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Ready, Set and Go for Bike for Africa as group arrives in Entebbe

FOURTY BRUSSELS AIRLINES STAFF ARRIVE IN UGANDA FOR ‘BIKE FOR AFRICA’ EVENT (Posted 30th January 2014) Late yesterday evening did 40 Brussels Airlines staff arrive in Entebbe on their SN flight from Brussels, to start their planned cycling event which will launch on the 31st January from Jinja, East Africa’s adventure capital. The 450 kilometre […]

Taita Taveta county – New Road, New Game

TAITA TAVETA EXPECTS TOURISM BOOST FROM NEW ROAD (Posted 23rd November 2013) The planned new highway between the border town of Taveta and Voi will open up the area to more tourist visitors when complete, allowing easier access to the more remote parts of Tsavo West and of course the Taita Hills Game Reserve, a […]

Tanzania ranked top safari destination by Safaribookings.com

TANZANIA RANKED TOP SAFARI DESTINATION IN AFRICA (Posted 24th June 2013) Good news emerged over the weekend when the rankings by www.Safaribookings.com became known, which put Tanzania, albeit by a mere whisker, on top of the African rankings as the continent’s leading safari destination. Second came Botswana, followed by the arguably more fancied Kenya, Zambia […]

Briatore’s Billionaire’s Resort in Malindi set for August opening

BRIATORE’S BILLIONAIRE RESORT SET FOR AUGUST LAUNCH Flavio Briatore’s 500 million Kenya Shilling investment in the Billionaire Resort will pay off when the new luxury resort in Kenya’s seaside town of Malindi will open its doors to the owners of the apartments in August this year. Briatore, the former Renault F1 team boss before having […]

Tanzanias forests continue to be decimated

I often get ripped into by individuals from Tanzania, who clearly lack the capacity to understand that exposing transgressions against nature, i.e. poaching inside and outside of the parks, or the massive illegal logging in the forests across the country for timber and to make charcoal, is in the best interest of the country, allowing […]

CITES fingers China, Vietnam, Thailand and Tanzania among others

TANZANIA LISTED ALONGSIDE CHINA, VIETNAM AND THAILAND FOR IVORY SANCTIONS It was learned overnight through communications from sources attending the CITES Conference in Bangkok / Thailand that the global anger and outrage over the steady flow of blood ivory from Africa to Asia is now finally turning into some action, as CITES has threatened China, […]

FastJet now runs to English courts in dispute with Fly540

The ‘as seen through other eyes’ contributions continue with this piece found at ATW Online. Readers can make up their own minds, and those disgruntled ones whose feathers I apparently keep ruffling, perhaps you start your own blog where you can make your views known, not that I will read it. Fastjet turns to UK […]

Serengeti Highway case update following hearing before the EACJ on 23rd January

UPDATE ON SERENGETI HIGHWAY CASE BEFORE THE EAST AFRICAN COURT OF JUSTICE The legal case filed by ANEW, the African Network for Animal Welfare, before the East African Court of Justice in Arusha against the Tanzanian government, came up for mention and a so called scheduling conference on the 23rd of January and since then […]

Happy 3rd Birthday to the Constance Ephelia Resort

CONSTANCE EPHELIA RESORT TURNS THREE Three years down the line and three visits later the Constance Ephelia Resort has just turned 3 years old, young in human years but enough time to mature beyond expectations. First seen while still in the final stages of construction and permitted a hard hat tour of the property in […]

Likoni ferries make more negative headlines

BREAKDOWN OR SABOTAGE – LIKONI FERRIES BACK IN THE BAD NEWS When yesterday late afternoon some of the ferries used to connect Mombasa island with the Southern mainland ‘stalled’, stranding tens of thousands of commuters and hundreds of vehicles including tourist busses, suspicion was raised promptly that disgruntled ferry workers, repeatedly on strike and go […]

TCAA and Precision fire back at PATP statement

PILOTS’ REPRESENTATIVE TOLD TO GET FACTS RIGHT OR SHUT UP It took less than a day for Precision Air, Tanzania’s leading airline, to respond to a range of allegations made by the Secretary General of the association of Tanzanian pilots, who took aim at the airline by alleging the employment of ‘unqualified foreign pilots over […]

Kibaki legacy gets further boost with launch of commuter rail terminal

PRESIDENT KIBAKI SET TO LAUNCH COMMUTER RAIL AT SYOKIMAU Tuesday’s launch of the long awaited commuter rail services in Nairobi, on the stretch from Syokimau to the central Nairobi railway station, will signal relief for thousands of people who have hitherto been stuck in traffic jams for anywhere between an hour and a half to […]

Likoni Ferry may face yet more disruptions

FRIDAY MAY BE STRIKE DAY AT THE FERRY AGAIN There are growing indications that staff at the Kenya Ferry Services, reportedly disgruntled over the company’s failure to pay up all outstanding dues, may return to strike action this coming Friday. The tourism trade, hard hit at the last full day strike and forced to take […]

Mauritius under the spotlight for primate exports to overseas labs

PRIMATE SHIPMENTS TO OVERSEAS LABORATORIES SHOCK CONSERVATIONISTS Recent reports from Mauritius were far from being a pleasure, pun fully intended, when the stark news became known that the island exports about 10.000 primates a year to laboratories in the UK, the US and other parts of Europe, perhaps even beyond, where the animals are subjected […]

Kenya Airways’ Annual General Meeting looks to the future

KENYA AIRWAYS ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING LOOKS AT THE FUTURE The Pride of Africa’s Annual General Meeting last week, inspite of attempts by a few disgruntled individuals attempting to protest outside the venue, went ahead smoothly and dealt with the business set out on the agenda. The airline’s CEO and Group Managing Director Dr. Titus Naikuni, […]

Coast tourism stakeholders finger government for lack of support

COAST RESORT OPERATORS BLAME GOVERNMENT FOR LACK OF VISITORS Let me be very specific here so that there is no mistake on what I say. It is the government which has denied KTB the funding needed to do the job, and although KTB should do more with the resources they have, there are limitations. Their […]

Minister admits failure to repair Narok to Masai Mara road

MINISTER ADMITS DISMAL FAILURE AS CHINESE COMPANY SET TO FIX MARA ROAD All but admitting to have misled the Kenyan public in the past, the Minister for Roads had to eat humble pie during a public interview on one of Nairobis TV stations, when he had to reveal that the notoriously bad road between Narok […]

NEMA admits failure and lack of capacity to monitor oil activities in protected areas

NEMAS ADMISSION OF FAILURES PROMPTS FEARS FOR FUTURE OF PROTECTED AREAS The Ugandan conservation fraternity is reeling in shock over NEMAs latest public admission, that they lack the capacity to effectively monitor oil exploration activities in the Albertine Graben, where much of the test drilling has taken place inside Murchisons Falls National Park, the Kaiso […]

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Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome is the founder and publisher of ATCNews, Eastern Africa’s leading aviation, tourism and conservation news blog of its kind. Wolfgang has nearly 50 years of experience in the tourism, aviation and conservation fields in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, covering all aspects of safari-, hotel- and air-operations. 

The Managing Editor of ATCNews is Mrs. Esther C. Goossens.

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