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In April 2021, Ugandan President Yoheri Museveni ordered the sacking of the former Uganda Airlines board, headed by Perez Ahabwe, following infighting. The Ugandan flag carrier has been loss-making and budgetary since its launch in 2019 and now needs a true cost-killer team to implement its ambitious business plan.
Priscilla Mire… read more
Proflight Zambia (P0, Lusaka) has reached a new milestone with the deployment into commercial service this week of its first Zambian-registered… read more
The Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) has today signed concession agreements with Wildplaces Africa and Tian Tang Group to develop high-end tourism accommodation facilities in Murchison Falls National Pa… read more
On 21 March we announced that in September Air Belgium would launch flights to both Johannesburg (JNB) and Cape Town (CPT) in the Republic of South Africa. Details on the schedules are slowly emerging.
Air Belgium flights to South Africa will be operated three times a week from 14 September 2022, with the brand-new Airbus A330-900 a… read more
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that air travel posted a strong rebound in February 2022 compared to January 2022, as Omicron-related impacts moderated outside of Asia. The war in Ukraine, which began on 24 February, did not have a major impact on traffic levels.
Note: We are returning to year-on-year tr… read more
"Not only is this great news for passengers, it comes with job creation at a time where unemployment is at an all-time low in South Africa," he adds.
Last year, Greyhound Coach Lines announced its closure effective 14 February 2021. The bus company, which had been operating for 37 yea… read more
In a bid to
strengthen tourism within the nation, Malawi chief President Dr. Lazarus
Chakwera Monday unveiled a mouth-watering $660 million tourism funding
masterplan that can assist map up the infrastructure improvement for the
nation.
The mission beneath
the plan can be… read more
During the pandemic, industry-watchers forecast that corporate travel would take a long, long time to come back.
In South Africa, where the vast majority of international air tickets
purchased up to early 2020 were for business travel of one sort or
another, this was bad news indeed. Some highly experienced agents who
had worked in… read more
The Tourism Business Council of South Africa (TBCSA) has welcomed the
termination of the country’s state of disaster which came into force at
the onset of the pandemic two years ago.
President Cyril Ramaphosa last night (05/04/22) announced an end to
the state of disaster he declared more than two years ago to manage the
c… read more
On 8 February, Emirates re-established its entire pre-Covid-19 African network by reopening its route to Casablanca, Morocco. Now, the UAE's national airline is working to increase the density of certain routes, depending on demand.
From 1 July 2022, Emirates will offer two trips per day between Dubai and Port Louis… read more
Uganda Airlines finally gets new board of directors amidst turmoil
Proflight Zambia debuts CRJ-200LR operations
Uganda Wildlife Authority signs new agreements to support Conservation Tourism
More details on Air Belgium’s future flights to South Africa (Johannesburg and Cape Town)
Air passenger recovery accelerates in February, according to IATA
Greyhound returns to service
Chakwera launches Tourism masterplan - urges citizens on positive talk for country
Corporate travel gallops ahead
Tourism Business Council of South Africa welcomes end of state of disaster
Emirates to increase A380 flights to Mauritius to twice daily next summer
