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UK to review South Africa’s red list travel ban within the next 2 weeks
The UK High Commission in Pretoria has met with the South African Department of Health and local scientific and health experts to discuss the country’s continued presence on the UK’s travel ‘red...
‘Growing pressure’ on UK to drop hotel quarantine as Ireland offers a loophole to some from SA
Policy changes in neighbouring Ireland is reportedly putting serious, and growing, pressure on the government of the United Kingdom to also drop its hotel-quarantine scheme – including from some of...
Pack your bags, Flysafair is heading to Mauritius
Low-cost airline Flysafair launching their route to Mauritius this December. This follows the announcement earlier this month by the Mauritian government to re-open the island to South African...
TAAG to resume international flights
TAAG Angola Airlines has announced the gradual resumption of its international flight operations. From early October, the carrier will resume flights to Johannesburg, Cape Town, Windhoek and Maputo....
Now, SAs may enter Netherlands
The Netherlands has issued updated travel restrictions. South African travellers, and those from other non-EU States may now enter, as long as they are fully vaccinated. Travellers must present a...
Taxpayers fund launch of SAA vs 2
SA317 took off from OR Tambo at 08h17 (a little later than the scheduled time of 08h10) on Thursday, September 23. This was the first flight for the new version of SAA. The aircraft was an A320-200....
24-hr transit now allowed in DXB
Emirates says, with immediate effect, passengers travelling from a list of countries including South Africa with transit times of 10-24 hours in Dubai will be allowed to transit Dubai. Passengers...
Celebrate our rich cultural heritage
It is time to celebrate our heritage! September is Heritage Month, and this Friday is Heritage Day, a public holiday, so we have a long weekend to chill and celebrate the things that make South...
MRU – more tests
Tour operators in Mauritius have informed Travel News that the government has added more testing to the procedures for incoming fully vaccinated tourists. Visitors must be transferred straight to...