New flights to Gqeberha (PE)

New flights to Gqeberha (PE)

Domestic and regional carrier CemAir has announced it will operate flights between Johannesburg OR Tambo and Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) from this coming Friday, July 30, adding 390 seats a week to the route. Flights will operate on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays,...
Mango grounded

Mango grounded

Mango, which on Monday entered business rescue, has been grounded indefinitely. After its flights were interrupted on Tuesday morning, the carrier’s acting ceo, William Ndlovu, sent out a communication saying that Mango’s flights were “temporarily suspended” from...
Cape Town to host remaining Rugby Tour games

Cape Town to host remaining Rugby Tour games

The City of Cape Town has welcomed the announcement by SA Rugby that the remainder of the British and Irish Lions tour games are being moved to Cape Town. The Mother City has already hosted two of the matches at the Cape Town Stadium – the Lions against the SA ‘A’...
EK suspension continues

EK suspension continues

Emirates’ suspension of passenger uplift from South Africa has been extended yet again. The extension now continues up to and including July 31. Daily flights between Dubai and Johannesburg only (not Cape Town or Durban) continue, but no uplift of passengers in South...
France opens to SA travellers

France opens to SA travellers

With effect from Monday, July 19, fully vaccinated residents of South Africa (and of all France’s red-and amber-list countries) are permitted to travel to France without needing a compelling reason to do so, without requiring a PCR test or any test before departure,...
Mango staff squeezed dry

Mango staff squeezed dry

Mango could be placed in business rescue today, Tuesday, July 20. Local media reported that the staff of the SAA subsidiary had still not been paid their June salaries a week ago, and it appears these staff and crew are still working without pay at the time of...