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Breaking news: Airlink suspends Eswatini flights amid unrest
Eswatini Airlink and its operating partner, Airlink – the South African-based domestic and regional airline – have cancelled flights tomorrow between Johannesburg and Sikhuphe’s King Mswati III...
SA airlines scramble to adjust flights amid Gauteng travel ban – scrapping penalty fees
The ban on leisure travel to and from Gauteng has left South African airlines scrambling to adjust their flight cancellation policies, with many scrapping penalties fees for last-minute changes....
Mango’s money runs out
It has been more than two months since Mango found itself having to adopt a week-by-week approach to its flight operations as it waits for funding. The deteriorating financial situation has brought...
Sun International leaves only two hotels open
Following a statement on Monday that all the Sun International restaurants, casinos, hotels and resort properties would be temporarily closed for 14 days, the hotel group has made an update. Sun...
Airlink announces minor schedule adjustments
Airlink has confirmed that while the majority of its flights remain unaffected by the adjusted COVID-19 Level 4 restrictions, it is adjusting the schedule of selected flights so that its customers...
FlySafair adjusts to Level 4
FlySafair has sent out a notice of schedule adjustments necessitated by the June 27 Presidential announcement of an adjusted Level 4 lockdown. The airline says customers with existing bookings...
Int’l travel is permissible for all
This week’s presidential address, which moved the country back to adjusted Level Four lockdown in an effort to curb the latest spike in South African’s COVID-19 infections, was somewhat vague in...
Travel restrictions on South Africa extended as third wave hits – and harder lockdown looms
The prospect of a harder lockdown in South Africa could see it lose out on potential Northern hemisphere travel and tourism in the coming weeks – while international travel suspensions and...
Qatar opens two new Africa routes
Qatar Airways will launch flights from Doha to Lusaka, Zambia, and onwards to Harare, Zimbabwe, on August 6. The route will operate three times per week on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. “Africa...