Delta Air Lines and Alitalia are to launch “quarantine-free” flights from the US to Italy, opening up the first such route linking the US and Europe since travel restrictions were introduced during the pandemic.

The US airline said that from next month passengers travelling on select flights from Atlanta to Rome would not have to self-isolate if they test negative for Covid-19 three times.

Travellers will be asked to take a gold-standard PCR test 72 hours before departure, and then rapid tests at the airport in Atlanta before boarding and again on arrival in Italy.

The new system will apply to all EU citizens and to US citizens travelling for essential reasons such as work, in line with current Italian immigration rules.

A US ban on European travellers flying from Europe remains in place. However, US airline executives believe the White House is considering lifting the ban on EU and UK nationals but has not yet made a final decision, according to two people briefed on the matter. Reuters first reported that officials were considering lifting the ban.

The aviation industry is pushing regulators around the world to allow pre-departure testing to replace quarantine restrictions that have helped stifle demand for travel.

Several airlines have launched flights between the US and Europe that test passengers as they travel, but Delta and Alitalia’s flights to Rome are the first that will allow travellers who have been tested to skip quarantine.

Marco Troncone, chief executive of Aeroporti di Roma, said he hoped the programme would be extended to other airports in Europe.

“It’s hard to convey this message to governments and policymakers, but I think we’re close to a breakthrough. Quarantines don’t work, they are inefficient and hard to police.”

Aviation executives in the UK have been pushing for an air corridor between London and New York to help restart business travel, but Ed Bastian, Delta’s chief executive, told the Financial Times last week that it would be easier to open up a corridor with “just about any” other European capital.

By Benjamin Alade (Lagos)and Joke Falaju (Abuja)

•Govt denies requesting additional fund
•We are constructing railways to Nigeria for job creation – Amaechi

The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has announced that commercial activities will begin on the Lagos-Ibadan Railway on December 7. This was disclosed when the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, visited for his monthly inspection of the ongoing work. The Minister was accompanied by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Dr. Magdalene Ajani and Managing Director of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), Fidet Okhiria.

At the Agege substation, the Minister expressed dismay at what he called the slow pace of work, even as he told the personnel of the contractor, the China Civil Engineering Construction Company (CCECC) that he would return on-site on December 19 to ascertain the progress of work. He also debunked media reports which suggested that the government is requesting an additional $650million for the completion of the project.

The Federal Government had come under criticism for requesting an additional loan despite the claim that the job was at 90 per cent completion level. Amaechi during its monthly inspection of the rail project clarified that the government never requested an additional loan for the project, saying the $650million loan that has long been approved was for the Lagos-Ibadan and Itakpe-Warri lines.

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He decried the pace of work on the Lagos-Ibadan rail line project stating that inadequate manpower was slowing it down, appealing to the contractor to engage more hands to speed up the pace of work.

The Guardian gathered that though contract staff handling different aspects of the project numbered about 10, 000 before the outbreak of COVID-19, the current strength is about 3,000.

Amaechi said: “I never told the National Assembly we required $650 million additional loan. What we laid was the cost of the contract, which was between $1.6. The $650million was for extra work for Itakpe-Warri and Lagos-Ibadan, and that has been approved a very long time.

“All the funds we required for the project have been approved and we don’t need additional money. Speaking on the Kano-Maradi line, the Minister insisted that the project is purely based based on economic development and employment consideration.

He said: “We are tired of making this explanation; we don’t have wives in Niger Republic. My first time in Niamey was three weeks ago, and I was there to request for a right of way and land to build warehouses.

“We are doing it to grow the economy and create employment. Even if we stop it at Jibya, Jibya to Niger is just a 20-minute drive.

“I have said that we are not competing well with Benin Republic, Togo, Cameroon and Ghana over cargos that come from a landlocked state. The excuse they gave is that for the poor competition is that our roads are bad, criminals attack them, multiple checkpoints and they are unable to do business because of the high cost of transactions.

“So, if we must compete favourably, transaction costs must compete favourably. Nigeria has to make the sacrifice of not just rebuilding their roads but also the rail lines.

“What this means is that goods going to the Niger Republic can be processed by the Nigerian Customs at Maradi and transported to Apapa seaport in which case there will be no police, customs, immigration checks.”

By Wole Oyebade

Foreign airline, Emirates, has opened additional, multi-risk insurance cover for travellers, to the sum of $500,000.

Provided by Emirates and AIG travel at no additional cost to its customers, this cover is the first of its kind in the airline and travel insurance industry. It is designed to provide all Emirates passengers a unique offer for stress-free and hassle-free travel.

This new multi-risk travel insurance and COVID-19 cover will automatically apply to all Emirates tickets purchased from December 1, and extend to Emirates codeshare flights operated by partner airlines, as long as the ticket number starts with 176.

Emirates Chairman and Chief Executive, Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, said: “Emirates was the first airline to offer complimentary global COVID-19 cover for travellers back in July, and the response from our customers has been tremendously encouraging. We’ve not rested on our laurels and instead continued to look at how we can offer our customers an even better proposition. We’re very pleased to be able to now provide this new multi-risk travel insurance and COVID-19 cover, which is another industry first, to all our customers.

“We see a strong appetite for travel around the world, especially heading into the winter holidays as people seek warmer climates and family destinations like Dubai. By launching this new multi-risk travel insurance and COVID-19 cover, we aim to give our customers even more confidence in making their travel plans this winter and moving into 2021.”

Highlights of the coverage include: Out-of-Country Emergency Medical Expenses & Emergency Medical Evacuation up to $500,000, valid for COVID-19 (contracted during the trip) and other medical emergencies while travelling abroad; Trip Cancellation up to $7,500 for non-refundable costs if the traveller or a relative (as defined in the policy) is unable to travel because they are diagnosed with COVID-19 before the scheduled trip departure date, or for other named reasons – similar to other comprehensive travel cover products.

The travel ban on Denmark is to be lifted after the country culled 17 million mink in a bid to suppress a new strain of Covid that emerged from the animals.

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps announced the air, sea and land ban would be removed from Saturday at 4 am but it would not be granted a travel corridor, which means travellers will have to quarantine for 14 days on arrival in the UK.

© Jens Büttner/picture alliance via Getty Images 12 August 2020, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Rostock: Behind the wide sandy beach, the spa promenade and the historic lighthouse in Warnemünde, the ferry "Copenhagen" operated by the Scandlines shipping company from Denmark travels through the sea channel to the Rostock ferry port. Photo: Jens Büttner/dpa-Zentralbild/ZB (Photo by Jens Büttner/picture alliance via Getty Images)

The cull was carried out this month after a strain of Covid from the mink raised concerns that it could counter new vaccines being developed to combat the disease.

Mr Shapps also announced that Estonia and Latvia will be removed from the UK’s “green” list allowing quarantine free travel, a move that also becomes active at 4am on Saturday.

However, winter sun destinations in the Pacific Islands will be granted travel corridors including Samoa, Kiribati, Micronesia, Tonga, Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands.

© Jamie Lorriman/Pool via REUTERS Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a news conference on the ongoing situation with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at Downing Street, in London, Britain November 26, 2020. Jamie Lorriman/Pool via REUTERS

Also added to the “green” list are Bhutan, Timor-Leste, Mongolia and Aruba.

The UK travel ban that has prevented all but essential journeys for work or education will be lifted next Wednesday, December 2, opening up the travel corridors.

© Patrick Pleul/picture alliance via Getty Images 09 July 2020, Denmark, Gudhjem: A sailing boat and a motorboat with tourists can be seen on the Baltic Sea off the Danish island of Bornholm. The island of Bornholm is - together with the offshore archipelago Ertholmene - Denmark's easternmost island. Thanks to its location, the island of Bornholm counts many hours of sunshine. Photo: Patrick Pleul/dpa-Zentralbild/ZB (Photo by Patrick Pleul/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Mr Shapps also announced earlier this week that from December 15, travellers will be able to reduce their time in quarantine to at least five days if they pay for a Covid test and are negative for the virus.

Safety

Nigerian operators warned to preserve cockpit-voice recordings

By David Kaminski-Morrow

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Nigerian regulators have disclosed that they had to warn airlines against overwriting of cockpit-voice recorders, after being hampered during inquiries by absence of data.

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority sent an all-operators letter to carriers in July last year alerting them to the issue.

“[We have] noticed that airline operators’ flightcrew members are in the practice of continuously overwriting the [cockpit-voice recorder] information,” it stated, adding that this has “impeded” inquiries by making the task of retrieving data “impossible”.

The letter also warned that the authority would apply “enforcement processes” in the event of non-compliance with regulations on preserving recorder information.

Investigators disclosed the letter during an inquiry into a runway excursion at Lagos by an Air Contractors Boeing 737-500 (5N-BLG), after finding that the aircraft’s cockpit-voice recorder had been overwritten.

Analysis of the event has determined that excessive rudder application, after a crabbed approach, led to the excursion on 9 April 2016.

The crew of the aircraft, arriving from Port Harcourt, had already executed a go-around after encountering rain and a strong crosswind, up to 38kt, during an approach to runway 18L.

As the 737 returned for a second attempt to land, the crew requested the parallel runway 18R, and were informed of a 15kt crosswind from the left. The runway surface was wet.

Boeing documentation, according to the Nigerian Accident Investigation Bureau, states that the 737 has a maximum crosswind capability of 15kt on a wet runway.

Flight-data recorder information shows the aircraft was crabbing to the left during the ILS approach with a heading of 176.5°.

Its autopilot was disengaged at 83ft, just seconds before touchdown, and the inquiry says this gave the impression of an autoland approach “gone wrong”.

The first officer, who was flying, applied right rudder input prior to touchdown – probably to de-crab the aircraft – and continued this input afterwards, the rudder deflecting 25.8°.

Investigators state that this rudder application was “excessive”. As the aircraft touched down, to the right of the runway centreline, it veered towards the right, travelling 540m before encountering a grass verge.

The aircraft ran onto the grass and the captain took control to bring it back to the runway, taxiing to a halt at a parking bay.

Source: Nigerian AIB

Investigators found the cockpit recorder of the 737-500 was not preserved

None of the 64 occupants was injured. But an inspection showed three main-gear tyres and a nose-gear tyre had sustained deep cuts and abrasions, while grass had collected in the wheel bay, axles, and flap tracks.

The inquiry says the crew did not report the incident to air traffic control, nor was it entered into the technical log.

By the time the cockpit-voice recorder was received, two days after the event, its data had been overwritten. “The recent trend observed by [the bureau] during investigation of occurrences was that [cockpit-voice recorders] had been continuously overwritten on receipt from the aircraft operators,” says the inquiry.

Overwritten recorders have been an aspect of other Nigerian events including those involving an Air Peace 737-300 in May last year, plus a Med-View Airlines 737-500 and another Air Peace 737-300 two months later in July.

•Key players in the dark over $500m Chinese loan 

•Mezzaine clause may frustrate concession plans

By Shola Adekola 

A diplomatic tussle may be brewing between the Federal Government of Nigeria and China over the ongoing plan to concession the most viable four international airports across the country.

The Chinese and Nigerian governments had in 2013 entered into a loan deal of $500 million to build four new airport terminals for four Nigerian airports at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja, Malam Aminu Kano International Airport and Port Harcourt International Airport.

The huge financial deal signed during the tenure of Princess Stella Oduah as the Minister of Aviation was for the remodeling of the airports terminals which before then had become so dilapidated that they fell below the standard of being regarded  as international airports for a country of over 200 million people.

Under the agreement, China was expected to offer the loan of $400 million at 2.5 per cent interest rate, while the Nigerian government was to pay a counterpart fee of $100 million for a project scheduled to run between 12 and 18 months then.

Seven year after the deal was signed, while passengers have been enjoying the new terminals at Abuja and Port Harcourt airports, the remodeling of Lagos and Kano airports is yet to be completed.

It is not yet clear to many key players in the sector if the loan has been fully repaid or not, even as controversy has continued to reign over the government’s plan to concession the four airports in question, which key players fear may become another good financial deal gone awry.

Following the latest events that have and are still unfolding with regards to the concession plans, fears are being nursed that any efforts to go ahead with the plan without the full payment of the loan as signed between Nigeria and China, may transfer the management of the four airports to China to enable it recover its money.

Many of the key players who spoke to the Nigerian Tribune alerted the government to an analysis of the way the East African countries which defaulted in the payment of similar loans were treated by the Chinese investors.

According to the head of administration and human resources at 7Star Hangar, an aircraft maintenance firm at the Lagos airport, Mr Ayuba Kyari: “As regards the loans from the Chinese firms, Nigeria should have taken a deep analysis of the way the East African countries were treated by the Chinese investors and secure such loans very well.

“Furthermore, depending on how we secured these loans, especially what was used as guarantee for the loans. If the airports were used, then it would be difficult to concession the airports. But if it was only the projects that were financed by the loans, the investors will not allow such projects to be concessioned.”

The tension over the confused concession further became aggravated with the latest feelers spreading through the sector over the ‘Mezzanine Clause’ synonymous with such deals in all Chinese sponsored infrastructure including the ones in the country’s aviation sector. There are fears that the clause may be evoked if Nigeria fails to fully comply with the terms of the loan.

The Mezzanine clause allows China to take over the financed infrastructure projects should Nigeria or any affected country default in payment. In other words, if Nigeria should default in paying back such loans at the agreed time, China would seize the infrastructure, administer it and recover its investment.

Mezzanine financing is a kind of financing that has both features of debt and equity financing that provides lenders the right to convert its loan into equity in case of a default (only after other senior debts are paid off).

The latest alert raised over the Mezzanine Clause and the insistence of the federal government through the minister of aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, to go ahead with the concession plan has elicited criticisms across the sector with many calling for the stoppage of the concession on the premise that such plans may lead to the application of the Mezzanine Clause  by China.

Aside the Mezzanine Clause and with the clear status of the loan shrouded in secrecy, the airport workers led by the aviation unions on the other hand are kicking against the concession plans which they described as anti-Nigerian.

The minister while describing the concession as part of the reforms in the aviation sector and claimed it would rather create more jobs, equally maintained that the concession of the airports would generate higher economic value and open the sector for more investment.

But aviation workers under the aegis of the National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers, (NAAPE), Association of Nigeria Aviation Professionals, (ANAP), National Union of Air Transport Employees, (NUATE), and the Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, (ATSSSAN) say the move is ill-motivated. They have vowed to frustrate the concession plan.

According to the unions: “We totally reject the concession because it is not transparent. If the four viable airports are concessioned, the remaining 18 airports will die because these four airports sustain the other airports. It is a disaster waiting to happen and definitely jobs will be lost. The Lagos airport alone can sustain the 22 airports so why the concession?”.

While the cat and mouse relationship between the minister and the aviation unions continue with the government still refusing to shift ground amidst the obvious flaws, the latest uncertainty of the Mezzanine Clause has further tainted the concession plan as a policy that once again put a question mark on the credibility of the government in terms of respecting agreements.

Investigations have revealed that the status of the $500 million loan is not clear to many across the sector even as it has been revealed that the loan at a point increased due to logistics reasons with key players calling for investigations to unravel the actual position of things.

Suggesting how the loan could be repaid if not yet fully repaid, the Managing Director of Centurion Aviation Security, Group Captain John Ojikutu (retired), said the recovery or the repayment of the $500 million Chinese loan should not be a problem for FAAN if the landing and parking charges and the  passengers service charges (PSC) on the international flights and passengers alone for only two years are tasked.

His words: before the COVID-19, the average passengers traffic on the international route had been between  five million and 2.5 million through where FAAN could have earned $125 million from the $50 per passenger charge. COVID-19  could have dropped the outbound to 1.5 million and the new rate would retain the FAAN earnings on PSC to $150 million in one year or $300 million in two years. Similarly, there are about 40,000 international flights annually; that too could have dropped by 50 per cent to 20,000 in a year or 40,000 in two years. The average charges on landing and parking for each flight is about $5,000 or $200 million. These earnings do not include earnings on all the domestic flights.

“Whatever clause is hanging, except we have decided to prolong the dying day. The loan is $500 million not $500 billion, $50 billion or N5 billion. The loan should or can be offset before the expiration of this administration from the earnings on the international flights and passengers alone. By the way, additional money can and should be obtained from the Bilateral Air Service Agreements (BASA) fund to augment the earnings for the repayment within a year to two years except there are other factors.”

As controversy over the concession plans rages with the minister assuring that workers not required by the probable concessionaire would be allowed to return to FAAN, the government is however silent on the status of the $500 million Chinese loan and the uncertainty over the Mezzanine Clause and its subsequent impact on the concession plan.
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Pirates boarded St Kitts flagged general cargo vessel MILAN (IMO 8113619) 14nm NNM near the Pennington Terminal in Nigeria while it was in transit from Escravos to Douala, Cameroon, and abducted 10 crew.

Though the precise time of the attack was unknown, Dryad Global reported that the Automatic Identification System on the ship indicates that the vessel was in a southbound transit when she stopped on the evening of November 25.

This is the sixth boarding incident (excluding Lagos) within Nigerian territorial waters in 2020.

With the latest pirates attack, the total number of crew kidnapped from vessels operating in the Gulf of Guinea in 2020 has risen to 128 across 24 incidents.

Airport introduces germ killing robot

Helen CoffeyThu, 26 November 2020, 0:54 pm GMT·2-min read

An airport in the US is employing a robot that kills germs in a bid to help stop the spread of coronavirus.

BY  Helen Coffey

A San Antonio International Airport in Texas has introduced the $125,000 (£94,000) device, known as LightStrike, to clean public spaces.

Xenex, the company behind the robot, says it has seen demand for its tech grow by 600 per cent during the pandemic.

“When you bring something like SARS-CoV-2 into focus, institutions like hotels, airlines, professional sports teams, they're looking for what's best-in-class to kill it,” said Morris Miller, CEO of Xenex.

About the size of a wheelchair and pushed by a human operator, LightStrike uses powerful UV light to kill viruses on surfaces within a 7ft radius.

The xenon UV-C light can damage the DNA and RNA of viruses within minutes.

As the light is not safe for humans, the robot has a built-in motion sensor that ensures it turns off if anyone walks within range.

In initial tests, LightStrike was found to destroy coronavirus after two minutes’ exposure.

However, although such a device can provide extra piece of mind for travellers, experts have warned that contact with surfaces is not the primary method of transmission in busy places such as airports.

“Surface transmission is one of the least likely ways that an individual would catch coronavirus,” Mercedes Carnethon, professor of epidemiology at Northwestern University, told The Washington Post.

“Perhaps robots are a measure that's reassuring to individuals, but it's not really going to have a large-scale impact.”

It follows the news that British Airways and Lufthansa have become the first two airlines in the world to be given a Covid-19 safety rating.

Skytrax, which rates airlines and airports around the globe according to strict criteria, has now introduced a new branch, the Covid-19 Airline Safety Ratings, which analyses carriers’ policies when it comes to stopping the spread of coronavirus.

Both airlines received a four-star rating (out of a potential five stars).

They were assessed on the effectiveness and consistency of the hygiene and safety measures they’ve put in place and potential risk to passengers across the airport and cabin environment.

Simon CalderFri, 27 November 2020, 10:43 am GMT·3-min read

You, perhaps like me, may have wide and deep concerns about the future. But unlike Brian Chesky, we are not obliged to spell out our fears in searing detail.

Mr Chesky is the co-founder and chief executive of what is arguably the greatest travel innovation of the 21st century: Airbnb. The business that began as a friendly solution to a short-term accommodation crisis in San Francisco has blossomed into a formidably powerful platform. It entices guests out of conventional hotels and into people’s spare rooms, connecting travellers with hosts worldwide.

Even though Airbnb has never made a profit and was, at the last count, $2bn (£1.5bn) in debt, it is valued at around $18bn (£13.6bn). Mr Chesky and his co-founders are due to make an initial public offering of shares in the firm.

But to meet the strict US requirements designed to protect investors, Airbnb has devoted no fewer than 74 pages of its sale prospectus to the threats to its business.

“Investing in our Class A common stock involves risks,” it warns. “See the section titled ‘Risk Factors’ beginning on page 27.”

I have read every page so that you don’t have to – unless, of course, you are planning to invest. For those of us who have enjoyed hassle-free stays in Airbnbs, the document makes alarming reading.

“There have been shootings, fatalities, and other criminal or violent acts on properties booked on our platform, including as a result of unsanctioned house parties.

“Maintaining and enhancing our brand and reputation is critical to our growth,” the firm says. "Negative publicity could damage our brand.”

In addition, “incidents of sexual violence” have been perpetrated by both hosts and guests, while “undisclosed hidden cameras” have been installed in properties rented out on Airbnb.

Privacy concerns of a different kind are revealed in a city that, on its own, accounts for one-50th of Airbnb’s total revenue: New York.

“When new regulations requiring us to share host data with the city are implemented, our revenue from listings there may be substantially reduced due to the departure from our platform of hosts who do not wish to share their data with the city.”

The remainder of Airbnb’s top 10 comprises London, Paris, Los Angeles, Rome, Barcelona, Tokyo, Toronto, San Diego and Lisbon. The firm notes growing concerns “around affordable housing and over-tourism” – especially when residential properties are re-purposed as short-term lets.

Airbnb’s view of the future of travel, and how you and I buy it, is intriguing. The move from desktop to mobile is seen as a serious threat to a firm that has developed its highly attractive and effective platform for the (relatively) big screen.

“The functionality and user experiences associated with these alternative devices, such as a smaller screen size or lack of a screen, may make the use of our platform through such devices more difficult,” the firm notes.

“In addition, these new modalities create opportunities for device or systems companies, such as Amazon, Apple, and Google, to control the interaction with our consumers and disintermediate existing platforms such as ours” – in other words, cutting out Mr Chesky, the middleman.

At a time when person-to-person encounters are more precious than ever, I am apprehensive about travel being dominated by tech giants.

Meanwhile, perhaps like you I am enjoying warm memories of my most recent stay in an Airbnb: a bright and beautiful apartment overlooking the water in the tranquil port of Piran in Slovenia.

I hope that the company’s original motivation prevails: enriching experiences for travellers and their hosts – with more of an emphasis on humanity, and less on data. But I fear I may be wrong.

Qatar Airways is pleased to announce it will operate three weekly flights from Abuja, Nigeria via Lagos, becoming the sixth new destination announced by the national carrier of the State of Qatar since the start of the pandemic. The Abuja service will be operated by the airline’s state-of-the-art Boeing 787 Dreamliner featuring 22 seats in Business Class and 232 seats in Economy Class.

Qatar Airways Vice-President, Africa Mr. Hendrik Du Preez said: “We are excited to land in the capital of Nigeria today, our second destination in Nigeria. I am proud to say Abuja is the sixth new destination we have launched since the start of the pandemic. With the strong Nigerian diaspora in Europe, U.S. and the UK, we are thrilled to now be flying three times weekly to Abuja via Lagos. We look forward to working closely with our partners in Nigeria to steadily grow this route and support the recovery of tourism and trade in the region.”

Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria Managing Director, Capt. Rabiu H. Yadudu said: “The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria is very pleased to welcome to Abuja Qatar Airways , one of the Best and most Efficient Airlines in the World.This is another important milestone in our mutual Service delivery to the nation, especially during these challenging times. We assure you of our consistent support and cooperation that will add more value to your Operations.”

With flights to more than 85 destinations in Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and North America, passengers wanting to travel to or from Nigeria can now enjoy seamless connectivity via the Best Airport in the Middle East, Hamad International Airport. By mid-December, Qatar Airways will operate over 65 weekly flights to 20 destinations in Africa, including Accra, Addis Ababa, Cape Town, Casablanca, Dar es Salaam, Djibouti, Durban, Entebbe, Johannesburg, Kigali, Kilimanjaro, Lagos, Luanda, Maputo, Mogadishu, Nairobi, Seychelles, Tunis, and Zanzibar.

In line with the airline’s expanding operations across Africa, passengers can look forward to a touch of African hospitality onboard with the carrier’s multicultural cabin crew including more than 30 African nationalities. Additionally, passengers across our network can also enjoy a variety of African movies, TV shows and music on Oryx One, Qatar Airways’ in-flight entertainment system.

Qatar Airways travellers from Africa can now enjoy new baggage allowances ranging from 46 Kg for Economy Class split over two pieces and 64 Kg split over two pieces in Business Class. This initiative is designed to offer passengers more flexibility and comfort when travelling on board Qatar Airways