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Robben Island

New requirements for trips to Robben Island

Effective immediately, all travellers booked for trips to Robben Island must provide identification when purchasing tickets. Proof of identification can consist of identification documents...
Town international

Breaking news: Shots fired at Cape Town International Airport

Operations at Cape Town International Airport are continuing as per normal after shots were fired at the airport earlier this morning. According to reports, one...
Mango

Mango strike: Airline requests talks with Solidarity

Mango has approached trade union Solidarity to requesting to return to the discussion table so that the parties could try to come to an...
cape town

Cape Town welcomes new international route and route expansion

The Lufthansa Group has announced that Lufthansa will now fly from Frankfurt to Cape Town five times a week and from 27 November 2017...
Resume Freetown

ASKY to resume Freetown, Monrovia and Banjul flights in November

Pan-African airline, ASKY, is to resume its flight operations to and from West African cities of Monrovia, Freetown and Banjul effective 1 November. According to...
passenger screening

Seychelles steps up preventative measures against Madagascar Plague outbreak

The Ministry of Tourism, Civil Aviation, Port and Marine together with the Seychelles Tourism Board (STB) have announced that a decision has been taken...
Flight schedule

Mango operating schedule for October 18

With no wage agreement reached between trade union Solidarity and Mango Airlines, the airline's pilots are set to continue with their strike action. Tomorrow, 18...
New York

Delta to launch New York to Lagos service in 2018

American carrier, Delta Airlines, will from March next year, commence direct flight operations from New York’s JFK Airport to Lagos, Nigeria. The airline announced...
vaccinations

Yellow fever vaccinations – what you need to know

If you’ve ever travelled across Africa, upon returning to South Africa you will have been asked to present a yellow fever certificate. “This is by...
Mango

Mango flight delays and cancellations for 17-18 October

As a result of the strike by pilots, Mango has issued the following revised scheduled for 17-18 October: October 17: Flight delays - JE612 STD: 06:00LT...