Travel

Resort city of Antalya sees new all-time daily high in number of visitors

Turkey’s holiday resort city of Antalya has hit a new all-time daily high for the month of May with the number of foreign tourists. The top Mediterranean resort province welcomed around 76,568 foreign tourists on May 25, according to the city’s governor.”On May 25, 2019, 76,568 tourists came to Antalya by air yesterday. An all-time

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Somalia: Kenya’s decision on flights destination is politically motivated

The Federal Government of Somalia is deeply concerned by the decision reached by the Kenyan government to divert Mogadishu flights destined for Nairobi via Wajir. The Federal Government believes this action places undue burden on Somali citizens and foreign travelers while also creating unnecessary barriers to trade and movement of people between the two countries.

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Banana Island: The Richest Estate In Africa and Home to Billionaires Like Dangote and Abiola

Photo TripAdvisor There’s only one place in Africa that can be likened to Beverly Hills in California, Its the billionaire’s haven called Banana Island in Lagos, Nigeria. Here’s what you need to be a neighbor. God helping you. Banana Island has one of the highest density of millionaires within its boundaries in Africa. An artificial

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Uganda Airlines secures seven regional routes

The revived Uganda National Airlines has secured seven regional route. The routes include Nairobi, Juba, Bujumbura, Dar-es-Salaam, Mombasa, Mogadishu and Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. Uganda recently secured two Bombardier CRJ 900 planes for the national carrier. The planes arrived in the country on April 23. More planes are expected in the country by 2021 and the

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At least 40 dead in Russian plane’s fiery emergency landing

This image taken from video provided by Instagram user @artempetrovich, shows the SSJ-100 aircraft of Aeroflot Airlines on fire during an emergency landing in Sheremetyevo airport in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, May 5, 2019. (@artempetrovich via AP) A Russian airliner burst into flames while making an emergency landing at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport Sunday evening, and at

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At least 13 killed after Russian passenger plane catches fire mid-air: news agencies

A passenger plane is seen on fire after an emergency landing at the Sheremetyevo Airport outside Moscow, Russia May 5, 2019. The Investigative Committee of Russia/Handout via REUTERS. At least 13 people on board a Russian Aeroflot passenger plane were killed on Sunday when the plane caught fire mid-air and made an emergency landing at

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Did You Know? Sudan Has More Pyramids Than Egypt!

An aerial view of pyramids at Meroe (Pic – African Curators) Interestingly, Sudan actually has more pyramids than Egypt. Except Sudan’s pyramids are steeper and smaller than those of Ancient Egypt. Ever since we were young, all we have known are pyramids from Egypt.Well, Sudan actually has more pyramids than Egypt. Except Sudan’s pyramids are

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Rising fuel costs and seating surplus push Lufthansa into loss

Photo Reuters Lufthansa reported an operating loss of 336 million euros (£290.4 million) for the first three months of the year, hurt by rising fuel costs and excess capacity in Europe, sending its shares down on Tuesday. Germany’s biggest airline said in an after-hours update on Monday that a 202 million euro rise in fuel

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Factbox: What we know about Boeing 737 MAX crash and what comes next

Photo Reuters More than 300 Boeing 737 MAX 8 and MAX 9 passenger jets around the world have been taken out of service following two fatal crashes over the past five months in Ethiopia and Indonesia that killed almost 350 people in all. The causes of both crashes are under investigation. One of the biggest

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UK suspends Boeing 737 Max jets from airspace after Ethiopia crash

Britain on Tuesday became the first European country to suspend flights by Boeing 737 MAX aircraft over its territory in the wake of the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines plane of that model. “The UK Civil Aviation Authority has been closely monitoring the situation, however, as we do not currently have sufficient information from the

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