Travel News and Updates

Qatar Airways will launch flights from Doha to Lusaka, Zambia, and onwards to Harare, Zimbabwe, on August 6. The route will operate three times per week on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. “Africa...

FOUR former South African Express (SAX) employees, trading as Fly Sax, who hope to buy what’s left of the defunct carrier, have until the end of this month to tie up a potential new investment deal....

International airlines are slowly making their way back to South Africa. Delta is among the latest airlines to return to South Africa, with flights scheduled from August 1. Delta will operate three...

Rwanda has tightened Covid-19 restrictions to curb rising infections and mitigate the risk of a severe third wave that is already being experienced in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda. In...

Ethiopia has stopped issuing eVisas and visas-on-arrival, effectively banning entry into the country for all travellers who haven’t received authorisation from an embassy or consulate. This does not...

Emirates says it will not immediately begin uplifting Dubai-bound SA passengers from June 23, although Dubai is opening for South Africans from that date. Dubai has eased restrictions from June 23...

Namibia has introduced stricter COVID-19 regulations in the wake of increasing new infections, hospitalisations and deaths recorded over the past few weeks. Namibian President, Hage Geingob, noted...

Dubai has announced (on Saturday June 19), the easing of restrictions for passengers from South Africa, who are fully vaccinated with two doses of a vaccine approved by the UAE Authorities. The...

British PM, Boris Johnson has delayed his plans to lift most remaining COVID-19 restrictions, reports Reuters. The government intended to announce the removal of most of the barriers...