 passenger decks.
Delivered in 2021 at the tail-end of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, Costa Toscana was presented by Costa Cruises… read more
MSC Cruises on Wednesday confirmed that its South African cruise season out of Durban would go ahead as planned amid the Omicron variant of COVID-19, but also announced that vaccination would be mandatory. The decision by MSC Cruises to implement a vaccine mandate for its roundtrip cruises out of Durban during the 2021/22 cr… read more
Kenya is to impose restrictions on access to public spaces for those who have not been vaccinated against COVID-19 from December 21. This, along with the opening up of COVID-19 vaccination to young people over 15, is an attempt by the government to meet its national target of 10 million vaccinated before the new year. Cather… read more
Chefs Warehouse Tintswalo Atlantic was voted ‘Africa's Best New Restaurant’ in the 2021 World Culinary Awards. Earlier this year it was also included in the coveted … read more
To say that 2020 was a rough year for hospitality businesses is a massive understatement. It was a time of incredible upheaval, and it didn’t end when 2021 was ushered in. The lingering effects of the pandemic will likely be felt for years to come.
However, while COVID-19 did the world no favors, not all the changes that came about because… read more
Virgin Atlantic has notified agents that it is currently operating three flights a week between Johannesburg and London Heathrow due to the red-list restrictions.
The flights operate on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays with a new departure time of 09h55 and a same-day arrival at 19h20 into London Heathrow.
Virgin says current… read more
The Travel Agency Association of Zambia (TAAZ) says its members are finding it difficult to redirect Zambian travellers stranded outside the country on various airlines because they are fully booked.
On Sunday, Qatar and Emirates airlines suspended passenger flights to southern Africa following the outbreak of a new co… read more
Relief for Anambra people as Air Peace kicks off flights to Anambra Airport Dec. 7
Mango remains stuck in Airline limbo
RwandAir starts flights to Doha in partnership wit QR
Ship Preview: Costa Toscana
MSC vaccine mandate for Durban season gets negative response from SA public
Kenya imposes a holiday season Covid-19 vaccine mandate - why this is premature
Chefs Warehouse Tintswalo Atlantic voted 'Africa's Best New Restaurant'
VS – new departure time
Zambian travellers stranded
