Travel news overview

• Flights
• 13/07/2023 21:31

Emirates launches regional charter service offering flexibility and comfort for short trips

Emirates has launched an on-demand regional charter service, offering flexibility, convenience, privacy and comfort for customers who want to make short trips in the GCC from Dubai’s Al Maktoum International Airport (DWC).

Operated by the airline’s Phenom 100 twin-engine aircraft, customers can fly to a wide range of G… read more

• Flights
• 13/07/2023 21:19

Air Belgium confirms its summer 2024 flight schedule to South Africa and Mauritius

Air Belgium today announces its new flight programme from Belgium to South Africa and Mauritius for the next summer season 2024. Between March and October, the Belgian airline will operate:

2 weekly frequencies (Wednesday and Sunday) between Brussels and Johannesburg/Cape Town from 31/03 to 23/10/2024* 2 weekly frequencies (T… read more

• Miscellaneous
• 13/07/2023 21:12

Mauritius prepares for 66th UNWTO CAF Meeting

Mauritius is gearing up to host African Tourism Ministers and stakeholders for the 66th UNWTO CAF Meeting. The Meeting which will take place at Le Meridien from 26 to 28 July 2023 is on the theme: Rethinking Tourism For Africa: Promoting Investment And Partnerships; Addressing Global Challenges.

The Commission meeti… read more

• Destinations
• 13/07/2023 21:12

Two beaches in Cape Town named among world’s top 20 most beautiful beaches

Online gambling company Betway recently searched the internet for the world'd best beaches. To set up a ranking of the top 100 beaches in the world, data was analysed from each location to determine average temperature in August or January (depending on location) as well as amount of precipitation, number of Instagram tags and revi… read more

• Flights
• 13/07/2023 21:11

Air Mauritius introduces a leased Boeing 777 to boost operations

At the height of the summer season, as is the case every year, Air Mauritius is assessing the relevance of adding extra capacity to meet strong demand. Once again this year, the Indian market, where the Mauritian national carrier has been present for 50 years, is meeting expectations.

• Flights
• 13/07/2023 21:10

NCAA suspends all Max Air 737 aircraft type, over four safety occurrences between May-July

The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has through a letter NCAA/DG/AIR/11/16/363, suspended Parts A3 and D43 with regards to the operation of Max Air’s Boeing 737 aircraft type with immediate effect.

Parts A3 deals with the airline’s Aircraft Authorization and D43 deals with Aircraft Listing of the Operations Specifications … read more

• Destinations
• 13/07/2023 21:10

GTA ends domestic tourism promotion campaign with Accra tour

Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA), through its 'Experience Ghana, Share Ghana' Campaign, has visited the redeveloped Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park and three other tourist sites in Accra as part of its regional tour to promote and encourage domestic tourism in Ghana.

Prior to the Accra tour, GTA toured over 50 sites in Ashanti, Bono, Savan… read more

• Miscellaneous
• 13/07/2023 21:08

Africa Business Tourism & MICE Masterclass to empower participants in Digitalization and Innovation

The 6th Africa Business Tourism and MICE Masterclass 2023 collaborates with young entrepreneurs on Digitalization and Technological Innovation. Evidently, the MICE industry has been transformed by technology, which has played a vital role in elevating this industry to new heights. From virtual events to event management software,… read more

• Destinations
• 13/07/2023 21:08

South Africa named greatest Country on Earth & Cape Town greatest City

For the first time since 2019, The Telegraph newspaper held the Telegraph Travel Awards, one of Britain's most comprehensive, wide-ranging and reliable reader travel surveys. Almost 30 000 readers of the newspaper took part in the survey and voted … read more

• Flights
• 11/07/2023 22:26

Flightlink takes delivery of its second ATR72-500

The vision of Flightlink, founded in 2004, is to become the leading safari airline in East Africa. A goal that the private carrier now wants to build around the ATR72 aircraft that entered its fleet last year.