New SAA takes off Sep 23

New SAA takes off Sep 23

SAA released a statement yesterday saying its first flights as a new re-constituted airline will be on September 23. Tickets will go on sale today, Thursday, August 26. SAA says Voyager bookings and Travel Credit Voucher redemptions will be available from Monday,...
Qantas ready to roll out roadmap

Qantas ready to roll out roadmap

Qantas will present its 2021 financial report on Thursday, August 26, as well as its ‘roadmap’, with details of how international and regional routes are expected to open up. Most global airlines are in a parlous state, but Qantas’s international network has...
Emirates and CemAir link up

Emirates and CemAir link up

Having restarted and then boosted its passenger services to South Africa, Emirates has now signed an interline agreement with CemAir, opening up connections to six destinations in South Africa via Emirates’ gateways of Johannesburg and Cape Town. Two of the...
SA-Canada travel on horizon

SA-Canada travel on horizon

Canada plans to extend its exemption from quarantine to all fully vaccinated foreign nationals arriving in Canada, including South Africans, from September 7 (the government website calls this a ‘tentative date’). Meanwhile, travel to Canada is “near normal”,...
Financial baggage: Kulula ends free checked bags for base fares

Financial baggage: Kulula ends free checked bags for base fares

The aviation sector has been dealt a massive blow by the pandemic and the constraints put in place to reduce the spread of infections. Airlines across the globe have been burning up cash for months while they have had their wings clipped by flight and travel bans. Not...