AirConnect adds daily flights between Johannesburg and Windhoek

AirConnect adds daily flights between Johannesburg and Windhoek

AirConnect Namibia has announced a third daily flight between Johannesburg and Windhoek, starting 27 October 2024. The Namibia Airport Company's Dan Kamati said the new service plans, operated by SAA's A320 fleet, will provide greater flexibility for both business and leisure travelers.

October 2, 2024 19 4

Namibia

New flights to link Windhoek to Botswana and Durban

Air Connect Namibia and Air Botswana will launch new flights connecting Windhoek with Maun, Kasane, and Gaborone, with the Gaborone service extending to Durban. These routes will strengthen business and leisure travel between Namibia, Botswana, and South Africa. The Namibia Airports Company, facilitating these operations, said the initiative will increase air access to Namibia. NAC spokesperson, Dan Kamati. Starting from 1 November, Air Botswana will introduce two additional […]

August 15, 2024 75

Lifestyle

Survey names Cape Town as Africa’s best airport

Cape Town’s airport has been named the best airport on the continent in a customer survey by the consumer ratings organisation Skytrax. Globally, the city is ranked 54th. According to BBC Africa, two other South African airports, Durban and Johannesburg, came second and third respectively in the continental listing. The airport in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa was ranked seventh in Africa and Nairobi's Jomo Kenyatta International Airport came 10th.

April 18, 2024 18

Business / Economics

Tourism Focus – 6 February 2024

CEO of the Hospitality Association of Namibia, Gitta Paetzold gives us a quick look back at the tourism sector's performance in 2023 and what her outlook for the rest of this year is. https://iono.fm/e/1403681

February 7, 2024 7

Africa

Kenyan coastal gem gets a direct link to Middle East as Dubai ties to Africa

By Seth Onyango, via bird story agency Mombasa is set for a surge in tourism after FlyDubai launched direct flights between Dubai, the commercial hub of the United Arab Emirates, and the coastal city. This new direct route, a first for any UAE airline, is also poised to strengthen economic ties and cultural exchange between the two regions. Flydubai will operate four weekly direct flights to Mombasa from January […]

January 19, 2024 14

Uncategorized

Africa’s 10 ‘most open’ countries for travel

By Conrad Onyango, via bird story agency In the past eight years, 35 countries have improved their visa policies and, since 2016, five countries have abolished all visa requirements for African travellers. As a result, citizens of at least five countries can now enjoy visa-free travel in 42 different countries, compared to just three in 2020. According to the Africa Development Bank's Africa Visa Openness Report 2023, most countries […]

January 17, 2024 3

Africa

Visa-free regimes to bolster African tourism growth in 2024

By Conrad Onyango via bird African countries are set to record an increase in tourism numbers in 2024, as more countries continue to open their borders to other African countries by abolishing visa requirements. In 2023, most African countries made significant strides to liberalize their visa regimes, with Rwanda and Kenya being the latest to completely remove visa requirements for all African travellers, joining Gambia, Benin, and Seychelles. Kenya's transition […]

January 9, 2024 42

World

IATA introduces documentation system for contactless travel experience

The International Air Transport Association has rolled out Timatic AutoCheck, a new travel documentation system for contactless travel and improved passenger experience. It automates document checks with personalised instructions, making immigration information easily accessible. IATA says that with passenger traffic expected to double by 2040, streamlining airport processes becomes important.

December 19, 2023 14

Namibia

Fuel price relief for Namibians

Just in time for the holidays, the Ministry of Mines and Energy has announced that due to large over-recoveries the price of petrol and both grades of diesel will decrease by 130c/litre as of Wednesday 6 December. The decrease could have been larger but, saying that they note the importance of road maintenance, the Ministry at the same time increased the Road Fund Administration levy by 20 cents to 198 […]

December 5, 2023 6