Travel news overview

• Flights
• 09/02/2023 20:20

British Airways announces codeshare partnership with Airlink

British Airways has announced a codeshare partnership with Airlink, improving connectivity between the UK, Europe, North America and more than 15 destinations in Southern Africa.

With bases in Johannesburg, Cape Town, and Durban in South Africa, Airlink is a premium regional airline with a wide-reaching network of cities in 1… read more

• Destinations
• 09/02/2023 20:16

Northern Namibia: Temporary Closure of District Road 3636 (Okapya - Eheke - Onakamwandi)!

• Destinations
• 09/02/2023 20:16

Kruger National Park: Road closures due to heavy rains & flooding! [update #2]

update (09 February 2023):Skukuza Airport is open and flights will be operating. Access to and from the airport will be via the Shalati Train Bridge. Vehicles are to park adjacent to the day visitors parking and passengers and staff only will be permitte… read more

• Flights
• 09/02/2023 20:15

TACV obtains a state guarantee for a moratorium

Weakened by the health crisis and the difficulties linked to its renationalisation, Transportes Aéreos de Cabo Verde (TACV) - formerly Cabo Verde Airlines - regularly requests the State as a guarantor to help it take out bank loans, which are essential for the implementation of its recovery plan.

• Flights
• 09/02/2023 20:15

Zambia Airways to start regional flights and first Boeing 737 by March 2023

Zambia Airways started commercial operations in December 2021 as a 55/45 joint venture between the Zambian government and Ethiopian Airlines. After the missed announcement of mid-2022, the young startup is now showing all the guarantees for its regional rollout.

• Flights
• 07/02/2023 22:03

Ethiopian Airlines opens its second aviation training centre

The Ethiopian Aviation Academy (EAA), which is one of the eight strategic branches of the Ethiopian Airlines Group, has five schools with a total annual intake capacity of 4,000 trainees. To date, the academy, established since 1957, has trained more than 18,000 professionals from Africa and abroad.

• Flights
• 07/02/2023 22:02

IATA signs cooperation agreement with Somali government

Somalia is at the crossroads of some of the busiest air routes linking the Horn of Africa with the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent, and Western Europe with the Indian subcontinent and the Indian Ocean islands. Because of this key regional position, the East African country is keen to upgrade to the highest industry standards in order to reap the maximum benefits.

• Miscellaneous
• 07/02/2023 22:02

Mwinyi stresses making Tanzania medical tourism hub

ZANZIBAR President Dr Hussein Ali Mwinyi has said it is the desire of the Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar and the Union Government to improve the health sector towards making Tanzania a hub of medical tourism in the region.

"Through improvement in the health sector, we want people from other countries to come to T… read more

• Cruise
• 07/02/2023 22:01

Regent Seven Seas new ship Seven Seas Grandeur floated out in Italy

Regent Seven Seas Cruises has marked the float out of its new cruise ship, the third in the ultra-luxury Explorer-class, Seven Seas Grandeur. Seven Seas Grandeur touched water for the first time at the Fincantieri shipyard in Italy, the same shipyard where her sister ships Seven Seas Explorer and Splendor were built.

The ship… read more

• Flights
• 07/02/2023 22:01

Weather station strike affects seven airports

The Sudanese Meteorological Corporation has been on strike for seven weeks in Sudan, meanwhile, the nationwide state schoolteachers' strike entered its eighth week on Sunday. After the failure of the meteorological corporation's management to reach an agreement with the strike committee, the committee announced the continuation of … read more