The Department of Wildlife and National Parks (DWNP) in Botswana’s Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources Conservation and Tourism has announced…
Serena Hotels announces closure of safari lodges and camps
#COVID19 FORCES SERENA HOTELS TO CLOSE LODGES AND CAMPS IN TANZANIA AND KENYA (Posted 27th March 2020) Information from Nairobi…
#COVID19 – With mainstream tourism gone are lodge operators becoming inventive
UGANDA’S KIPLING LODGE OFFERS SPECIAL SELF QUARANTINE DEALS (Posted 27th March 2020) The Kipling Lodge, located between Jinja and Kayunga…
TravelComments.com – Coronavirus pandemic: Proflight Zambia temporarily suspends operations!
Zambian carrier Proflight Zambia has suspended operations for 30 days due to the coronavirus pandemic. The airline will cease international…
TravelComments.com – South African Airways’ Business Rescue Plan release extended to end of May 2020!
South African Airways’ (SAA) Business Rescue Practitioners (BRPs) Siviwe Dongwana and Les Matuson have received another extension from lenders and…
#CAPA’s Blue Swan Daily #Aviation News
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#Seychelles publishes revised travel measures to contain #COVID19
MORE MEASURES TAKEN IN SEYCHELLES TO CURTAIL THE SPREAD OF THE CORONA VIRUS (Posted 27th March 2020) Seychelles’s Ministry of…
Precision Air to relaunch Mbeya flights in early April
PRECISION AIR PLANS RETURN TO SONGWE AIRPORT (Posted 27th March 2020) Tanzania, with few cases of #COVID19 at present, has…
#COVID19 – An existential threat to African Aviation?
CAN AFRICAN AVIATION SURVIVE THE COVID19 SCOURGE? By Nunurai Ndawana / Zimbabwe (Posted 27th March 2020) Global aviation is not…
#IATA reports mounting losses among European Airlines
European Airlines Revenue Losses Mount – Urgent Government Support Required The International Air Transport Association (IATA) strengthened its call for…
TravelComments.com – Namibia: Namibia Wildlife Resorts offers Hardap Resort as quarantine and treatment facility for corona patients!
Namibia Wildlife Resorts (NWR), the state-owned enterprise mandated to run the tourism facilities within the protected areas of Namibia, has…
#COVID19 – Daily updates as shown on the ATCNews social media platforms
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#QualityHill businesses in #Kampala see opportunity amid industry wide gloom
How To Keep Living The Good Life Indoors In Kampala – Le Petit Village Hotel Comfort Your Quick Escape To…
TravelComments.com – Coronavirus pandemic: Fastjet (Zimbabwe) suspends all operations!
Zimbabwean regional carrier Fastjet (Zimbabwe) has announced the suspension of all services from 27 March 2020 until 16 April 2020…
#AirSeychelles halts all international flights, reduces Praslin services to 2 a day
AIR SEYCHELLES SUSPENDS INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS (Posted 26th March 2020) Air Seychelles has earlier today announced that the airline has suspended…
#CAPA’s Blue Swan Daily #Aviation News
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Kenya publishes list of 86 ‘Quarantine Hotels’ across the country
KENYA DESIGNATES A LARGE NUMBER OF OTHERWISE EMPTY HOTELS AS QUARANTINE CENTRES (Posted 26th of March 2020) Kenya has taken…
Uganda’s Ministry of Health publishes a new Statute over #COVID19
UGANDA PUTS #COVID19 STATUTE ON THE BOOKS (Posted 26th March 2020) Uganda has put a new statute into place, dealing…
TravelComments.com – Corona pandemic: Air Botswana temporarily suspends operations!
The flag carrier of Botswana, Air Botswana, temporarily suspends all its scheduled domestic and regional flight operations between 27 March…
Corporate Council on Africa News Updates
CCA IN THE NEWS CCA’s 13th U.S.-Africa Business Summit Postponed Corporate Council on Africa Given the evolving nature of the…
TravelComments.com – Namibia: Air Namibia and FlyWestair temporarily suspend all operations!
Namibia’s flag carrier, Air Namibia, has announced the temporary suspension of all passenger flights effective 27 March 2020. Domestic and…
#COVID19 – Daily updates as shown on the ATCNews social media platforms
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TravelComments.com – Coronavirus pandemic: Zambia redirects all international flights to Kenneth Kaunda International Airport (LUN) in Lusaka!
In light of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Zambia’s Government has made the decision to suspend all international flights to Harry…
#IATA suggests cargo bottlenecks are endangering lives
Air Cargo Bottlenecks Could Put Lives at Risk- Urgent Government Action Required The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and its…
TravelComments.com – South Africa: These regional and domestic carriers suspend operations during the countrywide lockdown!
Following President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement of a countrywide lockdown in South Africa from 26 March 2020, South African passenger airlines…
TravelComments.com – South African Airways suspends all domestic flights during South Africa’s nation-wide lockdown!
South Africa’s flag carrier, South African Airways (SAA), will suspend all its domestic flights between 27 March 2020 until 16…
TravelComments.com – Coronavirus pandemic: eSwatini to close its ports of entry for travel!
The Kingdom of eSwatini is set to introduce a 20-day partial lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.…
Seychelles Central Bank limits foreign exchange allocations to essential items
SHARP DROP IN FOREX EARNINGS LEAVES SEYCHELLES CENTRAL BANK HARD PRESSED FOR GIVING DOLLARS AND EUROS FOR IMPORTS (Posted 25th…
Bench Events plans to go digital during #COVID19 crisis
CONFERENCING THROUGH CYBER SPACE – THE NEW APPROACH BY BENCH EVENTS (Posted 25th March 2020) Bench Events (https://BenchEvents.com/), the leading…
#CAPA’s Blue Swan Daily #Aviation News
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TravelComments.com – Coronavirus pandemic: Botswana closes all its ports of entry for travel!
The Government of Botswana has closed all border crossing points with immeditate effect due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Batswana…
TravelComments.com – Coronavirus pandemic: Namibia closes several ports of entry for travel!
Namibia’s Cabinet has decided to further strengthens its measures to combat the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The travel ban, which previously…
Alain St. Ange takes issue with government response to #COVID19
ST. ANGE DEMANDS BROADER BASED DIALOGUE AND GREATER ENGAGEMENT WITH SMALL SCALE BUSINESS OWNERS (Posted 25th March 2020) One Seychelles,…
#COVID 19 – Offering both challenges and opportunities
THE CORONA VIRUS CRISIS – SEEN FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE By Thomas Mueller, Founder and CEO, http://www.RainMaker.Travel (Posted 24th March…
TravelComments.com – Coronavirus pandemic: South African National Parks to temporarily close all National Parks from 25 March 2020!
South African National Parks (SANParks), the body responsible for managing South Africa’s National Parks, just announced the closure of all…
#IATA now predicts substantially higher revenue losses
Deeper Revenue Hit from COVID-19 The International Air Transport Association (IATA) updated its analysis of the revenue impact of the…