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EK resumes inbound passenger flights
Emirates has announced the resumption of daily passenger services to Johannesburg, effective from March 11, 2021, but this service appears to be inbound only. Flight EK763 leaves Dubai for...
Airlines and countries extend travel bans on South Africa
UAE-based airline Emirates has announced that flights from South Africa will remain suspended until 20 March 2021. This is in line with government directives that restrict the entry of travelers...
JNB-Maseru flights resume
Airlink will resume daily scheduled air services between Johannesburg and Maseru from March 29. This follows the reopening of Lesotho’s borders and the lifting of travel restrictions that curtailed...
Mauritius extends mandatory quarantine period
Travellers will not be able to spend the upcoming Easter holidays in Mauritius. The island will remain closed to tourists for the first half of the year, including the Easter holiday period and the...
Australia’s international travel ban extended to June 2021
Most Australians will remain banned from international travel until at least June 2021, following an extension of the 'biosecurity emergency period' that enables the Federal Government to place...
No MRU Easter holidays
Mauritius-starved South Africans will not be able to spend this Easter holiday in Mauritius. The island will remain closed to tourists for the first half of the year, including the Easter holiday...
Virgin extends SA flight ban
Virgin Atlantic has once again extended the cancellation of all flights on its South African routes (Johannesburg-London and Cape Town-London). The previous no-fly was set to end March 9, but...
Domestic airlines can now only serve bottled water – and in-flight magazines must be binned
In line with new Alert Level 1 regulations, domestic airlines operating in South Africa are only permitted to serve bottled water and passengers won’t be allowed to eat while onboard. Unclaimed...
Level 1 means meetings restraints relaxed
With South Africa moving from national lockdown Alert Level 3 to Alert Level 1 tonight (Sunday, February), most of the remaining restrictions affecting the tourism sector have been removed,...