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SA travel bans – all the latest deets on flights
In South Africa and stressing about flights out of the country? Here are some deets on some airlines: Emirates Emirates suspended flights to and from South Africa, Zimbabwe and Zambia on November...
‘SA remains open for all who wish to visit’
South Africa’s growth and recovery trajectory has been derailed by the latest developments in which key international source markets imposed stringent travel restrictions and travel bans against 10...
Direct flights from SA to the UK will resume on Wednesday – but are selling out fast
British Airways and Virgin Atlantic will resume flights between South Africa and the United Kingdom this week after services ground to a halt on Friday. Travel between the UK and South Africa was...
Goodbye Luanda
Airlink today announced the suspension of flights between Johannesburg and Luanda following the decision by the Angolan government to close its borders to South Africa, Namibia, Botswana,...
LH Group will maintain SA/Nam routes
The Lufthansa (LH) Group will continue maintaining flights to/from both South Africa on Lufthansa and to/from Namibia on Eurowings Discover, keeping the important lifeline open between these...
Kenya – no bans on int’l flights
Kenya has made it clear that there are no immediate plans to ban international flights following the detection of the Omicron variant of COVID-19. This was announced by Health Principal Secretary,...
US revises SA risk level – but no quarantine imposed
The United States Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have issued a Level 4 Travel Health Notice for South Africa, urging its citizens not to travel to the country. Non-U.S. citizens...
EK shrinks SA schedule
Emirates has sent out a trade announced a set of important changes for JNB, CPT and DUR flights, effective December 01, 2021. 1. JOHANNESBURG A) EK761/EK762 DXB-JNB-DXB on days 1,2,4...
UK halts flights from SA, bans South Africans and says thanks for spotting new variant
The United Kingdom has temporarily halted all passenger flights from South Africa and surrounding countries.Anyone who has been in South Africa and its neighbours in the previous 10 days has been...