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England and Scotland scrap testing for vaxxed pax
Fully vaccinated international travellers arriving in England or Scotland will no longer need to take any COVID test on day two of their stay, UK Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has announced. The...
SAs – 10 days’ isolation in Netherlands
Authorities in the Netherlands have now given South Africa a new classification as a very-high-risk zone without a variant of concern, according to the Dutch government. It means that while fully...
Belgium now welcomes South Africans
Belgium has joined the growing list of countries around the world reopening to vaxxed travellers from southern African countries. With the travel ban now lifted, fully vaccinated travellers from...
UK takes a new view of Covid
The UK’s ‘Plan B’ regulations will fall away on Wednesday (January 26) after Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the end of all COVID measures in England. These changes apply only to England, due...
South African Airways: Relaunch of Durban 04 March 2022
South African Airways (SAA) is pleased to announce the relaunch of services from 04 March 2022 to the beautiful city of Durban. Since our restart in August 2021, we have been constantly evaluating...
5G services spook airlines
Like all airlines, US carriers have had a bumpy ride since 2020, with COVID ‘no-fly’ periods, constrained demand caused by the pandemic and rising oil prices combining into a ‘perfect storm’. But...
FlySafair announces start date for Mauritius flights
The travel and flight bans imposed on South Africa by Mauritius in November last year, as a result of the detection of the Omicron variant in the country, led to major disappointment and disruption...
Mexico removes all COVID entry barriers
Mexico has dropped all entry requirements originally introduced in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Neither testing no health forms are any longer necessary for travellers wanting to visit the...
Thailand awaits!
Thailand now allows South Africans back into its Sandbox programme. The country’s Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) has approved the lifting of travel restrictions on arrivals from...