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Jet fuel update: ACSA urges international travellers to arrive 4 hours prior to departure
Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) says it has managed to increase jet fuel reserves at Cape Town International Airport (CTIA), and is confident that flight movements will continue as per...
Expect to fight for flights in the coming months: report
South Africa’s airlines are still struggling to return to pre-Covid levels of operations – and as new stresses like the jet fuel rationing at Cape Town International Airport take hold – flights over...
The rand is awful for travel to the US. But the UK, and a few other countries, are cheap.
On Monday, the rand broke through R18 to the dollar for the first time since the pandemic-induced madness that took hold in April 2020, and subsided again during May of that year. That is due in...
Emirates expands flight schedules across Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban
Emirates will be bringing new travel opportunities, choice and convenience for customers traveling to and from South Africa with additional services to Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban. The ramp...
Canada to remove all COVID-19 restrictions for travelers
Canada will lift all remaining COVID-19 restrictions for international and domestic travelers starting Oct. 1, officials announced this week. The regulatory changes come 2 1/2 years after Canada,...
Covid: Hong Kong to end controversial hotel quarantine policy
Hong Kong's government says that from Monday people arriving in Hong Kong will no longer have to go into mandatory hotel quarantine. Travellers will also no longer have to show a negative Covid test...
Japan to relax Covid travel restrictions and grant entry to independent tourists
NEW YORK — Japan’s strict border restrictions will be loosened next month, the prime minister announced Thursday, allowing tourists to easily enter for the first time since the start of the...
Spain Extends COVID Entry Restrictions for Third Country Travellers Until November 15
The Spanish authorities have announced that the country has decided to extend the Coronavirus entry restrictions for all travellers from non-European Union countries until November 15. The news on...
5 new flights launching in South Africa
With South Africa’s domestic airline industry under increasing pressure, international airlines are taking advantage of a post-Covid boom in demand by launching several new flight paths that will...