Travel News and Updates
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Rwandair returns to SA skies
RwandAir has announced the resumption of daily services to Southern Africa, to both Johannesburg and Lusaka, effective December 23. Entry requirements, destination by destination, can be seen here:...
Canada reverses ban
Canada says it will lift its travel ban on 10 African countries, South Africa among them, from Sunday December 19. Canadian Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos said the state will reimpose testing...
US visas – six-month backlog
TRAVEL to the US has been seriously curtailed by the new rules banning tourists from Southern African states where the new COVID-19 omicron variant has been identified. However, it will be a rush to...
MSC Cruises suspended (for now)
MSC Cruises has announced that it has had to suspend all its domestic sailings in South Africa with immediate effect until January 8, 2022. The company says the suspension is on account of the most...
UK red list decision celebrated – others urged to follow
As champagne corks popped throughout Southern Africa this afternoon when the UK Health Secretary, Sajid Javid, announced that all 11 countries would be removed from Britain’s red list, there were...
Backtrack! SAs blocked from departing on QR
In a shock reversal, Qatar Airways posted a notice on its website on Saturday, December 11, saying that with immediate effect, the carrier would no longer accept passengers travelling from five...
You may struggle to get a rental car in SA this holiday – and 4x4s are especially scarce
Rental car companies in South Africa have drastically reduced the size of their fleets since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. This shortage is likely to ruin some summer holiday plans. For much...
JNB-CAI route restarts
EgyptAir will reinstate one flight per week between Johannesburg and Cairo, commencing on December 16. MS839 will depart Cairo on Thursdays at 23h05 and arrive Johannesburg at 07h05 the following...
QR to resume carrying outbound SAs
Qatar Airways will resume both inbound and outbound services to Cape Town and Johannesburg from Sunday, December 12, still in time for the holiday season. QR continued operating after...