By The African Exponent The UAE has imposed a blanket ban on 30-day tourist visas for 20 countries, comprising 19 African countries and the Dominican Republic. The African countries included are mostly from West, East and Central Africa – Nigeria, Ghana, Uganda, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Cameroon, Liberia, Burundi, Republic of Guinea, Gambia, Togo, DRC, Congo,

By Business Daily Africa Kenyans with old passports have until November to acquire the new biometric digital ones, Immigration Director General Alexander Muteshi said Thursday. Travellers who will not have changed their passports by end of November will be barred from travelling. “Pursuant to the decision by EAC Council of Ministers held in Arusha from

The family all work in aviation (Picture: Ingvar Mar Jónsson/SWNS)/Metro Metro By Tanyel Mustafa A pilot has flown a ‘once in a lifetime flight’ with his wife and all of their three daughters working as cabin crew, The flight-loving family were able to do what they love most together in a rare occurrence. Captain Ingvar

By Reuters On the second day of her stay at the Marriott Hotel in Sousse, Jannette Mensi waded into the swimming pool only to be told by hotel staff that she would have to get out due to her choice of swimwear — a burkini. “I was shocked, my mind froze – I never thought

By The Associated Press Fisticuffs in the cockpit, leaving a leaky engine running while cruising over Africa — Air France pilots are under scrutiny after recent incidents that have prompted French investigators to call for tougher safety protocols. Two Air France pilots were suspended after physically fighting in the cockpit on a Geneva-Paris flight in

CNN By Tamara Hardingham-Gill Two pilots are believed to have fallen asleep and missed their landing during a flight from Sudan to Ethiopia on Monday, according to a report by commercial aviation news site Aviation Herald. The incident took place on board an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737-800 en route from Khartoum to Addis Ababa, the

Passengers queue for ferries at the Port of Dover as families embarking on summer getaways at the start of school holidays have been warned by ferry operators to expect delays of several hours at the border, in Folkestone, Kent, England, Thursday July 21, 2022. (Gareth Fuller/PA via AP) By The Associated Press Britons heading off

A plane crash took place today at the Aden Adde airport in Mogadishu, where a plane crashed with civilians, according to information and photos on social media. According to reliable sources have confirmed that the plane that crashed was rented by Juba Airways, but it is registered in Kenya. All 50 passengers on board no

A Kenya Airways aircraft at JKIA By Business Daily Africa Kenya Airways has suspended the sale of tickets from London to Nairobi, as pressure from the Heathrow crisis hits the national carrier. The suspension follows a directive by Heathrow Airport instructing airlines to freeze outbound bookings until September, as it grapples with a surge in

By Reuters Emirates airline said on Thursday it had rejected demands by London’s Heathrow Airport to cut capacity despite being threatened with legal action, and intended to continue operating its six daily flights to Britain’s busiest airport. Heathrow this week asked airlines to stop selling some tickets for summer flights, limiting the number of passengers