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THE strike by Air Zimbabwe pilots continues with no indication as to when the airline will resume scheduled services.  The airline suspended its international and some regional flights indefinitely, including Lusaka, Lubumbashi and all international flights to London, Kuala Lumpur and Beijing. However, in a statement, management said they were continuing to renegotiate with the [...]

THIOPIAN Airlines will take delivery of the first of its two B777-200LRs in November, making it the first African carrier to operate the aircraft.  The B777-200LR will enable the airline to fly non-stop from Addis Ababa to the US and to more destinations in Asia. Passengers will benefit from large overhead compartments, more spacious seating [...]

Christchurch has lifted a state of emergency 12 days after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck the city. The emergency status in surrounding Selwyn and Waimakariri districts was also lifted. According to officials, New Zealand’s second-largest city was moving into recovery mode as opposed to emergency mode. The state of emergency officially ended at midday on [...]

VIRGIN Atlantic Airways and its pilots have come to an agreement, ending a dispute that could have led to the airline’s first industrial action since it started operating. The British Air Line Pilots Association (Balpa) said in a statement that while the issue had created much debate, it was now happy with both the agreement [...]

AIR Zimbabwe reportedly grounded all flights on Thursday, following a walk-out by its pilots on September 8. The BBC reported that all of the airline’s flights were cancelled on September 9. Jonathan Kadzura, Air Zimbabwe chairman reportedly told state television that pilots are being paid at least $1 200 a month, but that the airline [...]

FRENCH trade unions have reportedly called another strike in protest over the country’s pension reform on September 23. The decision was made following President Nicolas Sarkozy announcement that he has no intention to steer away from his plans to raise the age of retirement. Sarkozy, however did approach government to amend some aspects of the [...]

DESTINATION AIRFARE TAXES LONDON R2 410 R3 151 MUMBAI R2 450 R2 345 BARCELONA R3 340 R2 842 TEL AVIV R4 110 R2 901 SYDNEY R5 750 R3 935 SHANGHAI R5 050 R3 840 BUENOS AIRES R5 130 R2 676 NEW YORK R6 300 R2 566 Please note that airfares are EX CAPE TOWN and [...]

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HE German government has confirmed the introduction of a new new travel tax, which will see passengers boarding flights in Germany charged €8 (R75) for domestic and intra-European short-haul flights, €25 (R233) for medium-haul flights and €45 (R420) for long-haul flights. The new tax will come into effect from January 2011.  The new tax levy [...]

FOLLOWING British Airways ce, Willie Walsh’sannouncement that he plans to ‘beat’ possible future strikes, Unite Union members voted in favour of a fresh strike ballot. More than 1 000 members attended a meeting on Monday and voted in favour of such a ballot. Union leaders also threatened that the airline would face renewed industrial action unless [...]