News from ATTA
News from ATTA consists of a combination of news from the African continent with relevance to African Tourism along with news about ATTA for the benefit of our members.
22 April 2021
Airlink launches new daily service between Jhb and Livingstone
ATTA®Airlink will, as of 26 May, expand its network with the launch of its Johannesburg-Livingstone flights. The new service strengthens the commercial connection between South Africa and Zambia provided by Airlink by augmenting its daily service between its Johannesburg home base and Zambia's capital, Lusaka, and the copper-belts hub, Ndola.
Read More22 April 2021
Application for Membership - The Africa Travel Boutique
ATTA®The Africa Travel Boutique has applied to join ATTA®. Their membership will be approved if there are not any objections lodged within the statutory 10-day period. (See objection procedure below).
Read More21 April 2021
Date set for launch of Newark-JNB flight
ATTA®United Airlines will launch its daily Newark-Johannesburg service on June 3, subject to government approval. Last year, the carrier suspended its seasonal summer Cape Town flights and also postponed the original launch date of its daily flights to Johannesburg from March 2021 to June this year.
Read More21 April 2021
Ethiopian Transports More Than One Million COVID -19 Vaccines from Beijing to Harare
ATTA®Ethiopian Airlines, one of Africa’s leading Airline, has transported 1,056,000 doses of COVID19 vaccines in a single flight. Ethiopian transported the vaccines in six envirotainers from Beijing to Harare via Addis Ababa and arrived in Harare on March 31. Ethiopian has also transported 300,000 vaccines donated by Chinese Government to Ethiopia.
Read More20 April 2021
Book Zanzibar PCR tests online
ATTA®Mango has notified travellers of the Covid-19 testing arrangements for passengers returning from Zanzibar. Passengers may now book an appointment for a COVID-19 test and obtain their certificate in Zanzibar through the website www.zanzibarcovidtesting.co.tz.
Read More20 April 2021
KENYA: Rescue mission of 9 Rothschild’s giraffes in north-western Kenya ends
ATTA®In north-western Kenya, the rescue operation for the 9 Rothschild's giraffes that were trapped by rising waters in Lake Baringo ended on April 12th, 2021.
Read More20 April 2021
Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife releases endangered African painted dog pack
ATTA®The iconic Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park, with support from Wildlife ACT, has released a new pack of Endangered African Painted Dogs into their new home.
Read More19 April 2021
Kenya banks on charter flights to boost tourist arrivals
ATTA®Kenya will rely on charter flights to boost tourism numbers during the challenging COVID-19 pandemic period, a government official said Saturday.
Read More19 April 2021
IMPACT OF COVID-19 2020 | Statistics & Case Studies from around Africa
ATTA®We are delighted to share a collection of statistics and Case Studies showcasing the impact of Covid-19 on the wider African Travel & Tourism Industry. Please feel free to use these statistics to help support your communications when highlighting the essential nature tourism has on the conservation of Africa's wildlife, rural communities and vast tracts of wilderness. Sources: Oxford Economics and the ALU School of Wildlife Conservation
Read More16 April 2021
Kenya inoculates close to 600,000 people with AstraZeneca vaccine
ATTA®Kenya’s Ministry of Health has announced that it has vaccinated 569,244 people with the AstraZeneca vaccine.
Read More16 April 2021
El Al to restart SA operations
ATTA®El Al has confirmed that it will resume operations to and from Israel with one flight a week, from May 6. The schedule at the start of operations, is:
Read More16 April 2021
Musicians to host online concert for vulture conservation
ATTA®Join the LIVE streamed fundraiser called Vulture Voices in Concert to help support Wildlife ACT’s work to save severely threatened vultures.
Read More15 April 2021
New decisions by global conservation group bolster efforts to save Africa’s elephants
ATTA®Two big decisions have been made in the last few weeks in relation to African elephants that will have major implications for the survival of the giant mammals.
Read More15 April 2021
COVID-19 Lobbying Work
ATTA®ATTA continues to work within the two travel industry groups with weekly meetings as we head towards the safe return of international travel proposed to take place on or after 17 May.
Read More14 April 2021
Mauritius receives first batch of COVID-19 vaccines from China
ATTA®The Mauritius on Tuesday evening rrecieved its first batch of China’s Sinopharm vaccines to help boost the country’s vaccination campaign against COVID-19.
Read More14 April 2021
Air France extends African footprint
ATTA®Air France has announced that it will be expanding its operations on the African continent with increased flights between Paris-Charles de Gaulle and Johannesburg, and a brand-new route to Maputo, Mozambique from 20 June 2021.
Read More13 April 2021
Seychelles Tourism Board unveils new Tourism Digital Platform
ATTA®In its quest to lead the tourism industry of the archipelago island into a digital age, the Seychelles Tourism Board has launched a new tourism digital platform named ‘ParrAPI’ on Monday, April 12, 2021, at their Mont Fleuri Head Office.
Read More13 April 2021
New SA jet could change corporate travel game
ATTA®The Pegasus Vertical Business Jet (VBJ) being developed in South Africa is entering its next phase, with two quarter-scale models to be ready for testing and engineering by May 2021, and a full-scale unmanned hover model by the end of the year.
Read More13 April 2021
Strategies For Vaccinating Africa Against Covid-19 – CFA Forum with Africa CDC
ATTA®Washington, DC — The Constituency for Africa (CFA), in partnership with the Africa Trade Desk in Ottawa, will be organizing a public forum with the Africa Centres for Disease Control in Addis Ababa to discuss Africa's strategy for vaccinating the continent.
Read More12 April 2021
Fastjet introduces daily Jhb/Vic Falls flights
ATTA®Fastjet Zimbabwe will increase its current schedule to daily services between Victoria Falls International Airport and Johannesburg OR Tambo International Airport, effective May 30.
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