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Pressure on UK to move safari destinations from red list
The African Travel and Tourism Association (ATTA) continues to use its position on key travel boards to put pressure on the UK government to use the correct scientific information to allow countries...
Bidvest Car Rental changes hands
Bidvest Car Rental (BCR) is in the process of changing ownership. The Thesele Consortium, led by the 100% black-owned Thesele Group, has signed a binding agreement to purchase BCR from the listed...
Mango debacle crushes airfares
When the news of Mango’s precarious financial position broke late last month, agents initially reported a spike in the cost of domestic airfares, as clients rushed to book last-minute flights with...
COVID tests now at Addis Ababa airport
Ethiopian Airlines Group, in association with BGI Health Ethiopia – a subsidiary of China biotech giant, BGI Genomics – is set to launch a high-end COVID-19 testing laboratory at its main hub, the...
Vaccine vacations are fast gaining momentum – but South Africans have limited access
South Africa's vaccine roll-out is slow compared to other countries. This coupled with the travel restrictions imposed on South Africa may restrict South Africans from getting vaccinated elsewhere....
Cape Town-Singapore direct
Singapore Airlines’ direct non-stop flights from Cape Town to Singapore will resume on July 1. SQ482 will operate on Tuesdays and Thursdays, departing from Cape Town at 12h45 and arriving in...
UK red list blocks South Africa
This story has been updated since publication. Maldives and Turkey were added to the Red List. Although the UK’s, and specifically England’s, travel restrictions have been eased, the loosening of...
Rwandair returns to South Africa
Rwandair has announced it will restart its flights from Kigali to Johannesburg (one a week direct, and two per week via Lusaka ) from May 7, and from Kigali to Cape Town (two per week, both via...
Countries are banning travel from Covid-hit India – calls for SA to do the same are growing
Calls for South Africa to ban travel – or at the very least quarantine visitors – from India are growing among local politicians and medical experts. Several nations have recently banned travellers...