We are seeing conflicting trends in the number of traffic from two of Europe’s biggest low-cost airlines, Ryanair and Wizz Air. While the Central Eastern European carrier reports recovery of passenger numbers for December, its Irish competitor saw a decline to…
One week after the United Arab Emirates (UAE) barred Nigerian travelers from UAE over rising cases of the Omicron COVID-19 virus, the country went some steps further as it added eight more African countries to its travel ban list. Consequently, Emirates…
With the infectious Omicron variant present in more and more countries and spreading quickly, airlines are beginning to see the effects of this mutation on their business. A few airlines have announced a drastic reduction in capacity for the coming…
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The removal of eleven African countries from the United Kingdom’s Red List is resulting in a return of air travel by many Africans, particularly from Nigeria and Southern Africa. UK carriers British Airways and Virgin Atlantic have reestablished services and…
A huge reprieve came the way of African airlines following the removal of many of the countries from the United Kingdom’s red list. Nigeria, South Africa, Eswatini, Namibia, Botswana, Mozambique, Lesotho, Malawi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe had found themselves on the…