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CHARTER

ELITE JET

park and some locals are now flying – still to
Cape Town the busiest for us,” he said.
lite Jet, a provider of executive and Business trips to Botswana, Zimbabwe, Cape

Eprivate jet charters in South Africa, has Town and KZN have also been taking place

heads of state, government delegations, celeb- Elite Jet is built on the combined knowledge and
rities, sports teams and families as their clients. experience of the directors and operates under

They are one of the few charter businesses the SACAA Part 135 Licence. The company has

that continued to operate during the Covid-19 gone from strength-to-strength over the last five

lockdown negotiating and navigating their way years and yes, the pandemic has slowed things

through a maze of administrative requirements. down but they are still bullish about the future.
“It was hard work , full of red tape and regula- Elite Jet has a high standard approach to
tions,” said CEO Greg Ermes safety with a culture of no compromise. Elite

Based at Lanseria international airport, west Jet complies with ICAO requirements as well as

of Johannesburg, he said the company had South African Civil Aviation regulations.

flights to the UK, Europe and parts of Africa. Originally established in 2005, in late 2014, a

At present Elite Jet is continuing to operate new company was formed solely to look after
in West Africa, East Africa and neighbouring the charter side of the business. This company
southern African countries as well as some of is called Elite Jets Charters (Pty) Ltd t/a Elite

the Indian ocean islands. Jet. For more information go to https://elitejet.

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BOTSWANA
OPENS BORDERS
air travel, which will include protocols for
compliance.

uthorities in Botswana have With international tourists expected to

Aannounced that the country is start coming into the country, the ailing
ready to receive private charter flights tourism industry is expected to revive its

plunging operations.

into the country’s resort towns starting
Uncertainties still haunts the tourism

next month amid the ongoing COVID-19 industry and threatens to plunge the
pandemic. sector into an abyss. Statistics paint a

The private charter flights will be gloomy picture of the tourism industry with
allowed at two ports of entry namely, Germany recently donated 4.8 million Euros

Maun and Kasane International Airports, to support the local tourism sector which
said a communique from the ministry has been adversely affected by COVID-19.

of environment, natural resources In addition, the tourism industry is

conservation and tourism issued recently. also part of the government’s economic

The announcement further said the recovery and transformation plan (ERTP)

government is finalising the required expected to ignite several sectors from the

legislative framework to facilitate such COVID-19 impacts. Q
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