TravelComments.com – Namibia introduces a new banknote to commemorate its 30th independance anniversary!
The Bank of Namibia (BON) has released a new N$30 banknote in commemoration of Namibia’s 30th independance anniversary. The new banknote, which features portraits of former Presidents Sam Nujoma and Hifikepunye Pohamba as well as current President Hage Geingob on the front side and a Black Namibian Rhino on the back side, is to be […]
TravelComments.com – Coronavirus pandemic: Mozambique suspends visa issuance!
In light of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Government of Mozambique suspends the issuing of visa and revokes previously granted visa with effect from 23 March 2020. Furthermore, the Government implements a mandatory 14-day quarantine for all travellers who have recently been outside Mozambique. Previously, this only applied to travellers arriving from countries with high […]
Caution is advised – this is a positive non #COVID19 piece of news
Akagera News January – March 2020 © SCOTT RAMSAY Welcome to our first quarterly newsletter of 2020. The long wet season rains have arrived, but they never really stopped with the park receiving unprecedented rainfall in the past few months; January and February both reached record levels for the past ten years. With April usually […]
#ATTA’s CEO Chris Mears addresses membership
IF YOU ARE NOT YET A MEMBER OF ATTA, NOW IS THE TIME TO JOIN AFRICA’S PREMIER TOURISM TRADE ASSOCIATION From ATTA CEO – Chris Mears From ATTA CEO – Chris Mears Dear ATTA Members, We are facing unprecedented challenges in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic with all walks of life affected by the […]
Flights to Uganda end as hotels stare into the abyss of no business
BORDER CLOSURE ENDS PASSENGER FLIGHTS TO UGANDA AS HOTELS AND LODGES HAVE EMPTIED (Posted 22nd March 2020) Uganda is facing her biggest peacetime challenge now as President Museveni effectively closed the country’s borders to all passenger traffic. Airlines will as of Monday 23rd of March be banned from landing in Entebbe, apart from cargo flights […]
#COVID19 hits two more African countries
UGANDA TO CLOSE AIRPORT AND LAND BORDERS AS OF MONDAY (Posted 22nd March 2020) In his second address to the nation has President Museveni yesterday evening announced that Uganda will close her borders and international airport, effective Monday 23rd of March. No busses, passenger cars and of course passenger flights will be allowed to enter […]
#IATA urges global regulators to be flexible
IATA Thanks Regulators for Flexibility, Urges Others to Follow Suit The International Air Transport Association (IATA) welcomed decisions taken by aviation regulators to provide flexibility to airlines and flight crew during the COVID-19 crisis. “Safety is the industry’s top priority. Countries have a well-established licensing system to ensure this. Airlines and their employees are facing […]
#IndiaOutbound News including the latest #AfricaTravelNews
About India Outbound Magazine India Outbound is India’s only B2B travel media platform, that encompasses a print magazine, a website, an online TV channel and dynamic social media platforms, entirely dedicated to the promotion of foreign destinations and products in India. India Outbound is a niche platform not just for tourism destinations and products to […]
Suspended destinations by #EthiopianAirlines
30 DESTINATIONS SUSPENDED BUT COUNTING … (Posted 21st March 2020) Suspended Flights City Effective Dates ANGOLA – LUANDA 14 MAR – Until further notice BAHRAIN – BAHRAIN 18 MAR – 04 APR CHAD – NDJAMENA 19 MAR – 04 APR CAMEROON – DOUALA/YAOUNDE 18 MAR – Until Further Notice CONGO REPUBLIC – BRAZZAVILLE/POINTE NOIRE 19 […]
TravelComments.com – Coronavirus pandemic: Airlink temporarily suspends additional domestic and regional routes!
South African regional carrier Airlink just announced that it will temporarily suspend flights between Cape Town <> Skukuza, Cape Town <> Upington, Cape Town <> East London and Cape Town <> Maun as well as between Johannesburg <> Nampula and between Nelspruit <> Vilanculos and Nelspruit <> Livingstone. For customers holding tickets for travel between […]
#AirSeychelles adjusts domestic schedule between Mahe and Praslin
AIR SEYCHELLES REVISES DOMESTIC SCHEDULE TO PRASLIN (Posted 21st March 2020) Effective today, Saturday, 21st of March 2020, Air Seychelles will be revising its flight schedule to Praslin, due to reduced demand following the outbreak of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). As part of its revised schedule, the airline will now operate six round trips between […]
#BrusselsAirlines CEO Dieter Vranckx writes to the airline’s customers
OPEN LETTER BY BRUSSELS AIRLINES CEO TO THE AIRLINE’S CUSTOMERS (Posted 21st March 2020) Dear customer, These days we are facing unprecedented circumstances, causing uncertainty amongst travellers around the world. Since the outbreak of the new coronavirus, we have been monitoring the situation hourly and we have evaluated all possible scenarios. Our priorities are clear: […]
#Seychelles steps up measures as 7th #COVID19 case reported
FOREIGN YACHTS BANNED FROM SEYCHELLES WATERS AS GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES SWEEPING MEASURES TO CONTAIN THE SPREAD OF #COVID19 (Posted 21st March 2020) Effective immediately will Seychelles citizens returning from the US and Australia join a throng of other nations which will prompt a 14 day quarantine, it was announced yesterday evening. Among the 7 cases now […]
#Rwanda suspends research and tourism in primate national parks
VOLCANOES, NYUNGWE AND GISHWATI CLOSE OVER #COVID19 CONCERNS (Posted 21st March 2020) Rwanda has overnight announced that their three primate national parks of Volcanoes, Gishwati and Nyungwe will be closed effective today, Saturday, 21st of March. Akagera National Park in contrast will remain open for visitors but sources close to the park suggested to ATCNews […]
#EthiopianAirlines announces suspension of 30 destinations
AIRLINE’S MANAGEMENT ANNOUNCES FLIGHT SUSPENSIONS TO MANY COUNTRIES AS LOSSES MOUNT (Posted 20th March 2020) Ethiopian Airlines, during a press briefing earlier today, confirmed that many destinations with various degrees of travel bans, are now seeing flights suspended to meet local regulations. CEO Tewolde Gebremariam also said that the airline was facing major losses, to […]
#COVID19 – Daily updates as shown on the ATCNews social media platforms
On readers’ requests will the daily stats also be shown on ATCNews.org directly, not just via our social media platforms. #COVID19 Daily Update at 15.00 hrs GMT The Corona Virus outbreak has reached 183 countries with 255.904 Cases and 10.495 Deaths as of today. WHO also reports that 89.918 cases have recovered. The mortality rate […]
TravelComments.com – Coronavirus pandemic: Angola closes all borders for 15 days!
The Government of Angola has announced the closure of all its point of entries – airports, seaports and land borders – with immediate effect for 15 days due to the coronavirus pandemic. The closure is renewable for an equal period, depending on the progress of the pandemic. All international arrivals into Angola before midnight on […]
#CoastalAviation of #Tanzania announces the suspension of flights to Kigali and Nairobi
Dear ATCNews Readers and Partners, We continue to chart our way through the global pandemic that we are all facing. The Kenyan and Rwandese governments have imposed travel restrictions, as many other countries are doing. We are sorry to inform you that all our Kigali and Nairobi Coastal operated flights on CQ231/2 and CQ271/2 will […]
TravelComments.com – South Africa: South African Airways temporarily suspends all international operations!
South Africa’s flag carrier, South African Airways (SAA), has announced the immediate suspension of all international and regional operations until 31 May 2020 in response to a government travel ban aimed at stopping the transmission of the coronavirus. The airline operates in three markets that are currently categorized as “high risk areas”, namely the USA […]
#AFRAA News Updates March 2020
Navigating Turbulent Skies 2020 started off on a turbulent note, owing to the rapid spread of the COVID 19 that has seen unprecedented impact on the air transport industry and economies globally. The African Airlines Association identifies with and joins the rest of the world, and specifically the global aviation industry, in collaborative efforts to […]
#CAPA’s Blue Swan Daily #Aviation News
ATCNews readers now have daily access to the Blue Swan Daily Aviation News, courtesy of #CAPA by simply clicking on www.blueswandaily.com
#EthiopianAirlines to hold press conference this morning
ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES CEO TEWOLDE GEBREMARIAM TO ADDRESS THE MEDIA TODAY (Posted 20th March 2020) Ethiopian Airlines, continuing to serve their network to such destinations, where no flight bans have been instituted, has indicated that they have no intention of laying off any of their staff. However, it was also learned that temporary staff and outsourced […]
#AirSeychelles takes delivery of second brand new #Airbus #A320Neo
AIR SEYCHELLES TAKES DELIVERY OF PTI MERL DEZIL (Posted 20th March 2020) Air Seychelles has announced that the airline has taken delivery of its second new A320neo aircraft registered as ‘S7-PTI’. Named Pti Merl Dezil, the aircraft landed in the Seychelles late in the evening on Thursday, 19 March 2020 but without the usual pomp […]
#ColobusConservation needs your support
Colobus Conservation is a not for profit organization that receives no funding from the Government and is highly dependent on volunteer income, income from Eco-tours and donations from the public which in total contributes up to 50% of our annual income. With Kenya confirming its first cases of Coronavirus the Government has banned entry of […]
#PangolinSafaris give you 5 great reasons to stay positive these days
Hello, Bizarre…. it’s all quite bizarre! Just two weeks ago Guts, Janine, Leanne and I were all excited about travelling to Europe for a series of travel shows. With our phones ringing off the hook in the Cape Town office for new safari enquiries, we could not have predicted where we are now … a […]
#AFRAA speaks out on the challenges for Africa’s aviation industry
AFRAA ASKS AFRICAN GOVERNMENT TO SUPPORT THEIR AILING AVIATION SECTORS (Posted 19th March 2020) The Coronavirus (COVID-19) is taking a toll on the aviation industry and the global economy at large. The pandemic has restricted national and international supply chains. Economic activity in various regions has been disrupted by quarantine measures and reduced domestic demand […]
#COVID19 – Daily updates as shown on the ATCNews social media platforms
On readers’ requests will the daily stats also be shown on ATCNews.org directly, not just via our social media platforms. #COVID19 Daily Update at 15.00 hrs GMT The Corona Virus outbreak has reached 176 countries with 228.686 Cases and 9.357 Deaths as of today. WHO also reports that 86.254 cases have recovered. The mortality rate […]
TravelComments.com – Coronavirus pandemic: South Africa introduces new visa rules for high and medium risk countries!
South Africa has withdrawn visa expemtions for travellers from eight COVID-19 high risk countries and from three COVID-19 medium risk countries. As of today (19 March 2020), the following eleven countries are affected by the new regulation: Germany, Italy, South Korea, Spain, United Kingdom, United States of America, France and Switzerland (all classified as high […]
TravelComments.com – Coronavirus pandemic: Delta to suspend flights between Atlanta Johannesburg!
Delta Air Lines, one of the major airlines of the United States, will suspend its service between Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) in Atlanta and OR Tambo International Airport (JNB) in Johannesburg due to the coronavirus pandemic. The airline will suspend the service after 22 March 2020. The last flight from Altanta to Johannesburg will […]
TravelComments.com – Cape Town: Robben Island Museum temporarily suspends tours due to coronavirus pandemic!
In light of the coronavirus pandemic, the management of the Robben Island Museum (RIM) on Cape Town’s Robben Island has made the decision to temporarily suspend tours until such time conditions allow to lift the suspension. Customers who have already booked tickets are advised to contact RIM to reschudule or obtain full refunds as per […]
