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Zimbabwe Railways PPP With Zimasco
The National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has identified, Private-Public-Partnerships (PPP) as one of the strategies to ensure efficient service delivery to major clients in the face of challenges it is facing. Under the PPP strategy, NRZ is prepared to enter into mutually beneficial arrangements with customers resulting in win-win situatio… read more
EU approves 12 African Countries for Flights while Banning South Africa, Nigeria and Kenya
The European Union has approved flights from 12 African countries into the region as it prepares to open its borders to international operations from July while excluding South Africa, Nigeria and Kenya.
According to schengenvisainfo.com, citizens from 54 countries will benefit from the reopening which is expected to happen b… read more
Kampala Serena reopening brought forward to 01st of July
The Kampala Serena Hotel, like many other top ranked hospitality businesses in Kampala and Uganda, was compelled to literally close shop when the government closed the airport for international scheduled passenger traffic on the 22nd of March and alongside also closed the land borders to keep the virus pandemic out of the country. … read more
Qatar Airways is planning to resume flights to Africa
According to Qatar Airways’ updated time table, the airline is planning to resume flights to various destinations in Southern and East Africa in June 2020 and July 2020.
Flights to Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) resumed today (16 June 2020), while flights to Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban (South Africa), Windhoek (Namibia), M… read more
Half of all cruises departing Cape Town for 2021 will be roundtrips
The South African cruise sector looks set to have a strong rebound from the Coronavirus pandemic, based on 2021 cruise itineraries released by mainstream cruise lines. According to forward-looking itineraries, more than half of all the cruises departing from the country’s primary cruise port, Cape Town, will be roundtrip itinera… read more
LAM Mozambique postpones Lisbon service resumption into 3Q20
LAM Mozambique in recent schedule update removed planned service resumption on Maputo – Lisbon route. The airline originally planned to resume this route with leased A330-200 aircraft from 02JUN20. Airlineroute on 22MAY20 reported reservation for this route was available for travel on/after 01AUG20, however this … read more
LAM Mozambique postpones Lisbon service resumption to third quarter in 2020
LAM Mozambique has delayed planned service resumption on Maputo – Lisbon route, previously scheduled on 02/03JUN20. The airline’s schedule listing shows service is now scheduled on 02/03JUL20, however first flight available for reservation is showing 01AUG20 from Lisbon, 02AUG20 from Maputo.
TM704 MPM1325 – 2315LIS 332… read more
ONOMO Hotel Maputo
The African Hotel Group announces the opening of a new hotel in Maputo, Mozambique, expanding the number of properties in Southern Africa to 7 hotels, among which 5 in South Africa and one in Rwanda. ONOMO Hotel Maputo, will be officially opened on December 1st,
Mozambique Airlines to connect Pemba and JNB
Effective 30 March 2020, LAM - Mozambique Airlines will connect Pemba (POL) and Johannesburg three times per week with a nonstop service. These flights will be offered Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays to OR Tambo International.
At the moment, the only competitor is the South African Airlink, currently still operating un… read more
Fastjet to suspend ops in Mozambique
Yesterday, on October 26th, Fastjet Mozambique closed down its operations into Mozambique, which also includes all Code-Share flights with its partner LAM Mozambique Airlines. The suspension comes almost two years after Fastjet Mozambique started operation under a Mozambiquanian AOC.
The competition in Mozambique had increase… read more
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