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Dumela Lesotho!
Airlink is due to resume daily scheduled air services between Johannesburg and Maseru today, Monday, March 29. This follows the reopening of Lesotho’s borders and the lifting of COVID-related travel...
Airlift from SA fades to 38%
According to a recent update from Barsa, only 12 of its 32 international airline members that usually offer flights out of South Africa are currently operating and permitting South African...
Virgin no-fly to SA extended
South Africans won’t see the familiar Virgin tailplane on the apron at either OR Tambo or Cape Town International Airport any time soon. Virgin has just announced that its SA flights won’t be back...
Emirates – UAE passenger ban rolls on and on
Emirates has advised the South African industry that the suspension of passenger uplift from South Africa to Dubai has now been further extended up to and including April 8. The ban has been in...
Lions tour a go for SA!
SA Rugby and the British & Irish Lions confirmed today (March 23) that they were aligned on ensuring the Castle Lager Lions Series was held in South Africa in the scheduled playing window (July...
Ireland’s SA ban now ‘indefinite’
The Irish government has extended its visa-free travel ban for South African passport holders, due to concerns around COVID-19. The ban was initiated at the end of January, and reported in Travel...
Another regional route for CemAir
CemAir will begin operating once-a-week flights from Johannesburg’s OR Tambo to Luanda, Angola, from Tuesday, March 23. The introduction of the flights was made possible by the Angolan government...
Paris lockdown as France fears third wave
The French capital is set to go into a month-long Covid lockdown as the country fears a third wave. Some 21 million people in 16 areas of France will be placed under the measures from midnight on...
Emirates operation update
Emirates’ flights from South Africa will remain suspended until 27 March 2021, in line with government directives that restrict the entry of travellers originating from South Africa, into the UAE....