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TAAG bumps up business class passengers

TAAG Angola Airlines is running an attractive promotion for its business class passengers. Its ‘Business Up to First’ offer is called ‘J UP’ and sees...

Airlink and Safair to unite

Airlink and Safair have announced that the two independent aviation groups will apply to South Africa’s Competition Commission for approval to unite under the common umbrella...

Qatar touches down in Windhoek

According to Breaking Travel News, Windhoek (Namibia) has welcomed the first Qatar Airways flight from Doha (Qatar). Qatar Airways will fly to and from the...

Comair business rescue plan adopted

Comair passed another significant waypoint en route to returning to the skies when the vast majority of creditors and shareholders voted to adopt the...

Amadeus creates NDC-X programme

Amadeus has announced the creation of a dedicated programme to drive the industrialisation of NDC and ensure its success for all travel players. New Distribution...

Autograph debuts in Kenya

Autograph Collection Hotels, Marriott International’s collection of independent hotels, recently welcomed Sankara Nairobi to its portfolio of over 171 hotels around the world, marking...

Advertorial: InterContinental Johannesburg O.R. Tambo Airport

The InterContinental Johannesburg O.R. Tambo Airport is only 68.7 metres from the International Arrivals terminal at O.R Tambo Airport - a completely manageable commute...

Hotel Check: Four Seasons Hotel The Westcliff

BACKGROUND: First conceived as an enclave of luxury townhouses in 1997, Albwardy Investment (Dubai) and Hotels Properties

Personal and on point

Travel loyalty programmes have evolved beyond the traditional model of accumulating and redeeming points, and brands are having to work even harder and smarter...

Ethiopian signs new codeshares

Ethiopian Airlines has signed codeshare agreements with Air Europa and Singapore Airlines. The new partnership with Air Europa, which went into effect on 11 April,...

ASATA Column: Providing value to different generations

What do the 55-year old chief financial officer and the 25-year old sales and marketing director of the same company have in common? Chances...

SA unabridged birth certificate requirement remains

Parents travelling with children to and from South Africa will continue to require unabridged birth certificates, despite recent media reports claiming the contrary.