Kenya Airways To Increase Capacity To Mozambique - Aviation News - etravelblackboard.com

Kenya Airways To Increase Capacity To Mozambique - Aviation News - etravelblackboard.com

National carrier, Kenya Airways has announced the introduction of an additional flight to Maputo in Mozambique to meet rising demand on the route.

Commencing June 10^th 2013, the airline will introduce an additional flight from its hub at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi to the Southern African nation. This brings to four the number of flights operated by the airline.

Kenya Airways will operate the additional flight under two flight codes – KQ740 and KQ741. KQ740 departs from Nairobi on Mondays at 1050hrs to arrive in Maputo at 1355hrs, and KQ741 departing from Maputo at 1445hrs to arrive in Nairobi at 1950hrs.

The additional capacity is aimed at meeting the rising travel demand to the Southern Africa country, while allowing its customers in Mozambique to take advantage of the airline’s growing route network.

Kenya Airways’ Chief Executive Officer Dr. Titus Naikuni said that the additional capacity is expected to meet the surge in demand from trader traffic and to give the airline an edge in attracting travelers to the Southern African country. Dr. Naikuni noted that the airline’s presence in the Southern African region has continued to grow steadily, adding that flights to Maputo had commenced only in 2006.

“There is increasing demand for air travel in the continent which makes Africa the new growth frontier in the aviation industry.   It is, therefore, important for us to continue to grow our presence across the continent to meet this demand,” added Dr. Naikuni.

He added that the airline was progressing well with its planned expansion programme by significantly increasing its fleet and network of destinations. Within the Southern African region and in addition to Maputo, Kenya Airways flies to Nampula, Luanda, Harare, Lilongwe, Gaborone, Johannesburg as well as Ndola and Lusaka in Zambia. 

FCm expands into Tanzania and Mozambique - Industry News - etravelblackboard.com

FCm expands into Tanzania and Mozambique - Industry News - etravelblackboard.com

FCm expands into Tanzania and Mozambique

Tuesday, 30 April 2013

FCm has signed off on two new partner agreements in Africa with the global travel management company (TMC), now offering local services in Mozambique and Tanzania.

FCm has extended its partner arrangement with Alive, an affiliate of OnTourism Capital Investments, to offer on-the-ground travel management services in Mozambique. FCm is already partnered with Alive in Portugal and Angola, and now has expanded the relationship to offer local travel management services in Maputo.

Located in southern Mozambique, FCm’s new travel team offers end-to-end corporate travel management services as well as meetings, incentive, conference and event (MICE) travel expertise.

In Tanzania FCm has partnered with Antelope Tours and Travel Services Limited, which operates five business travel centres across the country. Three offices are located in Dar es Salaam with one in the Benjamin William Mkapa Tower and another branch office located in Julius Nyerere International Airport Terminal II. The company’s head office is in Upanga.

The company also has branch offices located in Arusha and Dodoma.

FCm’s new partner in Tanzania was established in 1993 and works with a portfolio of companies across a broad range of sectors including government, finance, mining, oil and gas companies. The company also manages the travel for a number of international companies.

FCm’s General Manager Middle East and Africa Network, Ciaran Kelly, said FCm’s African network had experienced significant growth in the past year, which had been well received by FCm’s regional and multinational clients.  

“The spotlight has been on Africa for a while now as a continent that offers major opportunities for growth and development for international companies,” Ciaran said. “From the mining, oil and gas industries to offshore, property development and MICE travel, there is broad commercial interest in Africa which is steadily increasing inbound and outbound business travel for the region.

“It’s critical that global TMCs like FCm can offer on-the-ground travel management services to clients looking to fly into places like Mozambique, Tanzania, Nigeria and Angola. These are very unique markets that require in-depth local knowledge to ensure corporate travel for companies is cost and time efficient, and safe.”

FCm now has partner agreements with nine leading corporate travel agencies in Africa as well as a regional head office in South Africa.

Travel Clinic: Mozambique beach, Montenegro | The Sunday Times

Travel Clinic: Mozambique beach, Montenegro | The Sunday Times

How do Mozambique’s coast and islands compare with Zanzibar’s? We like Zanzibar hugely, but are toying with the idea of pushing on further south for our next holiday.
John Gilchrest, Brighton

Mozambique has few hotels on its 1,500-mile coastline, but the sands are a brilliant white and the water is astonishingly blue. The Bazaruto and Quirimbas archipelagos are especially exotic. It’s a longer and costlier flight to Mozambique than to Zanzibar, though, and its hotels are more expensive.

Cambodia enjoys travel growth : TTR Weekly

Cambodia enjoys travel growth : TTR Weekly

PHNOM PENH, 8 May 2013: Cambodia’s tourist arrivals registered a 19.9% growth in February according to the country’s statistics and tourist Information Department.

The country welcomed 385,760 visits compared to 321,870 during the same month in 2012.

Released by the Ministry of Tourism, Monday, data showed neighbouring Vietnam was the top supplier with 58,750 visits, an increase of 4.4% over 56,297 visits in February last year.

Other top suppliers were: China (55,482; +104.9%); South Korea (49,330; -9.4%); Laos (29,984; +83.1%); and Japan (19,276; +7.0%).

Thailand ranked sixth supplying 18,964 visits and improving 35.0% compared to 14,050 visits during the same month last year.

In February, 52.8% (203,453) of all international visitors arrived by air. Siem Reap airport received the major share, 34.9% (134,465), while Phnom Penh Airport received just 17.9% (68,988) mainly business travellers who needed to contact government departments or budget travellers who starting or finishing their overland trips.

Overland travel accounts for 45.1% (174,036) of all travel  through checkpoints with Thailand, Laos and Vietnam while sea travel is a small at 2.1% (8,271).

Siem Reap province welcomed 231,369 tourists, or 60.0% of all arrivals including air and overland. The province’s tourism increased 6.6%.

Data hints of the massive imbalance between tourist arrivals to Siem Reap and the rest of the country. The tourism authority has urged travel enterprises to provide more information and tour programmes on other destinations to encourage visitors to Angkor Wat to explore the country in more detail.

By region, Asia Pacific accounted for a 72.1% market share and posted a growth of 22.0% supplying 278,021 arrivals.

Africa grew 25.4% to just 519 visits followed by the Ameircas (+16.0%; 28,205); Europe (+14.4%; 77,610); Oceania (+4.6%; 10,854); and the Middle East (+0.0% 1,405).

Outbound trips by Cambodians in February reached 65,259 trips  increasing 10.5% from 59,042 during the same month last year.

January to February, the country welcomed 789,866 foreign travellers improving 19.6% from 672,127 visits during the same period in 2012.

Outbound trips reached 136,979 growing 4.9% for the first two months of this year when compared to 130,583 last year.

Tourism and civil aviation forming crucial alliance | ArabNews

Tourism and civil aviation forming crucial alliance | ArabNews

DUBAI: K.T. ABDURABB | ARAB NEWS STAFF

Thursday 9 May 2013

Last Update 9 May 2013 1:44 am

The Arabian Peninsula has always been the crossroads for different civilizations and these days those roads are in the sky rather than on the ground, said Prince Sultan bin Salman, president of the Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities (SCTA).
Stressing the region’s geographical importance to the tourism sector at the second annual UNWTO & Ministerial Forum at Arabian Travel Market in Dubai, he said: "The same role that Arabia has played in the past is now similarly happening with airline networks."
He added: "The alliance between tourism and air transportation is very much a non-separable alliance, and it is a very important focus on aligning these two sectors to make places more accessible and affordable. “
He was participating in a discussion on "Tourism & Aviation: Building a Common Agenda for Growth."
The event, which was attended by more than 25 ministers from different countries was opened by UNWTO Secretary-General Taleb Rifai and Mark Walsh, portfolio director, Reed Travel Exhibitions.
Other ministers also stressed the need to identify the links between tourism and aviation and set structures where tourism, civil aviation and airlines can work together.
Participating in the ministerial forum were the ministers of tourism of Bahamas, Chad, Egypt, Eritrea, Gambia, Lebanon, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Niger, Oman, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia, Seychelles, Sudan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Tuvalu and Vanuatu, the director general of the National Council of Tourism and Antiquities of the UAE, the vice-minister of tourism of Azerbaijan, the director general of the Jordan Tourist Board and the CEO of the Mozambique Tourism Authority.
Representing the aviation industry were the vice president international and public affairs of Etihad Airways, the CEO of Dubai Airports and the senior vice president, revenue optimisation and distribution of Emirates Airlines.
Rifai highlighted that tourism and aviation need to move out of working in silos. "Tourism and aviation are siblings, and have been working together in parallel lines. We cannot see them separate from one another; with 52 percent of world travelers reaching their destination by air, their growth is intrinsically linked," he added.
"There are visa regimes still belonging to a century that has past. Despite the fact that the UAE and Dubai are leading the way in opening up in terms of visa accessibility, the Middle East is still lagging behind as 70 percent of people still need visas to enter the region," Rifai said
Highlighting the potential of regional cooperation, Reem Al-Hashemi, minister of state and managing director of the Higher Committee on International Expo Dubai 2020, said: "For mega events, we have to build synergies and expand the traveler experience. Expo 2020 is not just about Dubai, the region will benefit with visitors going on to explore Muscat or Petra, for example. We are promoting the region as a whole, expanding the picture, becoming more attractive and appealing — both to visitors but also to other airlines."
Helal Saeed Al-Marri, director general, Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing of Dubai, mentioned the Middle East as a prime example of how tourism and aviation can work together, and what the rest of the world can learn from the region.
Other issues highlighted were the need to extend the principle of liberalization to more and more countries, the opportunities existing for regional cooperation in the Middle East, particularly in view of attracting long-haul markets and the importance of aligning tourism objectives with airlines' profitability.