Netherlands bans SA flights

Netherlands bans SA flights

The prime minister of The Netherlands, Mark Rutte, announced yesterday, Wednesday January 20, that his government will ban flights from South Africa, the UK and a list of South American countries, for a month, starting from Saturday, January 23. This is reportedly due...
Lesotho locks down, closes borders

Lesotho locks down, closes borders

Airlink has announced the suspension of its daily service between Johannesburg and Maseru (4Z 052, Johannesburg-Maseru, and 4Z 053, Maseru-Johannesburg). This is due to the announcement of lockdown on Tuesday night, for 14 days, with effect from today. Inbound...
Breaking News: Pax in a flap over ‘nerve-racking’ test window

Breaking News: Pax in a flap over ‘nerve-racking’ test window

KLM, which suspended its South Africa flights for a few days last week, has now adapted its flight schedule beyond January 18. At the same time, the Dutch government introduced new regulations requiring a second negative test result (a rapid antigen test) from a...
BA extends Cape Town suspension

BA extends Cape Town suspension

British Airways has now extended the suspension of its flights between Cape Town and Heathrow until March 1. The airline sent out an industry release saying that, subject to change, the next scheduled flight to operate Cape Town to Heathrow would be on March 2. This...
PCRs at ORTIA – results may take 48hrs

PCRs at ORTIA – results may take 48hrs

Southern Africa Tourism Services Association (Satsa) has advised its members that it has confirmed with the Port Health Authority that there is a backlog in testing at OR Tambo International Airport. As such, the officially communicated turnaround time for results of...