Ethiopian Cargo proudly announces that it has won “THE AFRICAN CARGO AIRLINE OF THE YEAR” award at the Air Cargo Africa 2011 Conference held in Nairobi Kenya on 24 February 2011. The award was organized by STAT TIMES International for excellence in Air Cargo in Africa. According to the STAT TIMES, Ethiopian Airlines Cargo has [...]

Bulawayo, Zimbabwe‘s second largest city is a major commercial, industrial and tourist centre. The city is rich in historical associations and is the home of the National Museum. Nearby are the ancient Khami ruins, while to the south is the Rhodes Matopos National Park, notable for its exotic formations of huge walls boulder. Dams with [...]

Gatwick Airport is set to offer more flights to Zimbabwe with one of the African country’s airlines. Air Zimbabwe has made the move to increase the number of flights it offers between the London travel hub and Harare as a result of more travellers using the route. From April 1st, the airline will offer three [...]

Kenya Airways announced today that it is developing its cargo division further by boosting its cargo capacity. The airline is for the first time set to acquire one freighter and plans to increase the freighter fleet as business demands. Speaking while opening the Africa Air Cargo Conference in Nairobi, Group Managing Director and CEO Dr [...]

A Crowning ceremony will be held on March 17 for the 2011 Miss Zimbabwe, Miss Tourism Zimbabwe, Miss Universe, Face of Zimbabwe, Miss Personality and Miss Talent while the beauty pageants will be allocated to their respective places of attachment. Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) Chief Executive, Karikoga Kaseke said the six models will be officially [...]

Zimbabwe’s bid to host the 34th edition of the Africa Junior Championships has failed to bear fruit as the International Tennis Federation (ITF) has chosen Botswana as the venue for the tournament. The tournament was scheduled to take place from March 28 to April 8 in Cairo, Egypt, but was cancelled after a number of [...]

BEIRUT: The pilot of the Ethiopian Airlines plane which crashed shortly after takeoff from Beirut in January last year received several cockpit warnings that disaster was imminent, according to an investigative report probing the disaster, made public over the weekend. The Ethiopian Airlines plane crashed into the Mediterranean less than four minutes after takeoff, after [...]

NINE Airlines have proposed to fly into Zimbabwe this year in a development that could see increased traffic and revenue for the tourism sector if government approves the proposals, businessdigest has established. The airlines are — Air France, Austrian Airlines, Egypt Air, Swiss Air, Bulgarian Airlines, Qantas, Emirates Airways, KLM and Lufthansa. However, some aviation [...]

Harare, February 16, 2011 – Troubled national airline, Air Zimbabwe, has been forced to suspend flights to Johannesburg amid reports that there are creditors waiting to attach the company’s aged planes. Among the many creditors are Zimbabwean farmers who lost their land during the controversial land reform programme and a Germany bank. The airline is [...]

The battle for the global airspace pitting European carriers against airlines from the Arabian Gulf has opened up connection choices for Kenya passengers travelling overseas. European capitals have traditionally been the preferred hubs for boarding onward flights, but the war between airlines from the two regions has seen the Middle East emerge as a connection [...]