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Japan will send a disaster relief team to Mauritius in response to fuel leakage from a stranded Japanese-owned freighter that ran aground off the Indian Ocean island nation, the Foreign Ministry said Sunday. The six-member expert team will leave Japan on Monday and start relief activities, such as oil removal upon arrival, the mini… read more
Luxury brand Anantara Hotels, Resorts & Spas, part of Thai hospitality company Minor Hotels Group, is gearing up to make its debut in the Seychelles with the rebrand of an exclusive resort designed by Bill Bensley and Lek Bunnang.Maia Luxury Resort & Spa will soon become Anantara Maia Seychelles Villas, it has been reve… read more
Nigerian airline Ibom Air is currently deploying a fleet of five 90-seat Bombardier CRJ900 regional jets from an article published on the Forbes website on August 4.
As the company is preparing to expand its activities in Nigeria, it is also considering new services in the Cemac zone, in particular via Gabon … read more
Anxious residents of the Indian Ocean island nation of Mauritius have stuffed fabric sacks with sugar cane leaves to create makeshift oil spill barriers as tonnes of fuel leaking from a grounded ship put endangered wildlife in further peril. The government on Saturday declared an environmental emergency as satellite images showed a… read more
Saudi Arabian investor, Abdulmohsen Al-Thunnayan, has filed a suit at the Federal High Court Lagos, challenging the move by Med-View Airline Plc to sell-off some assets of the distressed carrier. The investor, who also doubles as the Chairman of Med-View, said he was neither aware of the board meeting nor a party to the decision to sell t… read more
The Ghanaian Ministry of Aviation says social-media rumours
that the country's borders are to be re-opened next week are false,
insisting that they will remain closed until further notice.
A
statement issued and signed by the public relations officer at the
Aviation Ministry, Madeleine Insaidoo, affirmed that mini… read more
Air Senegal in this week's schedule update filed revised schedule for Dakar – Milan Malpensa route, operating on regular scheduled basis from 18SEP20. Updated listing shows the airline to operate 3 weekly flights on board Airbus A319 aircraft to Milan, the … read more
The United Arab Emirates says issuance of visas to Nigeria was suspended temporarily because of the COVID-19 pandemic as against speculations of severed bilateral relations between the two countries. Earlier this week, a graphic from Flyworld travel and tour surfaced on social media, indicating that visa renewal for Nigerian… read more
Mauritius was the first African country to get the coronavirus under control. Now
its challenge is how to let the tourists that are its economic
lifeblood back in.… read more
We will have to wait another month or so to hope for a resumption of Air Madagascar’s international flights. In an update made on July 30, 2020, the Malagasy national company announced the extension until August 31 of its international routes. These are routes departing from Antananarivo, and going to Mauritius, Reunion, Dzaoudzi in M… read more
Japan to send disaster relief team to Mauritius
Anantara set to make a splash in the Seychelles
Ibom Air is preparing flights to Cameroon
Med-View sued by Saudi investor over sale of assets
Ghana: Aviation Minister says airspace not yet open to international flights
Air Senegal: Update on Milan schedule
UAE Embassy: why UAE visas to Nigerians were suspended
Air Madagascar will not operate international flights before September
