How #Ethiopia overtook #Dubai as the African Aviation Hub

Another edition of #ATQNews from #Nigeria and beyond

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Ethiopia Overtakes Dubai As Top Feeder Of Air Traffic To Africa

Ethiopia has overtaken Dubai as a conduit for long-haul passengers to Africa, Travel consultancy ForwardKeys said on Wednesday.

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According to the agency, the record highlights the success of the state airline’s expansion drive and the reforms of its new Prime Minister. Forward Keys arrived at the conclusion after analysing data from travel booking systems that recorded 17 million flight bookings a day.

Tanzanian tour operators give up hope on import duty exemptions

Tour operators in Tanzania are losing hope on the government’s delay to enforce the import duty exemptions on tourist vehicles as the clock ticks towards the onset of the high tourism season. During the 2018/19-budget session, Parliament amended the East African Community…

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Gambian Tourism School to honour 4 former Ministers of Tourism

The Institute of Travel and Tourism of The Gambian (ITTOG), has decided to honour four former female Tourism Ministers of the country for their role in promoting and developing the sector during their tenure.

According to the Head of School, ITTOG, Sheikh Tejan, the celebration of the 11th…

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Russian bank mistakenly gives $12bn loan to Central African Republic

Central African Republic landed a windfall on Tuesday, at least on paper, when Russian state bank VTB reported it had lent the country 12 billion dollars.

However, the bank then said it was a clerical error and there was no such loan. The loan was mentioned in a quarterly VTB financial report…

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