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TRAVEL CHARTER

• Ticket flexibility: Zimbabwean based regional low-cost airline undergo a mandatory Covid-19 testing upon arrival in Ghana.

Fast jet moved to offer rebooking assistance via email. Tanzania ELITE JET

They have also stressed that unlimited changes are permitted • No quarantine is mandated in Tanzania.

in this regard. • All arriving passengers are required to present a negative cer-

No change fee or fare difference will be applied with the ex- tificate from a certified laboratory of a PCR Covid-19 test taken

ception of flights for travel between 15 December 2020 and 10 within 72hours before departure.

January 2021 (inclusive)
Kenya airways press release on the impact of new lockdown Uganda

measures in England and France. • A certificate of a negative COVID-19 PCR test performed with-

“We continue to allow you to book for your flights with con- in 72 hours before departure time is required for all arriving

fidence, with the assurance that any changes to your travel passengers.

plans will be accommodated at no extra cost” • All departing passengers must present a negative certificate
HEALTH PROTOCOLS FOR TRAVEL TO KEY of a Covid-19 PCR test taken within 120 hours of departure
ti me.
DESTINATIONS IN AFRICA Zimbabwe
Kenya • Arriving passengers must present a certificate of a negative

• A certificate of negative Covid-19 PCR test taken within 96 Covid-19 PCR test issued within 48 hours before departure time.

hours before departure time is required. Upon arrival, they will proceed to self-quarantine at home for 14

• Passengers should not have a persistent cough, difficulty in days.

breathing, body temperature above 37.5°C (99.5°F) or other • Arriving passengers who do not have a negative certificate of

flu-like symptoms. Those presenting these symptoms will be a Covid-19 PCR test issued within 48 hours before departure

quarantined. time will be detained at a holding facility until they can be

Rwanda tested for COVID-19. If the results are negative, they will be

• A certificate of a negative COVID-19 test is required for all allowed to self-quarantine at home for 14 days. park and some locals are now flying – still to
Cape Town the busiest for us,” he said.

travellers arriving, transiting or departing from Rwanda. The • A certificate of a negative Covid-19 PCR test issued within 72 lite Jet, a provider of executive and

only accepted test is a SARS-CoV 2 Real Time Polymerase hours of departure time is mandatory for passengers depart- Eprivate jet charters in South Africa, has Business trips to Botswana, Zimbabwe, Cape

Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) performed within 120 hours of ing from Zimbabwe. heads of state, government delegations, celeb- Town and KZN have also been taking place

departure time. Other tests, such as Rapid Diagnostics Test GREATER CO-OPERATION FOR RE-START Elite Jet is built on the combined knowledge and

(RDTs), are not accepted. rities, sports teams and families as their clients. experience of the directors and operates under

Nigeria Post COVID-19 outlook suggests that co-operation will be key to a They are one of the few charter businesses the SACAA Part 135 Licence. The company has

• A negative certificate of Covid-19 PCR test from a certified labo- faster recovery. Airlines need to work together to restore confidence that continued to operate during the Covid-19 gone from strength-to-strength over the last five

years and yes, the pandemic has slowed things

lockdown negotiating and navigating their way

ratory performed within 120hrs of departure time & preferably in travel and to save the millions of jobs that are at risk. In truth, through a maze of administrative requirements. down but they are still bullish about the future.

African airlines have always found it hard to work together and
within 72hrs pre-boarding.

Elite Jet has a high standard approach to
“It was hard work , full of red tape and regula-

• Departing and arriving passengers are required to register often look to foreign carriers for synergies. Intra African connectivity tions,” said CEO Greg Ermes safety with a culture of no compromise. Elite

continues to struggle as a result.

via a Nigerian International Travel Portal online https://nitp. • Interline agreements: In the past month Airlink has signed two Jet complies with ICAO requirements as well as

ncdc.gov.ng/onboarding/homepage and fill the online Health Based at Lanseria international airport, west South African Civil Aviation regulations.

Declaration form. interline agreements with gulf carriers, one with Emirates and of Johannesburg, he said the company had

Originally established in 2005, in late 2014, a
• Passengers are required to upload their Covid-19 PCR results the other with Qatar further spreading the wings of the gulf flights to the UK, Europe and parts of Africa. new company was formed solely to look after

carriers across Southern Africa.

on the national pay- SA low cost airline Flysafair At present Elite Jet is continuing to operate the charter side of the business. This company
ment portal and bring subsequently moved to sign in West Africa, East Africa and neighbouring is called Elite Jets Charters (Pty) Ltd t/a Elite
along an electronic or its own interline agreement southern African countries as well as some of Jet. For more information go to https://elitejet.

hard copy. with Emirates further boosting the Indian ocean islands. co.za/ Q

Ghana travel options in the region. “We are also going to the Kruger national

• A negative certificate of • Industry response: The

a Covid-19 PCR test from pandemic has further highlight- BOTSWANA
an accredited laboratory ed the need for a liberalised
in the country of origin air transport regime on the
taken not more than 72 continent. (Read more about

hours before departure this on pages 26-29) OPENS BORDERS
ti me. Meanwhile the International

• Arriving passengers will Air Transport Association air travel, which will include protocols for

compliance.
be subjected to a man- (IATA) and African Airlines

datory COVID-19 test Association (AFRAA) have uthorities in Botswana have With international tourists expected to

at the airport at a cost joined forces with the African Aannounced that the country is start coming into the country, the ailing
of (US) $150. Payment Civil Aviation Commission ready to receive private charter flights tourism industry is expected to revive its

must be made online (AFCAC) on a three-year safe- into the country’s resort towns starting plunging operations.

at https://myfrontier- ty project. next month amid the ongoing COVID-19 Uncertainties still haunts the tourism

healthcare.com/Home/ • Check out the article on pandemic. industry and threatens to plunge the

Ghana and a proof of our website: https://www. The private charter flights will be sector into an abyss. Statistics paint a

payment (receipt) shown airnews.co.za/promoting-avi- gloomy picture of the tourism industry with

to the airline before ation-safety-across-africa/ allowed at two ports of entry namely, Germany recently donated 4.8 million Euros

Maun and Kasane International Airports,

boarding. • This move will be expected said a communique from the ministry to support the local tourism sector which

• Passengers who depart to further accelerate Africa’s of environment, natural resources has been adversely affected by COVID-19.

Ghana and return within progress towards open skies. conservation and tourism issued recently. In addition, the tourism industry is

one week will not be • To-date, 34 countries have The announcement further said the also part of the government’s economic

required to present signed up to SAATM though government is finalising the required recovery and transformation plan (ERTP)

Covid-19 results from full operationalisation remains legislative framework to facilitate such expected to ignite several sectors from the

the country of depar- a distant reality. Q COVID-19 impacts. Q
ture. They will, however,
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