New systems, new aircraft – which airline in East Africa could that be?
RWANDAIR UPGRADES TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS AHEAD OF NEXT AIRCRAFT DELIVERY (Posted 13th May 2015) With RwandAir’s next aircraft delivery coming closer, the airline will soon receive a second Bombardier Q400NextGen on a long term lease, are passenger numbers relentlessly rising, in particular transit traffic from across Africa via Kigali into the growing WB network. The launch […]
No 406 Wildlife Trade News: 12th May
Your daily dose of bad news … about poaching, wildlife and environmental crimes Please note: For newsletter subscription and circulation details see message at the end of this newsletter. in the spotlight today …………………… WildScan is a comprehensive species identification and response mobile application designed to combat wildlife trafficking. The application is designed to help […]
Where is there a sudden light at the end of a long dark tunnel?
COULD THERE BE CHANGE IN THE AIR FOR KENYA’S TOURISM FORTUNES? (Posted 12th May 2015) News are emerging from Nairobi that the budget estimate, emphasis on budget ESTIMATE, for the country’s tourism promotion for the financial year 2015/2016 has been increased over sixfold from the current year’s 1.1 billion Kenya Shillings to some 7 billion […]
Which African airline just bagged another cargo award as Africa’s top cargo dog
KENYA AIRWAYS BAGS ANOTHER CARGO AWARD (Posted 12th May 2015) Air Cargo News, the prestigious publication dedicated to air cargo services since 1983, has just awarded Kenya Airways their ‘African Air Cargo Airline of the Year 2015 Award’ for the third year running. This comes soon after Kenya Airways also bagged the STAT Trade Times […]
Sauti za Busara 2016, if funds permit!
Sauti Za Busara 2016 – only if everyone comes on board … Do not reply to this email address. To get in touch please use busara Read the newsletter on: Swahili / Français View newsletter on browser Call for Partners Contact us Call for Artists Sauti za Busara is included in CNN’s list of 7 […]
Updates from the Aviation Africa 2015 Conference
Day Two of Aviation Africa 2015 Focuses on Open Skies (Posted 12th May 2015) After a welcome address by Alan Peaford, editor in chief of “Arabian Aerospace” and “African Aerospace”, the sessions got under way with a keynote address by Dr Hamdi Chaouk, managing partner, Aviation Minds, Lebanon “Open Skies and the challenges facing regulators […]
Why can’t we do that ask tourism stakeholders in Mombasa
MOMBASA TOURISM STAKEHOLDERS ASK ‘WHY TENERIFE AND NOT MOMBASA’ (Posted 12th May 2015) When news broke yesterday that Brussels Airlines, which in Eastern Africa serves Nairobi besides Entebbe, Kigali and Bujumbura, was adding a weekly service to the Spanish holiday island of Tenerife, did reactions not take long to come in from the Kenya coast. […]
Which Kenyan residents association does not take the planned rape of their beaches laying down?
SOUTH COAST RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION CALLS FOR STAKEHOLDER MEETING TO DISCUSS EIA PROPOSALS FOR DREDGING THE AWARD WINNING DIANI BEACHES (Posted 12th May 2015) The South Coast Residents Association is organizing a workshop on Wednesday 27TH May 2015 at 10.00 a.m., at Kaskazi Beach Hotel to discuss the EIA on the sand dredger/harvester along the South […]
Conservation and Development, potential partners or perennial enemies
SOUTHERN BYPASS THROUGH THE PARK FACES MORE RESISTANCE (Posted 12th May 2015) Emotions are running high again among conservation circles in Kenya over plans by the Kenya National Highway Authority to take possession of some 89 acres of Nairobi National Park land, once the National Assembly has degazetted the stretch of land which runs along […]
Which country in Eastern Africa is setting the pace in aviation developments
TANZANIA’S AVIATION SECTOR EXPANDS WITH MORE OPTIONS FOR PASSENGERS (Posted 12th May 2015) The domestic aviation scene in Tanzania is clearly getting more vibrant and many pundits actually credit the arrival of Fastjet in the country two years ago, which fundamentally shook up the industry in East Africa’s largest country. Instead of exterminating other airlines […]
Conservation Trust News
The most important content in this news update is the Wildlife in Crisis Conference in Cape Town next week from 18th to 20th of May. This will be a hugely important forum and for those unable to be there in person follow the proceedings through cyberspace via hashtags and other means. Is this email not […]
No 405 Wildlife Trade News: 11th May
The week has barely started and yet, there is already more bad news about poaching, wildlife and environmental crimes … in the spotlight today …………………… Seven African governments support illegal Ivory trade – Report http://www.ventures-africa.com/archives/62599 When you look at the headline above and the quote below, what are you thinking – about CITES and all […]
Burundi – from prosperity to collapse?
AFTER TOURISM DOES BURUNDI ALSO FACE A TRADE COLLAPSE (Posted 11th May 2015) Airline managers in Burundi are said to be wondering what hit them, considering that a year ago the country was in demand and more and more passengers were streaming to Bujumbura on Kenya Airways, Brussels Airlines, RwandAir and FlyDubai which was the […]
Precision adds Tabora as 10th destination
PRECISION AIR RELAUNCHES TABORA FLIGHTS (Posted 11th May 2015) Following work carried out at Tabora airport by the Tanzania Airport Authority has Precision Air announced the return to this destination as of next Friday. Tabora, a town in Western / Central Tanzania, now has a hard surface (tarmac) runway of 6.211 feet or 1.893 metres […]
Supreme Court order gives new airline some hope
‘SEYCHELLES AIRLINES’ BACK IN THE NEWS HEADLINES (Posted 11th May 2015) A regular source close to the aviation industry in the Seychelles has confirmed that the country’s Supreme Court has apparently directed the Registrar of Companies to provide detailed information how the name ‘Seychelles Airlines’ was struck of the register after initially being confirmed. This […]
Proliferation of tourism shows – good or bad for the industry?
WHAT ON EARTH FOR DO WE NEED ANOTHER TOURISM SHOW THE WEEK AFTER KARIBU? (Posted 10th May 2015) ‘What on earth for do we need another tourism show just days after East Africa’s biggest regional show has taken place’ asked a well-placed source from Arusha, where from 29th of May until 31st of May the […]
Chimpanzee news from Uganda, the Pearl of Africa
Chimpanzee Trust April 2015 bulletin DONATE Make a donation today to the welfare of chimpanzees in our care at Ngamba Island. #everypennycounts Chimpanzee Trust Plot 1, Bank Close P.O.Box 884 Entebbe, Uganda info Afrika’s baby boy a bouncing joy Since his birth, Afrika’s baby boy has been a centre of our attention at the sanctuary. […]
Residents associations tackle environmental challenges where government fails
TOURISM STAKEHOLDERS FROM MOMBASA COUNTRY DENOUNCE TOURISM BUDGET (Posted 10th May 2015) Tourism stakeholders, to varying degrees, have made their frustration known when the budget estimates for the Mombasa County became known a few days ago, as the previous budget of 200 million Kenya Shillings, already dismissed a year ago as grossly inadequate, was literally […]
AFRAA’s latest newsletter
AFRAA, the African Airline Association based in Nairobi, regularly gives overviews on the state of the aviation industry and their latest newsletter has just been released and, with their permission, is reproduced here:
This tourism academy has set its sights to conquer the industry
STA – A GAME CHANGER FOR THE ARCHIPELAGO’S HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY (Posted 10th May 2015) The Seychelles Tourism Academy, in short known across the islands as STA, clearly is going places and has put itself on the map. Aspiring to become the Indian Ocean’s if not Africa’s premier hospitality and tourism training institution, when the final […]
No 404 Wildlife Trade News: 9th May
Weekend or not … the bad news continue unabated … Poaching, Wildlife and Environmental crimes … here comes the daily dose of bad news … in the spotlight today …………………… Kenya: Elephants on the Verge of Extinction, Says Study http://allafrica.com/stories/201505080909.html When you look at the headline above and the quote below, what are you thinking […]
Where in East Africa was UAV trial surveillance successfully tested? Read on to find out more about it!
BATHAWK RECON COMPLETES DT 26 TRIALS OVER THE SELOUS(Posted 09th May 2015) UAV trials have been taking place in the Selous Game reserve at Mantra Tanzania’s Makuyu River Camp. These trials which have been testing Delair Tech’s DT-26 to match its capabilities with Bathawk Recons UAV anti-poaching surveillance concept. One of the great challenges of […]
Chimpanzee news from Uganda, the Pearl of Africa
Chimpanzee Trust April 2015 bulletin DONATE Make a donation today to the welfare of chimpanzees in our care at Ngamba Island. #everypennycounts Chimpanzee Trust Plot 1, Bank Close P.O.Box 884 Entebbe, Uganda info Afrika’s baby boy a bouncing joy Since his birth, Afrika’s baby boy has been a centre of our attention at the sanctuary. […]
Kwale County Governor hits back at sand grab scheme
KWALE COUNTY GOVERNOR TAKES AIM AT ILLEGAL SAND EXTRACTION AT DIANI BEACH (Posted 09th May 2015) The news told here in October last year, of a dredger siphoning the white sands of the prize winning Diani beaches into a barge and carrying it off, caused ripples not only in Kenya but among many regular visitors […]
Where is the 2015 African Aviation Safety Conference heading to?
2015 SAFETY IN AVIATION CONFERENCE TO TAKE PLACE IN KIGALI (Posted 09th May 2015) AviAssist has now announced the dates for their next African aviation safety conference, which will be held on the 19th and 20th of November in Kigali’s Lemigo Hotel. AviAssist has a long history in supporting this crucial component for African airlines […]
Where is East Africa’s next Green Summit taking place? Read on to find out!
STTA SET FOR MID JUNE ‘GREEN SUMMIT’AT NAIROBI’S CROWNE PLAZA (Posted 08th May 2015) Judy Kepher-Gona has just shared the details of the planned Green Summit due to be held on 11th and 12th of June in Nairobi, which, or so it is understood, is open for participants from across Eastern Africa and beyond. The […]
Serengeti Highway Watch … and more …
From information received it seems that President Kikwetehas signed the new draconian bills against publishing statistics not sanctioned by his increasingly oppressive government into law, now making it a criminal offense. Not falling into his jurisdiction be sure that you will still get data updates on this blog while our legal team determines if an […]
No 403 Wildlife Trade News: 8th May
Not one day without bad news about poaching, wildlife and environmental crimes in the spotlight today …………………… Watch sickening moment hundreds cheer elephant fight where innocent animals are forced to brutally attack each other. INDIA http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/watch-sickening-moment-hundreds-cheer-5654713 No 403 Wildlife Trade News: 8th May Birds in Bottles Show Need to Stop Online Wildlife Trade. INDONESIA Endangered […]
Cattle as a tourism attraction? In Uganda they now are! Read on to learn all about it.
UGANDA TOURISM OFFERS NOVEL ATTRACTIONS FOR VISITORS (Posted 08th May 2015) Coming to Uganda on a big game safari to see the big five or to track primates like mountain gorillas, chimpanzees and the other 12 species of primates found across The Pearl of Africa sounds just like the normal thing to do, considering the […]
Lillian Gaithos’ weekend travel recommendations
No weekend edition is complete without Lillian openingour eyes to what is out there waiting to be discovered. Read on where she intends to send you this weekend! Five Hot Spots for Cruising and Sailing in Africa Cruising and sailing is one kind of novelty that I fill has not been fully exploited in East […]
