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British Airways plans to cut hundreds of long-haul flights over shortage of planes
Long-haul travel from the UK to Malaysia, New York and the Persian Gulf is set to get trickier this winter, following the announcement of three route cancellations by British Airways (BA). The...
Cape Town welcomes Norwegian Sky for summer cruise season
Cape Town has long been a safe haven for seafarers, earning the affectionate title of ‘Tavern of the Seas’, Cape {town} Etc reports. Also read: Winter travel destinations: Cape Town dubbed best...
TAAG – Angola Airlines is not just spreading wings
TAAG – Angola Airlines is experiencing a period of transformation and modernization, accommodating itself in the new competitive context of the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM), at the...
Acsa finally begins fixing dark, dingy, fading OR Tambo
Out-of-order escalators, moving walkways that don’t move, chipped tiles, cracked walls … these do not make for a good first impression on the many tourists visiting SA. At long last, Airports...
Emirates soars back to Adelaide
Emirates will make a welcome return to Adelaide this month, reconnecting South Australians with Emirates’ Dubai hub – and through it, the rest of the world, especially Europe and the UK. From Monday...
Airlink to start flights to Kinshasa next year
South African regional and domestic airline Airlink announced on Friday that it will start scheduled flights between Johannesburg and Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),...
Air France resumes seasonal Cape Town-Paris flights for the 2024 peak season
As the world gears up for the festive and peak travel season, Air France announced the return of its seasonal flight service between Africa and Europe’s most loved city, Cape Town and Paris,...
Qatar Airways Expands Services to Canada with Launch of Flights to Toronto
Qatar Airways will launch a new service to Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) starting on 11 December 2024, with three weekly non-stop flights from the World’s Best Airport - Hamad...
Dubai’s Emirates airline bans pagers, walkie-talkies after device attacks in Lebanon
Dubai’s Emirates airline has banned pagers and walkie-talkies from its planes, following last month’s attacks on such devices carried by the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. “All Passengers...