Travel News and Updates

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...

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...

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 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 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...

Emirates has announced that the suspension of passenger services on its flights from Johannesburg to Dubai will continue for at least another two weeks, until January 31. A new recommencement date...

This was now the time to get back to rebuilding what was left of the sector, said industry leaders who welcomed the announcement on Monday (December 10) that the European Union had decided to lift...

Turkish Airlines’ Cape Town office has informed the trade that travellers from South Africa, or those who have been in South Africa in the 14 days prior to travel, may once again enter Turkey. All...

Fully vaccinated international travellers from anywhere in the world, including South Africans, are able to travel to Israel again, effective January 9. This follows the country scrapping its ‘red...