Travel news overview

• Flights
• 03/09/2020 04:21

Qatar Airways agrees delivery delays with Airbus

Qatar Airways has struck a deal with Airbus SE to delay deliveryof airplanes due to the pandemic-induced travel downturn but remains in talks with Boeing Co about deferrals, the airline's chief executive said on Wednesday."We have the ability to bring forward the deliveries if there is a rebou… read more

• Miscellaneous
• 03/09/2020 04:21

African air traffic dropped 94.6% in July

This was somewhat better than the 86.6% year-over-year decline recorded in June, primarily driven by domestic markets, most notably Russia and China. Market reopening in the Schengen Area helped to boost international demand in Europe, but other international markets showed little change from June. Capacity was 70.1% below 2019 levels and load f… read more

• Flights
• 03/09/2020 04:20

Ethiopian tzhinks African Aviation will soar after COVID-19

The impact of COVIDhas stunted the growth of aviation in Africa. However, Acting Chief Commercial Officer at Africa’s largest airline, Esayas Woldemariam, believes there is still a bright future for African airlines. Speaking to Simple Flying, he told us that the best is yet to come.

Still a bright future

Pre-COVID, Africa was… read more

• Flights
• 03/09/2020 04:20

Airlines: Lack of Forex suffocating our operations

The Managing Director, Aero Contractors Nigeria, Captain Ado Sanusi says Nigeria domestic airlinesare suffocating in the business due to lack of forex for aircraft spares, payment of subscription and leases. He said if government fails to come to the rescue, the local airlines would gradually go into oblivion.

In a cha… read more

• Flights
• 03/09/2020 04:16

Nigeria: Restructuring of NCAA to improve safety

The Federal Governmenthas approved the restructuring of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to further improve the safety oversight system of the country’s aviation industry. The Director-General of NCAA, Capt. Musa Nuhu, made this known in a statement on Wednesday in Lagos.

Nuhu said the approved restructuring was a… read more

• Miscellaneous
• 03/09/2020 04:16

Beyond Tourism in Africa innovation challenge

The Luc Hoffmann Institute, the African Leadership University’s School of Wildlife Conservation and the WWF Regional Office for Africa are launching a global innovation challenge. We aim to discover and incubate new revenue models that do not depend on tourism, but still enable local communities within African countries to derive income f… read more

• Opinion
• 03/09/2020 04:16

Opinion: What’s next for Travel and Tourism

We are in unprecedented, uncertain times, challenged by a pandemic & facing an economical crisis. Covid-19 pandemic has triggered an immense amount of shock in the travel & tourism industry which is extensively affected and on a standstill due to the strict measures introduced to flatten the curve and contain its spread. According to UN … read more

• Flights
• 02/09/2020 15:19

Precision Air cancels plan to resume Nairobi flights

The Tanzania-based Air Precisionhas cancelled planned resumption of flights to Nairobi just days after the government said it would not deny them traffic rights amid the ongoing standoff between the two countries. In a notice published on the airline’s website, Precision Air said it was suspending the plans because of low… read more

• Opinion
• 02/09/2020 14:31

SAA: Is all this real?

However, behind the scenes, the flag carrier has repeatedly been given lifelines thanks to government guarantees. The last year that the SAA made a… read more

• Flights
• 02/09/2020 14:01

Abu Dhabi will host Global Aerospace Summit end of September

Abu Dhabiis holding the Global Aerospace Summit from September 28 to 29 in an online gathering of top executives in aviation, space and defence to discuss the most important issues facing the industry amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

This year's event, hosted by Abu Dhabi's Mubadala Investment Company and Edge, will focus o… read more