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Tanzania to host World Travel Awards Africa & Indian Ocean Gala Ceremony 2025

  (Posted 11th June 2025)     World Travel Awards (WTA) will host its Africa & Indian Ocean Gala Ceremony 2025 in the enchanting nation of Tanzania, with travel industry leaders from across the region attending the VIP reception at Johari Rotana Dar es Salaam on 28th of June 2025. The ceremony will mark the opening leg of WTA’s Grand […]

African Parks: Conservation at Scale as 70 Rhinos are relocated

  (Posted 11th June 2025)     Following months of extensive planning and working with various experts in the field, I am very pleased to share a significant milestone: the translocation of 70 southern white rhino to Rwanda’s Akagera National Park. As part of the Rhino Rewild Initiative, this translocation, made possible with funding from The Howard G. […]

Seychelles: Education needs a strong professional foundation

  (Posted 10th June 2025)   One cannot build a strong education system while sidelining Seychellois teachers. Across the country, qualified local educators are being overlooked, underpaid, and pushed out of classrooms — while expatriates are brought in to replace them, at higher salaries and with better benefits. Seychellois teachers understand their students, our culture, […]

Trent XWB-84 EP – The best widebody engine just got better

  (Posted 10th June 2025)   Introducing the Trent XWB-84 Enhanced Performance (EP): a new era of efficiency, sustainability and profitability for our airline customers. The Trent XWB-84 is the world’s most efficient large aero engine, purpose-built for the Airbus A350-900. Together, they set the industry benchmark for fuel efficiency, delivering unparalleled reliability, durability and […]

JEKTA begins flight testing of scaled PHA-ZE 100 amphibious aircraft

  (Posted 10th June 2025)     JEKTA, the Switzerland-based manufacturer of the Passenger Hydro Aircraft – Zero Emissions 100 (PHA-ZE 100) amphibious aircraft, has begun flight trials with a 1:9 scaled prototype of the PHA-ZE 100 amphibious flying boat. Using a distributed electric powerplant to draw energy from onboard batteries, testing will verify the aerodynamic and hydrodynamic configurations of the […]

Is Your Business Ready for the New Era of African Tourism

  (Posted 10th June 2025)     24 – 27 June 2025, Midrand Conference Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa     SPECIAL OFFER FOR ATPSA MEMBERS AND NON-MEMBERS FOR THE AYITIS As part of an exciting new strategic partnership, ATPSA members are invited to exhibit at the upcoming Africa Youth in Tourism Innovation Summit & Challenge (AYITIS) […]

Africa Weekly Aviation Trails: Week 23, 2025

  (Posted 10th June 2025)     Introduction.   The World Bank’s study “Fueling Africa’s Flight”, released on June 4, 2025, highlights Africa’s potential to become a leader in Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) production, focusing on Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa. By leveraging local feedstocks such as agricultural residues and waste oils, these countries […]

Ethiopian Airlines celebrates 50 years of services to Kigali

  (Posted 09th June 2025)   Ethiopian Airlines, Africa’s leading airline group, marked the 50th anniversary of its inaugural flight to Kigali, Rwanda. Since launching the Addis Ababa–Kigali route in 1975, the airline has played a pivotal role in strengthening diplomatic, economic, and cultural ties between Ethiopia and Rwanda, while serving as a vital link […]

Malawi: Chinese ‘wildlife crime kingpin’ corruption case committed to High Court

  (Posted 08th June 2025)   Courtesy of African Elephant News   Wanangwa Mtawali-Nyasa Times (Malawi) June 05, 2025 The high-profile corruption case involving notorious Chinese wildlife crime convict Lin Yun Hua, which was being presided over by Lilongwe’s Principal Resident Magistrate Benjamin Chulu, has now been committed to the High Court of Malawi. The […]

Conservation Group Condemns Elephant Culling as ‘Commercial Slaughter in Disguise’

  (Posted 08th June 2025)   Courtesy of African Elephant News   263 Chat, (Zimbabwe) June 06, 2025 Local conservation and governance advocacy group the Centre for Natural Resource Governance (CNRG) has condemned plans by the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) to cull 50 elephants in the Save Valley Conservancy, branding it a […]

Zimbabwe: Why elephant management matters … and more

  (Posted 07th June 2025)   Courtesy of African Elephant News   Anashe Mpamombe, Herald Online, (Zimbabwe) June 06, 2025 Zimbabwe has once again demonstrated bold leadership in conservation, making a difficult but necessary decision to safeguard the integrity of its ecosystems. The Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) has authorised the removal of […]

Registration is Open, Save with Early Bird Rates!

  (Posted 07th June 2025)     We are thrilled to announce that registration is now open for the 2025 edition of the IATA World Sustainability Symposium (WSS), taking place in vibrant Hong Kong (SAR), China, on 21-22 October 2025, and kindly hosted by Cathay Pacific. The WSS 2025 will gather over 500 professionals from the aviation, sustainability, […]

TravelComments.com – Google expands Street View coverage in Namibia to over 21,000 kilometers!

  (Posted 97th June 2025)     Google has officially expanded its Street View coverage in Namibia, now offering over 21,000 kilometers of immersive 360° imagery across the country’s roads, cities, and iconic landscapes. As announced on the Google Africa Blog, users can now virtually explore Namibia’s diverse destinations, including Windhoek, Walvis Bay, Swakopmund, Grootfontein, Henties Bay, Karasburg, Keetmanshoop, Mariental, Otjiwarongo, and […]

AviaDev 2025 – SOLD OUT

  (Posted 06th June 2025)     10 years ago, Mala Patel and I had an idea… To build a business-focused, networking-heavy, community-spirited, fun, entertaining, and educational event for African aviation. It would involve building business and personal relationships in both structured and informal ways, and setting politics, regulation and legislation aside to focus on […]

TravelComments.com – Zimbabwe: White rhinos return to Gonarezhou National Park after nearly 100 Years!

  (Posted 06th June 2025)     For the first time in almost a century, white rhinos are once again roaming freely in Gonarezhou National Park, Zimbabwe. This groundbreaking reintroduction represents a major step toward restoring lost biodiversity and establishing a new, viable population of white rhinos in Zimbabwe’s second-largest national park. Although a few isolated sightings of white […]

Nominations Now Open for the 2025 Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) Awards

  (Posted 06th June 2025)   These awards spotlight women in Africa who are breaking barriers, building successful businesses, and transforming communities through innovative, sustainable, and impactful initiatives and solutions     The Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) is pleased to announce the call for nominations for the 2025 edition of the prestigious AWIEF […]

Grumeti Air announces the discontinuation of their Kigali schedule

  (Posted 05th June 2025)   We wish to announce that we have made the difficult decision to gradually phase out our scheduled service to Kigali, Rwanda. Despite significant efforts and continued investment in recent years, this route has proven not to be profitable, and sadly no longer sustainable. Moving forward, we will allocate our resources […]

EU bans Tanzanian airlines from flying to / from EU countries

  (Posted 05th June 2025)   The latest update of the notorious EU aviation ‘blacklist’ has banned all airlines from Tanzania to fly to the EU, from the EU and across EU airspace.     In the same list does also include Suriname as a newly listed country. The European Commission updated the EU aviation […]

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Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome is the founder and publisher of ATCNews, Eastern Africa’s leading aviation, tourism and conservation news blog of its kind. Wolfgang has nearly 50 years of experience in the tourism, aviation and conservation fields in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, covering all aspects of safari-, hotel- and air-operations. 

The Managing Editor of ATCNews is Mrs. Esther C. Goossens.

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