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Delta brings first business class suite to SA

Delta Air Lines is bringing its Delta One Suite to Africa for the first time later this year, as the airline’s upgraded Boeing 777...

Ethiopian to fly to Conakry

Ethiopian Airlines has finalized preparations to begin services to Conakry on 1 February with five weekly return flights via Abidjan (Cote d’Ivoire). Flight ET0935 will...

BA launches prepaid booking

British Airways (operated by Comair) has launched its prepaid booking facility, enabling customers to choose their preferred seat on any BA flights within southern...

Erik Venter bids Comair farewell

Comair CEO Erik Venter has resigned from the company to pursue his own interests. Venter, who has been with South Africa-based Comair for 23 years,...

Radisson PVT project in Cape Town

Park Inn by Radisson Cape Town Foreshore has installed 30 innovative PowerCollectors, a unique piece of technology which combines generation of thermal energy with...

Tech Investors

The current economic climate of South Africa is driving pressure on travel policy and corporates are essentially spending less each year as they find...

TAAG Launches Direct Flights to Lagos

TAAG Angola Airlines will launch its inaugural flights to Lagos, Nigeria on 16 December. The flights will depart Luanda on Mondays and Fridays at 11h30...

Air Tanzania plane grounded at ORTIA

Air Tanzania has temporarily suspended flights between Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Johannesburg, South Africa due to the grounding of an aircraft at O.R....

Zimbabwe opens its skies

Low-cost airline fastjet has welcomed the statement by Zimbabwe’s Minister of Finance & Economic Development, Patrick Chinamasa, where he said that Zimbabwe is opening...

SAA Takes Delivery of First New Airbus

South African Airways recently took delivery of the first of four new Airbus A350-900s. The aircraft will operate on one of SAA’s ultra-long haul routes...

Emirates celebrates 25 years of operations to South Africa

Emirates is celebrating 25 years of serving South Africa, helping to connect passengers and business from Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban to the world....

Eurowings connects Windhoek and Munich

 Eurowings is now offering a connection between the southern part of Germany and Namibia. The first flight, operated with an Airbus 330 long-haul jet, arrived...