TOURIST arrivals into Zimbabwe are expected to hit the 2.5 million mark this year due to increased confidence with arrivals peaking to the 1996 levels last year. Tourist arrivals slumped to record lows due to bad publicity on Zimbabwe by the Western media after Government’s successful land reform programme. However, the arrivals have picked up [...]

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and WestJet operated their first code share flights on September 26, 2011. The code share agreement between the two airlines will allow KLM to market and distribute WestJet operated flights under KLM flight numbers. This will enhance the travel possibilities for our customers, giving them access to 30 domestic Canadian routes. [...]

The Ethiopian Airlines bought yesterday two, new Diamond DA42 Twin Star, twin engine, propeller-driven airplanes manufactured by Diamond Aircraft Industries. The airplanes, which will be used in training new pilots, were bought for 550,000 euro each. In addition to the previous ten single engine pilot training aircraft, the two DA42 Twin Star planes will upgrade [...]

Tourist arrivals into Zimbabwe are expected to hit the 2,5 million mark this year due to increased confidence with arrivals peaking to the 1996 levels last year. Tourist arrivals slumped to record lows due to bad publicity on Zimbabwe by the Western media after Government’s successful land reform programme. However, the arrivals have picked up [...]

UNITED Arab Emirates flag carrier Emirates is next year set to start flights to Harare,  Lusaka as it brings the nation’s capital on its expanding destinations in Africa. Zambia and Zimbabwe would be linked with five flights in a week from Dubai, starting from February 1, 2012. Chairman and chief executive and Group Sheikh Ahmed [...]

Following the launch of a user-friendly application developed by SkyTeam, the global airline alliance of which Kenya Airways is a member, passengers of the airline can now use the online application to plan their travels to various destinations around the world in advance. The application allows passengers to create their own Round-The-World itinerary using the [...]

Kenya Airways and Eritrean Airlines are set for a major turf war as both national carriers finalise plans to launch new routes between Asmara and Nairobi. Asmara-based Eritrean Airlines is expected to resume flights to the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport by November, ending a six-year absence since it stopped flying to Kenya. The airline’s commercial [...]

The Ethiopian Airlines is going to be fully integrated into Star Alliance, the largest airline alliance, in October. The process took over a year and 6.9 million dollars which has not been paid in full yet. The airlines had to fulfil 83 criteria, including IT compliance, to earn full membership of the alliance. Ethiopian is [...]

Kenya Airways and Aviareps are to extend their partnership in Latin America with immediate effect with the multinational aviation and tourism representation company becoming the officially appointed General Sales Agent (GSA) in Mexico, responsible for all sales, ticketing and marketing activities on behalf of the Kenyan airline. Whilst Kenya Airways already relies on the market [...]

AIR Zimbabwe resumed London flights on Sunday, just over a week after pilots returned to work following a 50-day job boycott. One of the airline’s two Boeing 767-200 planes flew out of Harare on Sunday morning with 107 passengers and touched down at Gatwick Airport in London just before 9PM. The plane, with a capacity [...]