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Thailand Pass required for all visitors
Thailand now has its own “Thailand Pass”. It’s a free, web-based system designed to add efficiency to the document processing of inbound travellers entering Thailand. Just like the Certificate of...
Netherlands clamps down on Corona
Due to a new surge in COVID-19 cases, the Netherlands has issued new travel advice notices to its citizens, per the assessed risk per country. It is also only allowing non-EU citizens with...
CemAir returns to Plett
Plettenberg Bay airport is set to reopen to commercial flights. According to Business Insider, the SA Civil Aviation Authority has reported that the airport has had its Category 4 licence...
‘Mango can go it alone’ – aviation expert
The sale of Mango Airlines looks inevitable, and in the opinion of one aviation expert would be a good thing. But SAA, as the mother company to Mango, has confirmed it will first meet with...
Air Austral restarts direct JNB – RUN flights
AIR Austral (UU) has reinstated a direct connection between South Africa and Réunion Island this past weekend. From November 7, the airline will operate one weekly flight, on a Sunday. From December...
Returning SAs – no PCR, no fly
Facebook rumours concerning a relaxation of the rule requiring PCR tests for all travellers inbound into South Africa have caused a great deal of confusion among agents. Air Mauritius yesterday sent...
US updates travel restrictions for South Africa
The US eased international travel restrictions on Monday (8 November) for the first time in nearly two years, removing its country-by-country travel restrictions and instead introducing...
SQ adds a sixth flight to JNB
Singapore Airlines has announced that flights between Singapore and Johannesburg will increase from five to six per week, from November 12. Flights from Singapore: SQ 478 departs Singapore at 01h30...
Kulula revs up capacity DUR-CPT
With the relaunch of a double-daily service between Cape Town and Durban, kulula.com says it has now fully restored its network to pre-COVID levels and has actually doubled capacity between Cape...