Monthly Archives: November 2017
Is a merger and strategic partner the way forward for SAA?
SAA will actively start looking for an equity partner from within the aviation industry to help turn around the embattled airline, CEO Vuyani Jarana...
Accor Hotels boosts Ivory Coast portfolio
AccorHotels has signed a hotel management agreement (HMA) with Noral, a private group in Ivory Coast, for a combined 200-room Novotel and 110-apartments Adagio...
Madagascar plague: Countries confident in measures to overcome the disease
The Indian Ocean Island countries of Madagascar, Seychelles and Mauritius have expressed its confidence on the measures taken by Madagascar to overcome the current...
Funding secured for Harare Airport upgrade
On the eve of the renaming of Harare International Airport to Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport, the Transport and Infrastructure Ministry, announced that an...
Emirates and flydubai further expand partnership, now including Zanzibar
Emirates and flydubai has announced 16 additional destinations to which Emirates’ passengers will be able travel on a single ticket. The new, expanded network...
Ethiopian Airlines to launch direct Zanzibar flights
Effective December this year, Ethiopian Airlines will introduce thrice weekly direct flights from Addis Ababa to Zanzibar on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays. The airline...
Jo’burg: the only sub-Saharan Africa city in Top 100 City Destinations Ranking
Johannesburg has come out as the only sub-Saharan African country to have made it to the Euromonitor International Top 100 City Destinations Ranking.
Euromonitor International...
Eurowings makes its debut in SA
Eurowings has officially launched its services to South Africa and Cape Town is the latest destination in the long-haul offering to join the airline’s...
Take note: BA Comair flights between ORTIA and PE
British Airways, operated by Comair, has advised that the times originally released with the new announcement of the additional two daily flights between OR...
Emirates enhances Nigeria service
Emirates announced today it will reinstate its second daily service to Lagos and resume operations to Nigeria’s capital city, Abuja, with four weekly flights...