Tourism News

14th Jun 2019 | Elizabeth Sasu Monday, June 10, 2019 — The 26th annual World Travel Awards has named THE LOFT by Brussels Airlines and Lexus @ Brussels Airport Europe's Leading Airport Lounge 2019. The World Travel Awards, a prestigious and globally recognized honours programme in…

13th Jun 2019 | Elizabeth Sasu Unions operating at debt-ridden SAA have given the government seven days to fire the entire board of the airline and to persuade CEO Vuyani Jarana to withdraw his resignation. SAA employees who are members of the National Union of…

13th Jun 2019 | Elizabeth Sasu Kenya Airways Plc (NSE:KQ) has today increased its route offering by launching flights to Rome, Italy and Geneva, Switzerland - the airline’s 4th and 5th European destinations after Amsterdam, London and Paris. The introduction of these routes is part…

12th Jun 2019 | Elizabeth Sasu The helicopter pilot who was killed after crashing on top of a Midtown building Monday afternoon was flying in a restricted flight area. Around 1:45 p.m., the chopper crash-landed on the roof of 787 Seventh Ave. between 51st and…

11th Jun 2019 | Elizabeth Sasu It's going to be yet another year of losses for African airlines — the fourth in a row — as the global airline industry braces for higher fuel prices and weaker global trade during 2019. The projections are a…

11th Jun 2019 | Elizabeth Sasu A number of African countries are holding up funds by airline operators as a result of foreign exchange crunch, the International Air Transport Association, IATA, has disclosed. Amongst them are Eritrea, Sudan, Zimbabwe, Angola and Algeria. Eritrea is holding a…

11th Jun 2019 | Elizabeth Sasu Air Seychelles has today announced that the airline has expanded its codeshare partnership with South African Airways (SAA) to Perth and Windhoek. As part of the agreement, Air Seychelles is placing its “HM” code on SAA daily services to…

11th Jun 2019 | Elizabeth Sasu The Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) has cautioned Nigeria’s biggest carrier, Air Peace, for failing to report a hard landing incident involving one of its flights recently. The agency said that this has been the fashion of some domestic airlines that…

11th Jun 2019 | Elizabeth Sasu Zuks will be taking over from Vuyani Jarana, who resigned in May, as acting CEO. On Friday the South African Airways (SAA) board and its executive management announced the appointment of Zuks Ramasia as its new acting CEO. Zuks is currently SAA’s general manager…

3rd Jun 2019 | Elizabeth Sasu SAA CEO Vuyani Jarana has resigned, and is prepared to work a three-month notice period until August 31, 2019. According to his resignation letter to SAA board chairperson JB Magwaza, the CEO unpacked how uncertainty about funding and slow…