South Africa: This city is one of the Top 5 "solo travel" destinations in Africa!

British travel adventure company Explore! recently analysed 24 months’ worth of Google data to find out which places around the world solo travellers are getting more interested in. According to the study, Cape Town in South Africa ranked second best African destination for solo travellers. The "Mother City" saw an 144% increase in yearly Google searches for "solo travel" . The island of Mauritius (+ 147%) gained the biggest increase in interest based on yearly Google searches on the African continent. Cairo in Egypt secured third place with 108% followed by the Seychelles in fourth with 45% and the Kenyan capital Nairobi taking fifth place.

Explore! compiled a comprehensive list of over 580 locations around the world (including 108 countries, 321 cities, 107 regions and the 50 states in the USA). These locations were then each analysed in Google Keyword Planner with + [solo travel] (e.g. Cape Town solo travel, Mauritius solo travel, Seychelles solo travel etc.) to find the total accumulative number of Google searches made worldwide in the last 12 months (April 2022 to March 2023). This was compared with the total accumulative number of Google searches made worldwide in the previous 12 months (April 2021 – March 2022). The difference in annual search totals per destination was calculated to see which destinations have the highest percentage jump in search volume interest.

EgyptAir: Resumption of flights between Cairo <> Harare on the cards!

A launch date has not been announced, but Zimbabwe's Minister of Tourism and Hospitality Industry, Walter Mzembi, and his counterpart from Egypt, Mohamed Yehia Rahed, have agreed to work towards a resumption of EgyptAir's direct flight operations between Cairo's Cairo International Airport (CAI) and Harare International Airport (HRE) in Harare. Egypt's national flag carrier suspended flights to Zimbabwe in 2014 due to viability challenges. We'll keep you posted!

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Egyptair to stop flights between Cairo <> Harare

update (15 Oct 2014): According to the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC), Egyptair will reintroduce flights between Cairo International Airport (CAI) in Cairo and Harare International Airport (HRO) in Harare, Zimbabwe in November 2014!

According to Zimbabwean news website bulawayo24.com, Egyptair will stop operating flights between Cairo International Airport (CAI) in Cairo, Egypt, and Harare International Airport (HRO) in Harare, Zimbabwe on 24 September 2014. The national carrier of Egypt only returned to Zimbabwe after a nine year absence in June 2013.
This comes about three weeks after the flag carrier of the Netherlands, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, announced that it will be discontinuing flights to Harare from 28 October 2014.

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Egyptair: Four weekly flights Cairo (Egypt) <> Harare (Zimbabwe)

update (05 June 2013): According to aviation website anna.aero, Egyptair will be operating its service to Harare via Julius Nyerere International Airport in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.

The national carrier of Egypt, Egyptair, returned to Zimbabwe after a nine-year absence. Since 01 June 2013 the airline is operating four weekly direct regular flights between Cairo International Airport (CAI) in Cairo, Egypt, and Harare International Airport (HRO) in Harare, Zimbabwe.

• Operating days from Cairo: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday & Sunday
• Operating days from Harare: Monday, Wednesday, Friday & Sunday
• Departure time from Cairo: 23:15 pm
• Departure time from Harare: 2045 pm

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Egyptair to resume services in Zimbabwe

According to a press release issued by Egypt's flag carrier, Egyptair, the airline will be returning to Zimbabwe after a 9 year halt. From 01 June 2013 the Egyptair will operate four weekly direct flights between Cairo and Harare via Dar Es Salaam (Tanzania) on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays and return on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays.
Egyptair is currently operating flights to 17 African and 20 European destinations in addition to other destinations served by our code-share partner airlines.

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Zimbabwe: Egyptair to return to Harare?

According to various aviation websites, Egypt's flag carrier, Egyptair, will make its return to Zimbabwe after a 9 year halt in 2013. From 01 June 2013 the airline is extending its existing 4x weekly service between Cairo <> Dar Es Salaam to Harare on board a Boeing 737-800 aircraft. Currently reservation for this flight is not available, and GDS (global distribution system) timetable listing is only displaying oneway flight. We'll keep you posted!

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Egypt Air to resume flights between Cairo (Egypt) and Osaka (Japan)

Good news for travellers from Japan who are currently looking for flighs to Africa. Egypt's flag carrier, Egyptair, will resume its twice weekly service between Cairo and Osaka (Japan). From 01 December 2012 the airline will operate flighs between the two destinations on board an Airbus A340-200 A330-200 aircraft. Egyptair cancelled the route in January 2011 due to the political situation in Egypt by that time.
Egyptair, in cooperation with its Star Alliance partners in Africa, is currently operating flights to 10 destinations in Southern and Eastern Africa, including Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), Entebbe (Uganda), Nairobi (Kenya), Dar Es Salaam (Tanzania), Kigali (Rwanda), Lusaka (Zambia), Harare (Zimbabwe), as well as Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban in South Africa. 

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Ethiopian Airlines temporarily introduce Cairo stop on Addis Ababa <> Stockholm service

update (11 Oct 2012): From 01 December 2012, Ethiopian Airlines will continue to route its Addis Ababa <> Stockholm service via Cairo in Egypt on bord a Boing 737-800 aircraft. The service will also raise from currently 5 weekly flights to daily.

• Addis Ababa (ADD) 23:00 > 01:30+1 Cairo (CAI) 02:30+1 > 06:10+1 Stockholm (ARN)
• Stockholm (ARN) 20:00 > 02:45+1 Cairo (CAI) 03:45+1 > 07:35+1 Addis Ababa (ADD)

update (30 Aug 2012): Ethiopian Airlines is extending the current Stockholm service adjustment until 30 November 2012.

Semi-good news for all Swedes and Scandinavians flying with Ethiopian Airlines to Africa. The airline is currently re-routing its Addis Ababa (ADD) <> Stockholm (ARN) service via Cairo (CAI) in Egypt. The route change has been in vigour since 20 August 2012 and will last until 10 or 11 September 2012. On 27 August 2012, Ethiopian Airlines will re-route the service via Brussels (BRU) in Belgium, instead of Cairo (Egypt).

• Addis Ababa (ADD) 23:00 > 01:30+1 Cairo (CAI) 02:20+1 > 07:00+1 Stockholm (ARN)
• Stockholm (ARN) 21:00 > 01:40+1 Cairo (CAI) 02:30+1 > 07:25+1 Addis Ababa (ADD)

• Addis Ababa (ADD) 23:55 > 06:55+1 Brussels (BRU) 07:55+1 > 10:00+1 Stockholm (ARN)
• Stockholm (ARN) 19:15 > 21:15 Brussels (BRU) 22:05 > 06:40+1 Addis Ababa (ADD)

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EgyptAir to temporary reduce Cairo <> New York service

Egypt's national carrier, EgyptAir, is temporary reducing the number of return services between Cairo and JFK Airport in New York. Between 12 Jan 2012 till 30 April 2012 the airline will operate the route five times a week instead of daily.
EgyptAir, a member of the Star Alliance, is Africa's largest airline. The airline's customers are able to reach 1160 destinations in 181 countries all over the globe. Via Cairo International Airport, the main hub of the airline, EgyptAir is flying to 17 destinations in Africa, including Entebbe (Uganga) and Dar Es Salaam (Tanzania) in East Africa, as well as Johannesburg in South Africa.

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