Entebbe is one of Etihad’s new 2015 destinations
ETIHAD EYES ENTEBBE FLIGHTS FROM 2015 ONWARDS (Posted 11th July 2014) Abu Dhabi’s national airline Etihad is according to information received, eyeing passenger flights to Entebbe from 2015 onwards, though no specific launch date could be obtained at this time. Only recently did the airline commence cargo flights to Uganda and the start of passenger […]
Future new aircraft sales to Africa remain low says Boeing
AFRICA REMAINS FIRMLY ROOTED AT THE BOTTOM OF FUTURE AIRCRAFT SALES (Posted 11th July 2014) Boeing’s latest updated sales forecast for the period between 2014 and 2033 projects demand for single and twin aisle aircraft to reach 36.770, with the majority of those being narrow bodies. Randy Tinseth, Vice President of Marketing, Boeing Commercial Airplanes […]
Chimpanzee Trust June bulletin
The latest news from Uganda’s Chimpanzee Trust Chimpanzee Sanctuary & Wildlife Conservation Trust Newsletter JUNE 2014 UPDATES Quick Links Support Chimpanzee Trust survives on support from our trustees, donors and visitor revenue. Support our work today by making a donation Greetings! The sanctuary facilities are undergoing major repairs and maintenance. We are extending the chimpanzee […]
Akagera is getting read for the return of the Lion King
AKAGERA’S LION RELOCATION ON COURSE (Posted 11th July 2014) A lion relocation project for Rwanda’s Akagera National Park is getting nearer to its conclusion, after essential upgrades along the 120 km long perimeter electric fence were completed recently. The overall height of the fence was raised to over 2 metres as well as additional live […]
Vanilla Islands Comoros and Seychelles sign new BASA
COMOROS SIGNS NEW AIR SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH SEYCHELLES (Posted 11th July 2014) The two Vanilla Island members Comoros and Seychelles have earlier in the week signed a new BASA, aka Bilateral Air Services Agreement, which will pave the way for flights between the two island nations. The signing ceremony took place at the Kempinski Seychelles […]
Taking the wheel in a 4×4 on safari courtesy of Landrover Experience
Hi wolfgang Way too commercial. They should consider using our paid services on http://www.buzz.travel (and we can share the revenue) Thanks Thomas From: Wolfgang Thome <wthome> Date: Wednesday, July 9, 2014 at 6:13 PM To: Linda Hohnholz <lh>, <team>, <buxo772xeji> Subject: Taking the wheel in a 4×4 on safari courtesy of Landrover Experience ELEWANA PARTNERS […]
Taking the wheel in a 4×4 on safari courtesy of Landrover Experience
ELEWANA PARTNERS WITH LANDROVER FOR NEW SAFARI CONCEPT (Posted 10th July 2014) Elewana Collection has just announced a new joint venture with ‘Landrover Experience Tanzania’ to provide tourists with a unique opportunity to explore some of Tanzania’s finest national parks by vehicle, and drive the 4×4’s themselves. From Arusha via Tarangire, on to Ngorongoro and […]
Ferry Services under the microscope, again.
LAST DITCH EFFORT TO AVOID FERRY STRIKE (Posted 10th July 2014) While one more meeting between government, the ferry company management and the union is due to be held later today in a last ditch effort to avoid a fully blown strike, have ferry users yesterday again experienced long delays in the morning. This triggered […]
Zambia and Tanzania commit to future of TAZARA Railways
TAZARA GETS 80 MILLION DOLLAR INVESTMENT BOOST (Posted 10th July 2014) The Tanzanian and Zambian government have agreed to inject a further 80 million US Dollars in the TAZARA railway line, which is currently also receiving added support from China, which constructed the line some 4 decades ago to link Zambia with a reliable rail […]
Reunion in the news as kite surfer attempts to cross from Mauritius to Reunion
100.000 MORE FACEBOOK ‘LIKES’ ATTEST TO REUNION’S GROWING POPULARITY (Posted 10th July 2014) Tourism Reunion’ officials expressed their delight when the ‘likes’ for their Facebook page reached 300.000 earlier in the week, an addition of over 100.000 since late 2013. The sharply risen popularity is attributed to the relentless marketing of the island’s attractions not […]
Where giants still roam – update on the Great Elephant Census
The latest news update from the Conservation Action Trust this week talks about ‘Where giants still roam – update on the Great Elephant Census’ New posts from the Conservation Action Trust. Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Conservation Action Trust www.conservationaction.co.za Where giants still roam – update on the Great […]
Hands Off our Elephants
Good news from Kenya’s premier safari airline Safarilink SAFARILINK JOINS KENYA’S FIRST LADY IN SUPPORTING ‘HANDS OFF OUR ELEPHANTS’ CAMPAIGN PRESS RELEASE SAFARILINK JOINS KENYA’ S FIRST LADY IN SUPPORTING ‘HANDS OFF OUR ELEPHANTS’ CAMPAIGN On Saturday 5thJuly 2014, Safarilink flagged off a partnership with Wildlife Direct to support the Kenyan Hands Off Our Elephants […]
Enjoy a sneak preview of the new JKIA Terminal 1A
KENYA AIRPORT AUTHORITY SHOWS OFF THE NEW TERMINAL TO THE WORLD (Posted 09th July 2014) The Kenya Airport Authority overnight released a series of pictures, showcasing their brand new Terminal 1A, which is adding, when fully operational, a further capacity to handle over 2.5 million passengers a year through East Africa’s largest airport. Opened in […]
More flights to Reunion by Air Austral
AIR AUSTRAL ANNOUNCES ADDED HIGH SEASON FLIGHTS (Posted 09th July 2014) Reunion’s home airline, Air Austral, has just announced an added 6 flights between the island’s capital of St. Denis to France in December and January. Already flying to 12 times a week from the Roland Garros International Airport to Paris CDG, will the added […]
All eyes in the Seychelles now look at La Digue
COMING UP NEXT IN THE SEYCHELLES: LA DIGUE’S FESTIVAL OF ASSUMPTION (Posted 09th July 2014) It is now just a few weeks to go until the annual ‘Feast of Assumption’ will take place again in Seychelles’ third largest island of La Digue. Normally only visited by day tripper tourists from either Mahe or Praslin, and […]
Rift Valley Railways confident of future
RIFT VALLEY RAILWAYS EXPECTS 20 NEW GE LOCOMOTIVES (Posted 09th July 2014) Rift Valley Railways, the concessionaire for the two railway systems of Kenya and Uganda, has confirmed that delivery of 20 new locomotives, manufactured by General Electric, is expected during the second half of 2014, as are an additional 1.400 rail wagons. This capacity […]
Kenya Tourism Board publishes statement on recent events in Kenya
Press Release Nairobi 8/07/2014…….The government will intensify security patrols in the environs of tourism facilities across the country for the safety of tourists. Commerce and Tourism Principal Secretary Dr. Ibrahim Mohammed said though adequate security has been provided within tourism facilities, their surroundings needed security vigilance. The PS was reacting to the Sunday incident in […]
Cheaper tickets? Try Flyezee.com
FLYEZEE.COM TO SHOWCASE CHEAPEST FLIGHTS ACROSS EASTERN AFRICA (Posted 08th July 2014) The cost of air travel in the East African region has in particular on routes to and from Entebbe rocketed of late, in part as a result of the stubborn resistance by the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority to restore U7’s Air Operator Certificate […]
More flights planned between Colombo and Mahe
MIHIN LANKA EYES MORE SEYCHELLES FLIGHTS (Posted 08th July 2014) Sri Lanka’s low cost carrier Mihin Lanka, presently connecting Colombo with Mahe twice a week on Tuesday and Saturday, seems set to add more frequencies in due course. Since starting the flights has the airline added a business class section in their planes and passenger […]
Tanzania’s opposition demands prosecution of errant hunting companies
HUNTING OPERATOR’S EXCESSES LEAD TO FRESH CALLS TO BAN HUNTING (Posted 08th July 2014) The opposition in parliament has demanded that the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism cancel the hunting license of one company, which in a promotional video clip – played to members of the sessional committee – is seen to violate several […]
Reunion launches Visa waiver for Chinese and Indian tourists
REUNION DROPS VISA REQUIREMENTS FOR CHINESE AND INDIAN VISITORS (Posted 08th July 2014) Ile de la Reunion, a French island territory in the deep of the Indian Ocean, has announced the easing of Visa requirements for tourist and business visitors from China and India. A formal government notice published last Saturday confirmed what the grapevine […]
Sharp rise in passenger numbers in June for Fastjet
FASTJET’S TRAFFIC UP BY NEARLY A QUARTER OVER PREVIOUS MONTH (Posted 08th July 2014) Africa’s cheapest low cost carrier, and number 5 on a global scale as per news recently published here, Fastjet, has just announced their month on month financial and operational data. The company is listed at the London Stock Exchange as Fastjet […]
Will Hells Gate National Park lose its protected area status?
WILL HELLS GATE NATIONAL PARK GO TO HELL? (Posted 07th July 2014) HELLS GATE NATIONAL PARK National Parks, game reserves and national monuments and treasures are having a hard time anywhere to stand up against the so called ‘progress and development’ and East Africa is no exception. Regular readers of course will associate that topic […]
Growing challenges beset Kenya’s coastal tourism industry
THE AIR IS GETTING THINNER FOR KENYA’S TOURISM MARKETERS (Posted 07th July 2014) The challenges are mounting for Kenya’s tourism fraternity to put on a brave face to yet more reports of killings in the wider Lamu County, where in a spate of attacks dozens of people were killed in recent weeks, the latest incidents […]
South Africa’s City Lodge Hotels buys remaining shares in Fairview Hotel
FAIRVIEW NOW FULLY OWNED BY SOUTH AFRICA’S CITY LODGE (Posted 07th July 2014) Following the partial acquisition of Nairobi’s Fairview Hotel in 2012 has South Africa’s City Lodge Hotels been granted permission by Kenya’s competition watchdog to buy the remaining 50 percent of the shares, now fully owning one of Nairobi’s landmark hotels. City Hotels […]
Mogadishu welcomes new airline
SKYGREECE LAUNCHES FLIGHTS TO MOGADISHU (Posted 06th July 2014) Greek private airline SkyGreece has according to information received started flights between Athens and Mogadishu, operating once a week on a B767-300ER, the only aircraft presently on their fleet. The airline was formed in 2012 and has since last year been operating from Athens to Stockholm […]
Bujagali – a mere shadow of its former self
BUJAGALI – A STORY OF ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION AND LOSS OF BIODIVERSITY (Posted 04th July 2014) Following a recent article here on the likely impact of the Isimba hydroelectric plant, should, as it is much feared, the maximum height dam option be pursued by the developers and financiers, did a large number of comments and information […]
UCAA under continued fire for AOC suspensions
AIR UGANDA REMAINS ON THE GROUND – FOR NOW (Posted 06th July 2014) The preliminary conclusion of the parliamentary committee, which had summoned official of the disgraced Uganda Civil Aviation Authority, that the regulators had misled the public and used the withdrawal of the Air Operator Certificates of three affected airlines as a smokescreen to […]
Passengers to wait a little longer for the opening of the new Terminal T1A
NEW TERMINAL T1A – NOT QUITE THERE YET (Posted 05th July 2014) Coinciding with the arrival of Kenya Airways’ new B777-300ER did the Kenya Airport Authority sanction trial runs in the new Terminal T1A, formerly referred to as Terminal 4. National carrier Kenya Airways will begin to use the new terminal facility when it is […]
Reunion’s day of water sports
REUNION TO STAGE THE 15TH EDITION OF THE ANNUAL SAILING FESTIVAL (Posted 05th July 2014) This Sunday will see the annual Sailing Festival take place on Reunion with a range of water sports, from sailing over rowing to diving available to watch by those who are not actively participating on and in the water. The […]
