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Hope on the horizon for SAA as airline set to resume operations by August
There may be hope on the horizon for South African Airways (SAA). SAA, which came out of business rescue in April, have submitted compliance documentation to the Civil Aviation Authority. Interim...
Cathay will not return to SA this year
Cathay Pacific won’t be returning to South Africa this year due to ongoing restrictions against South African travellers, but the airline says it still sees commercial potential in resuming the...
The US will reportedly keep travel restrictions in place as highly infectious Delta variant surges
The US will not lift its existing travel restrictions due to the spread of the highly transmissible Delta variant of the coronavirus and increasing Covid-19 cases, Reuters reported. "Given where we...
New UK regs don’t help Saffers
There was celebration among holiday-seekers in the UK last week, as certain travel restrictions for Britons were dropped. Would-be travellers from South Africa also looked hard at the new...
LIFT to resume flights from August 2021
LIFT will resume all flights on its Johannesburg - Cape Town route from Sunday, August 1. LIFT cancelled all flights on the route from July 5-31, due to the adjusted level 4 restrictions banning...
New flights to Gqeberha (PE)
Domestic and regional carrier CemAir has announced it will operate flights between Johannesburg OR Tambo and Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) from this coming Friday, July 30, adding 390 seats a week to...
Mango grounded
Mango, which on Monday entered business rescue, has been grounded indefinitely. After its flights were interrupted on Tuesday morning, the carrier’s acting ceo, William Ndlovu, sent out a...
Cape Town to host remaining Rugby Tour games
The City of Cape Town has welcomed the announcement by SA Rugby that the remainder of the British and Irish Lions tour games are being moved to Cape Town. The Mother City has already hosted two of...
EK suspension continues
Emirates’ suspension of passenger uplift from South Africa has been extended yet again. The extension now continues up to and including July 31. Daily flights between Dubai and Johannesburg only...








