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Qatar Airways back into Kigali
Qatar Airways has announced a resumption of services from the Kigali International Airport. According to an official communication from the airline, it will restart its operations with three weekly flights.
After reopening its airspace on August 1, Rwanda has allowed commercial airlines, most of which had suspended flights, to resta… read more
Crystal Cruises: Clean+ Protocols
Crystal unveiled Crystal Clean+, its initial set of safety and health protocols to be implemented on Ocean ships Crystal Serenity and Crystal Symphony once they return to sailing. This set of Crystal Clean+ protocols is considered the 2.0 version – the initial expansion of Crystal’s already stringent health and safety policies – developed… read more
Emirates Sep 2020 onward network adjustment as of 04AUG20
Emirates this week filed additional changes to its network, as the airline cancels 4 additional destinations, and aircraft adjustment on Milan – New York sector. Latest adjustment as of 04AUG20 as follows.
Following cancellation or aircraft adjustment is scheduled on permanent basis:
Dubai – Adelaide 1 daily… read more
JAL sees passenger traffic potentially returning to 50% of normal levels by March 2021
Japan Airlines plans a significant cost-cutting campaign to offset the effects of the COVID-19 crisis, and the carrier signaled this will include aircraft delivery deferrals.
JAL declined to provide its usual financial forecast for its full fiscal year ending March 31, 2021. However, it did outline a potential scenario where inter… read more
Kenya Airways lame re-entry into operations
Kenya Airways resumed international commercial flights on Saturday in the most uncertain of times for both world aviation and the company itself.
Covid-19 restrictions around the world and Kenya Airways’ internal reorganisation have seen the airline drop 42 direct flights routes including some of the country’s major tourism destinat… read more
Rwanda receives global recognition for tourism safety
Rwanda is honored to be among the latest top tourist destinations to receive the world’s first-ever global safety and hygiene stamp, launched recently by the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC).
The safety stamp means that Rwanda has adopted the global standardized health and hygiene protocols that were devised f… read more
Easyjet feels high demand
Easyjet has announced it will increase the number of flights scheduled due to high demand, despite the continuing uncertainty caused by coronavirus. Johan Lundgren, CEO of the airline, said the increase in capacity will start over the next two months. He said: “I am really encouraged that we have seen higher than expected levels of demand… read more
Emirates back to Kuwait City and Lisbon
Emirates has announced it will resume passenger services to Kuwait City (August 5) and Lisbon (August 16). This will take Emirates’ passenger network to 70 destinations in August, over 50% of its pre-pandemic destination network, as the airline gradually resumes operations.
Flights from Dubai to Kuwait City will operat… read more
Somalia: resumption of international flights
The federal government, led by the Caretaker Prime Minister Mahadi Mohamed Guled alias Khadar, issued a statement on Thursday permitting resumption of international travel that was banned in mid-March this year as part of measures to fight the spread of Covid-19.
Somalia had resumed the domestic flights on July 5.
The Somali g… read more
Kenya excludes US, EU, India from safe flights list as its resumes international aviation
Kenya has excluded the US and the major European nations from a list of countries whose nationals will be allowed into the country as it resumes international flights operations.
According to businessdailyafrica.com, a protocol guiding the resumption of international flights only has Canada, Switzerland, Japan, China and South Korea… read more
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