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Africa Emerges as a New Frontier in the Race to Produce Clean Aviation Fuel
Africa is emerging as a key player in the push for Sustainable Aviation Fuel, as global aviation aims for net-zero emissions by 2050. Backed by new policies and major development bank investments,...
ET to roll out new premium seats
Ethiopian Airlines has partnered with Collins Aerospace to provide premium business-class seating across the airline’s Airbus A350 and Boeing 737 MAX aircraft. Ethiopian Airlines’ 11 new A350-900...
Etihad Airways Adds New 8-Hour Airbus A321LR Flights To Europe
Eithad Airways is unquestionably one of the world's fastest-growing network airlines. It has already announced service to an eye-popping 30+ new and returning cities this year, although big...
Morocco 2025 AFCON: free e-visas and fan IDs for football fans
In a bid to facilitate seamless travel for football fans, the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) Morocco 2025 Local Organising Committee (LOC), in collaboration with the Confédération...
Turkish Airlines Partners with Samsung to Launch Smart Tagged Baggage Service
Through this collaboration, Turkish Airlines has become the launch airline to implement SmartThings technologies in passenger baggage tracking worldwide, showing the national flag carrier’s...
A Significant Industry Acquisition by XL Turners Travel
XL Turners Travel is pleased to announce the acquisition of Grindrod Travel’s corporate travel division, effective 1 December 2025. The transaction forms part of XL Turners Travel’s strategic growth...
Etihad and Vietnam Airlines Launch Codeshare and Frequent Flyer Partnership
Agreement unlocks seamless access to exciting destinations for guests of both airlines Frequent flyer agreement between Etihad Guest and Lotusmiles lets members of both loyalty programmes earn and...
Qantas rolls out power bank rules
The Qantas Group will implement new restrictions on the use of portable power banks across all Qantas, QantasLink and Jetstar flights from December 15. The use of power banks on board is prohibited....
‘No permission, no travel’: UK to enforce new digital travel permit rules from February 2026
Visitors from countries such as the US, Canada and Australia will not be able to enter the UK without an ETA from 25 February 2026 onwards. You won’t be able to travel to the UK without advance...