Industry Braces for Kenya Park Fee Hike

The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) has announced a proposal to revise national park entry fees across the board. KWS says the move, detailed in the draft Wildlife Conservation and Management (Access and Conservation Fees) Regulations, 2025, is part of a broader effort to address a KSh12 billion (€80 million) annual funding shortfall that threatens the…

New Scheduled Flights to Mkambati

GweGwe Beach Lodge has confirmed the launch of scheduled seat-in-aircraft flights between Durban and Mkambati Nature Reserve on the Eastern Cape’s Wild Coast, effective August 1. The service will operate twice weekly, departing every Friday and Monday from Virginia Airport in Durban. Using a twin-engine Beechcraft Baron aircraft with capacity for four passengers, the flight time…

Flysafair Pilot Strike Looms

FlySafair confirmed on Wednesday (July 16) that negotiations with its pilot group, represented by the trade union Solidarity, had reached a deadlock. This will result in the issuance of a strike certificate, granting pilots the right to engage in protected industrial action. The strike certificate gives union members the right to strike following the required…