UK removes ‘Do Not Enter’ sign from Malindi and Kilifi County as anti travel advisory finally changed
UK FOLLOWS AMERICAN EXAMPLE AND LIFTS ANTI TRAVEL ADVISORIES AGAINST MALINDI (Posted 29th October 2015) Kenya’s tourism stakeholders were today handed good news when the UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office finally followed suit what their American cousins already did a while ago – lifting the entirely unjustified and unsustainable anti travel advisory against the resort […]
Kenya’s Getaways Expo is starting tomorrow at the Sarit Centre – Don’t miss some amazing deals
30 OCTOBER 2015 Visit AIRKENYA at the GETAWAYS EXPO, SARIT CENTRE starting tomorrow Friday 30th October – 1st November 2015 for some amazing fares to all our destinations. AIRKENYA will as usual be on Stand No. 2 Sale ends at 14.00 hours on Sunday 2nd November 2015. AIRKENYA EXPRESS P.O. BOX 30357, 00100, Nairobi KENYA […]
Coming up fast now is the Safety in African Aviation Conference in Kigali
(Posted 29th October 2015) In just three weeks, Rwandair CEO John Mirenge opens SiAA 2015. After John’s keynote, it’s two days filled with knowledge and sharing to help you stay current on the latest in aviation safety. Don’t miss out on discussions regarding regional aircraft & training, runway safety, safety culture, aircraft insurance, Air Traffic […]
More news from the travel front … Enjoy the read …
WELCOME TO THE INTEK TRAVEL NEWS UPDATE Bonjour, welcome to a new instalment of the Intek Travel News Update, our review of events from within the East African Union, as well as international travel and airline news. Happy reading. CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE TO OUR MONTHLY NEWS UPDATE Worldwide Corporate Travel Mangement Holidays, Tours & […]
Seychelles eyes more airline connections as more bilateral air service agreements are negotiated
SEYCHELLES SIGNS NEW BILATERAL AIR SERVICE AGREEMENTS (Posted 29th October 2015) Details have emerged of new Bilateral Air Service Agreements, in short BASA’s being signed and negotiated by the Seychelles. The Seychelles Civil Aviation Authority used their presence in Antalya / Turkey for the annual ICAO Forum to meet with their counterparts from a number […]
Keen on doing business in the Russian market? Read on to find out more about MITT
Russia’s No.1 Travel and Tourism Exhibition 23rd Moscow International Travel and Tourism Exhibition 23 – 26 March 2016 ?oscow Expocentre, Russia Request Meeting""=""> Visit Website Visit us at World Travel Market in London, England The MITT team will be attending the World Travel Market exhibition next week. If you are attending this event and would […]
Fastjet takes to the Zimbabwean skies
FASTJET LAUNCHES ZIMBABWE OPERATIONS (Posted 29th October 2015) Fastjet Zimbabwe had a picture perfect start yesterday when launching operations in Zimbabwe with their maiden flight from Harare to Victoria Falls. Leaving the capital on time at 14.00 hrs local time with dignitaries, government officials, media and local passengers on board. Upon arrival at Victoria Falls […]
Fly Africa Zimbabwe – Confusion reigns as CAAZ suspends the airline’s operation
WHAT IS GOING ON AT FLYAFRICA ZIMBABWE (Posted 29th October 2015) An innocent enough question yesterday morning, via the FlyAfrica Facebook page, clearly has caused some panicky reaction at the airline, as the conversation was rather promptly deleted, of course raising yet more questions as asked in the headline: ‘What is going on at FlyAfrica […]
How World’s Largest Legal Ivory Market Fuels Demand for Illegal Ivory
News updates from the Conservation Action Trust Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Proof Trophy Hunters Don’t Save A Single Animal 23 October 2015 | The Dodo | Don Pinnock | Are trophy hunters protectors of biodiversity, as hunting associations and some conservationists claim, providing funds and a reason to […]
More news from ‘Further Down South’ …
Here come Gill Staden’s latest stories taken from the ‘Livingstone Bi-Weekly’ … Enjoy the read and all the news updates from there … https://thelivingstoneweekly.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/tlbw28oct15-compressed.pdf Inside: No land sales in Livingstone until after investigations Bus terminus ready in April Busanga Plain and Mayukuyuku Radio Phoenix in trouble A New National Airline Another coal-fired power station New […]
Festival Kreol to take a new direction from next year
SEYCHELLES’ CONSIDERING GIVING THE 30 YEAR OLD ‘FESTIVAL KREOL‘ A NEW DIRECTION (Posted 28th October 2015) Today does the Creole World, brought together on the Seychelles’ islands of Mahe for the annual ‘Festival Kreol‘ celebrate the International Creole Day, from across the Indian Ocean islands to the Caribbean and on to Louisiana. It is a […]
Two more months and Praslin ferry users will be able to enjoy the new terminal facilities
NEW FERRY FACILITIES SET FOR COMPLETION BEFORE FESTIVE SEASON (Posted 28th October 2015) A new passenger terminal at the port, catering for ferry passengers leaving for Seychelles’ second largest island Praslin, has gained shape and is according to information from Victoria looking at a completion date before the end of the year. The present facilities, […]
12 hours and counting to Fastjet’s inaugural flight in Zimbabwe
FASTJET COUNTING DOWN TO INAUGURAL VICTORIA FALLS FLIGHT (Posted 28th October 2015) As the hours now tick away in Harare for Fastjet’s inaugural service to Victoria Falls has the airline on their Facebook page for Zimbabwe posted the following notice for their followers: ‘We’re taking off for Victoria Falls tomorrow [i.e. today, 28th October] and […]
No 547 Wildlife Trade News: 27th October 2015
More bad news about environmental and wildlife crimes from around the world … in the spotlight today…………… Sabah’s wildlife law enforcement abysmal Look at the photo above and ask yourself, how can anyone claiming to be ‘human’ keep two wild-caught sun bears in cages like this? You might very well go on to ask yourself […]
Congress vote awaited later today before Export-Import Bank’s renewed charter can free Kenya Airways’ new birds
THREE MORE NEW AIRCRAFT HEADING TO NAIROBI TO JOIN THE KENYA AIRWAYS FLEET (Posted 27th October 2015) An unusual initiative by the US Congress, termed as a ‘Discharge Petition’, which was aimed to force a vote over the fate of the American Export-Import Bank, was successful as many Republicans sided with their Democratic counterparts to […]
Rain not on my parade, but if you do my fun will not be spoiled …
Seychelles opens its 30th Festival Kreol in the heart of its Victoria, the Capital of the global Creole Nation (Posted 27th October 2015) Seychellois truly showed that they are proud of their culture yesterday as even if it was raining in Victoria, dubbed as the capital of the Creole world, that did not stop Seychelles […]
Festival Kreol Edition 30 – the Birth of the Creole Nation
Minister St.Ange launches the Dimans Kreol Borlanmer event at Anse Royale in Seychelles (Posted 27th October 2015) Alain St.Ange, the Seychelles Minister responsible for Tourism and Culture was again this year given the honor to officially launch the popular Dimans Kreol Borlanmer event at Anse Royale in Seychelles. It was in the presence of thousands […]
Mirror Mirror on the Wall, Who is the Best in Kampala’s Dining Hall?
KAMPALA RESTAURANT AWARDS 2015 SECURES BRUSSELS AIRLINES’ SPONSORSHIP (Posted 27th October 2015) Organized by Hellofood Uganda has the Kampala Restaurant Awards secured airline sponsorship by Brussels Airlines, among support from other top Ugandan brand names like Shell Gas, Pepsi and MTN. Voting for the various restaurant and food categories is now underway and details can […]
Qatar Airways looking at new record passenger numbers in 2015
QATAR AIRWAYS SET TO GET 11 NEW AIRCRAFT BEFORE YEAR END (Posted 27th October 2015) Qatar Airways, global launch customer for the Airbus A350XWB ten months ago, is set to also become Airbus’ global launch customer for the revamped Airbus A320NEO in a move, which will see the Qatari national airline operate one of the […]
Want something really special at the Kenya coast? Read on …
This is all about helping out a friend at the South Coastin Diani, whom I recently had the opportunity to visit again after a long time. He showed me around the very fancied Alfajiri Villas, after I enjoyed the hospitality of the Galdessa Safari Camp in Tsavo East on the Galana River. So admittedly this […]
UN lifts travel ban for staff on RwandAir
UN FINALLY CLEARS RWANDAIR FOR TRAVEL BY THEIR STAFF (Posted 26th October 2015) Following an inexplicable ban by the United Nations to have their staff fly on RwandAir flights – and no doubt was there more to it than meets the eye, and it is suspected not from the airline vis a vis safety standards […]
Asmara makes FlyDubai’s Africa destinations 13 in total
FLY DUBAI COMMENCES ASMARA FLIGHTS (Posted 26th October 2015) Flights from Dubai’s International Airport commenced yesterday to the FlyDubai’s 13th destination in the wider Eastern African region, Asmara, the capital city of Eritrea. The flight landed yesterday at the Asmara International Airport where senior Eritrean officials including Tesfaslassie Berhane, Minister of Transportation and Communication, Askalu […]
Lillian Gaitho’s week opener … of particular interest surely for travelling ladies
If there are two things you can bank on, when it comes to Lillian, it is her consistency in writing and the interesting topics she picks. This week she takes a look at how to make travel for solo ladies easier and safer, and kudos for that … Top Seven Tips for Ladies Travelling Solo […]
Happy Tenth Anniversary to Safari Trails …
Not that you might find a great deal of new news in Safari Trails’ newsletter – you might have read that much earlier on my blog – but I do recognize their effort and in particular applaud them for reaching 10 years in business during very trying times … A decade of connecting the world […]
New wide body order opens new opportunities for RwandAir
RWANDAIR CONSIDERING TO ROUTE FLIGHTS TO INDIA AND CHINA VIA DUBAI (Posted 26th October 2015) Information received from an aviation source in Dubai suggests that RwandAir, due to receive two Airbus A330 wide body aircraft next year, may consider routing the planned flights to Guangzhou and Mumbai via Dubai. Plans by RwandAir to launch Mumbai […]
Rwandan government launches aviation umbrella company to streamline the sector
RWANDAN GOVERNMENT PROPOSES NEW AVIATION STRUCTURE (Posted 26th October 2015) Reports coming out of Kigali suggest that Rwanda’s aviation industry is set for a new structure, following the formation of a new holding company named as ATL Limited. ATL, according to information received, stands for Aviation, Travel and Logistics and the company will act as […]
Ethiopian eyes New York for mid 2016 launch
ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES ON SEEMINGLY RELENTLESS EXPANSION DRIVE (Posted 26th October 2015) The doubling of the long haul fleet by Ethiopian Airlines in the space of just five years has laid the foundation for a global expansion in destinations in Asia, Europe and North America. With the upcoming delivery of 14 Airbus A350’s to Ethiopian Airlines […]
Bahr-el-Jebel Safaris offers four remaining expedition spaces for South Sudan next March
Interested to see the great migration in South Sudan, the least seen natural spectacle on the planet? Check out this offer by BEJS which just sent out this message: 4 spaces still exist on the March 2-16,2016 safari to see the great Kob and Tiang migration of South Sudan. Travel by 4×4 across the roadless […]
Hundreds of motorists and thousands of commuters stuck at ferry crossing, AGAIN
FERRY BREAKDOWN INFLICTS YET MORE MISERY ON COAST DWELLERS (Posted 26th October 2015) Long suffering Mombasa and South Coast residents as well as tourists got another dose of mischief from the Kenya Ferry Services company last Friday, when several ferries at once went out of service with technical problems. On both sides of the Likoni […]
Happy Birthday Emirates
AS EMIRATES TURNS 30 IS NO END IN SIGHT FOR CONTINUED GROWTH (Posted 25th October 2015) Today, thirty years ago, did a fledgling young airline take to the skies when flight EK 600 took off from Dubai to Karachi. An initial fleet of wet-leased aircraft was made up of a Boeing B737-300 and an Airbus […]
