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ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES WINS THE GOLD IN THE AFRICA AIRLINE OF THE YEAR AWARDS
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How to Replace a Passport Lost While Abroad
By Amy Farley
Q: What
do I do if I lose my passport in a foreign country? —Amy
Lin, Bridgewater, N.J.
A: Start
by contacting the closest U.S. consulate or embassy to
report your lost passport and have it invalidated to
prevent identity theft. Ask what time the office opens,
then visit first thing in the morning to submit forms
DS-11 and DS-64 (available at travel.state.gov)
and a copy of your outbound itinerary. If your passport
was your only form of documentation, an interview may be
necessary to confirm your identity. After paying a $135
fee and a short wait, you’ll be issued either a new
passport that is good for 10 years or a temporary one
that expires after three months, which should get you
home without completely ruining your vacation.
AIRLINES
NOW JOIN CALL FOR SINGLE VISA
by Prof.
Wolfgang Thome
This column is known to advocate for years now
towards the introduction of a single Visa for
visitors from abroad to the region, to stimulate
more traffic and attract more tourist and business
travellers to East Africa. Added to this is the
outstanding issue of NOT charging Visa fees to
expatriates duly registered in one of the East
African member states and allow them and their
families too unrestricted travel across the region,
many of whom are now spending their holiday time in
places where no Visa are required by
them.
Airlines in the
region have now caught on to this demand, seeking
to fill their planes with more passengers, and
notably the Uganda country manager of Brussels
Airlines Mr. Pierre Declerk is quoted in the media
of having in fact challenged the scribes to join
the cause and demand action from the responsible
ministers through their newspapers. Other airline
sources, while also supporting the idea, have
however not gone on public record yet, a situation
which ought to change if they want to succeed in
having a single Visa become a fast
reality.
In
Dubai: World's Leading Hostess Training
Institute
Delta Expands Africa
Presence with First-Ever Flight between Atlanta and
Monrovia, Liberia
Delta Air Lines (NYSE:
DAL), the only U.S. network carrier to serve
Africa, today announced it will expand its service
to the African continent with the introduction of
the first and only flight between Hartsfield
Jackson Atlanta International Airport and
Monrovia's Roberts International Airport,
Liberia*. The service, which will make a stop
at Amilcar Cabral International Airport on Sal
Island, Cape Verde*, will start in June,
2009.Continued.
Gobena
Mikael - Ethiopian Airlines Regional Director for the Americas
Marketing
Africa Travel, Trade and Tourism Texas Style
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Website
for an added perspective on international travel,
trade, tourism, careers and investment
AVIATION
SECURITY CONTINUES TO TOP BUSINESS
AGENDA
AFRICA'S
FUTURE IS IN THE AIR.
Flight
Safety Foundation
JET
AIRWAYS TO PARTNER WITH
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Who flies
where and when? The World's Major Airlines
Review
by Jerry W. Bird,
Editor.
From
my early experience with bush pilots in the far
Yukon to service in the Royal Canadian Airforce and
my more recent work with Transport Canada and our
airport network, flying has always been in my
blood. Little wonder I can hardly wait for our next
long haul to Africa.
W ith
our biggest aviation edition in ten years well
underway, serendipity played its familiar role in
my life when I received THE WORLD'S MAJOR AIRLINES
by David Wragg. It arrived by mail last week
courtesy of the MBI Publishing, St. Paul, MN and
was presented by John Wurm, Publicist for Military
and Aviation. I plan to write this book review in
installments, since my first reading was to get an
overall position on how valuable this timely and
well researched book will be in my evaluation of
Africa's airlines and others serving the continent.
Here are some comments from MBI that help set the
stage. "Today there are so many airlines operating
throughout the world that even the most
knowledgeable enthusiast can soon become confused
about which airline flies from where to where. This
new, fully illustrated edition has been revised and
updated to include the major advances in the
aviation industry since 1998." More->
Do you
enjoy Aviation and Air Shows? Ed Anderson
Working in partnership with
Air Highways Magazine,
originators of the Supemap
Flight
Network - Search for Airfare
Bargains
Travelers have been saving 10 - 70% on cheap
flights from Canada to the USA and International
Destinations since 1998. Go
AIR
TRANSAT JOINS IATA.
Air Transat has been admitted as an official member
of the International Air Transport Association
(IATA), becoming the second Canadian passenger
carrier currently part of this organization.
Yesterday morning, IATA's Doug Lavin,
Vice-President for North America, and Gunther
Matschnigg, Senior Vice President Safety,
Operations and Infrastructure gave the official
membership certificate to Air Transat's President
and CEO Allen B. Graham. IATA has 230 members in
125 countries, representing 93 percent of scheduled
international air
traffic.is
y
"Aerial
Highway" Critical for poor countries
From
Airline Industry. Without a rational "Aerial
Highways" system lifting tourists in and flying
goods and services out to global markets, the
world's poorer countries will be "sentenced to
abject poverty," said the head of a development
agency. Speaking this week to European aviation
chiefs assembled in Oslo, Lelei LeLaulu, president
of Counterpart International, observed terrestrial
highways, roads and bridges are recognised as
essential components of infrastructure responsible
for turning new frontiers into thriving communities
as goods and commodities were transported to
markets. More->
ea
 Emirates
adds Toronto Flight.
Visit Middle East on your way to Africa.
Oneworld
Humanitarian Mission to South
Africa
African
American Pioneers in Aviation
Safest
Year on Record
for Air
Transport
Africa's
Future in the
Air
Etihad
Guest soars to 100,000 membership
mark
Quick
Now! Name the Top 10
Africa
Vacations!
FORUM ON AIR & SPACE
LAW, MEMPHIS, Oct. 3-6,
2007
Is the Passenger Bill of Rights necessary? Or
does the current regulatory framework provide
adequate protection for the consumer? What does the
Department of Transportation's Final Order mean for
airports and airlines? What is the future of
examining airline industry practices for predatory
pricing given current case law?
More->
VANCOUVER
WILL HOST THE 16TH WORLD ROUTES FORUM IN
2010
Larry Berg, president and CEO, Vancouver
Airport Authority, says, "Routes 2010 will give our
marketing team a key vehicle for promoting new
routes for both passengers and cargo. Not only will
delegates be able to enjoy the facilities and
cultural legacies of the Olympic Games, but they
will also be able to experience firsthand the new
International Terminal facilities and the Canada
Line rapid transit link to
downtown."
More.
Introducing Wings Over
Africa Aviation Limited,
Nairobi,(Kenya).
More->
Pioneer
Aviators Inspired Today's Long Haul Flights .
Travel
from Vancouver to Africa via Asia Pacific recalls
the vision of Edmonton's Grant
MacConachie,
former bush pilot and founder of Canadian Pacific
Airlines. Grant dreamed of an air bridge to the
Orient and across the pole. The Aviator,
Howard Hughes was another famous visionary. See our
item about his famous Spruce
Goose.
More
Air
Highways to Africa
What
most readers and ATA members don't know is that our
first step in publishing was a series of travel
maps showing various modes of transportation.
Several hundred thousand copies were printed and
distributed for our clients Best Western Hotels and
Avis Rent A Car to their customers in North
America. This led to an assignment by the
Government of Canada to create a unique "Supermap"
of Air Routes. Travelers wanted to know how to get
from here to there - and most still do, judging
from the e-mail inquires we receive. From this
foundation we met with Transport Canada and
regional Airport Managers to arrange distribution
and develop a monthly series of
articles. In
1995, we launched "Air Highways Magazine" and
organized an Air Highway Day event to showcase
member airports and communities to the travel
trade. This success was followed by an Air and
Marine Tourism Expo (continued).
Visit
Mombasa Air Safaris ...
at the
General Aviation Terminal at Mombasa's Moi
International Airport and you will step out of
bright tropical heat into cool efficiency. With its
separate terminal building with hard stand for
aircraft parking just outside the window, you can
be ticketed and through the passenger lounge for
screening and then board your flight in minutes.
Mombasa Air Safari has staff based at Diani Beach,
Mombasa, Malindi and Lamu all along the Kenya Coast
to provide friendly and efficient services on their
daily flights to LAMU, AMBOSELI, TSAVO and the
MASAI MARA. Owned and operated by two Kenyans,
Christine Cronchey and John Cleave since 1974, they
can claim to be the best known Kenya Coast
airline
More->
African Airlines
Association
While
conducting a series of interviews with government,
businesses and industry associations in Kenya for
our coming edition, "Air Highways to Africa." we
were fortunate to have arranged a meeting at the
head office of the African Airlines Association
(AAFRA). Much more information about this
organization will follow on this website and in
print. (continued)
Flight
to the Land of Diamonds
It
is common knowledge that when you mention diamonds
and Angola in the same sentence, people are all
ears and their eyes grow wider. This beautiful,
bountiful country ranks high on the world scene for
this precious gem in addition to its rich oil
reserves. Host Country Day, Wednesday November 2
began with a flight via Fokker 50 to the Province
of Lunda Sul Saurimo, organized by the
National
Diamond Company,
Endiama E.P.. (Continued)
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