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NEWSFLASH – APRIL 2019

UK – DUTY FREE DRINKING SOUTH AFRICA – OR TAMBO affected than ones that only operate a RULES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT small number of the aircrafts. China, World Duty Free now requires New rules for checked baggage will Indonesia, United Kingdom, alcohol to be sold in sealed bags to be applied at OR Tambo International Singapore, Australia, Argentina, The prevent the contents being accessed Airport in Johannesburg. European Union and others have all before or during a flight. World Duty The rules are as follows: grounded the planes after an Free shops are found at most large 1. Only regular-shaped bags will be Boeing 737 MAX 8 UK airports including Bristol, allowed to be checked in. This means crashed, killing all 157 people aboard. Manchester, Heathrow, Gatwick, that the bags must have at least one Belfast City and Edinburgh. The new flat surface to be accepted EK UPS DURBAN FREQUENCY sealed bags require a sharp object to 2. Round or irregular-shaped bags has introduced additional get into and are labelled: Do not open will not be allowed Durban flights for travel from June alcohol purchases until your final 3.Bags with longs straps will not be 2019. This seasonal service will destination. allowed operate four times weekly. This is to prevent blockages and ZAMBIAN AIRLINE INDONESIA – HEALTH ALERT breakdowns in the baggage-handling INTRODUCE DRC FLIGHTS U.S. Centres for Disease Control and system caused by bags that do not Zambia’s local airline Mahogany Air Prevention (CDC) issued a Level 2 have any flat surfaces or that have has operated its first flight to Travel Notice about practicing long straps or grips. These are the Lubumbashi in the Democratic increased precautions due to a polio largest source of jams and can shut Republic of Congo from Lusaka. outbreak in Papua Province reports down sections of the baggage Mahogany Air has proposed U.S. Department of State Bureau of handling system, delaying baggage spending $15m (R217m) to acquire Consular Affairs. delivery to aircraft and additional aircraft which will bring its inconveniencing passengers and total fleet to ten by the end of next SOUTH AFRICA – FLYSAFAIR airlines. year. BOARDING PASSES VIA TO INCREASE WHATSAPP KLM FLIES TO FOUR NEW CAPACITY FlySafair announced that its DESTINATIONS passengers will now have the option Air France is increasing its capacity for the summer season. It will also KLM will add four new destinations to send their boarding passes straight for the coming summer season. The to their phones via WhatsApp once offer several new long- haul, medium and short- haul routes during this carrier will add Naples and Wroclaw they’ve completed the check-in to its European. KLM will also process. The company stated that it period. The 2019 summer season sees five new routes added for departure expand its long-haul network to will be beneficial to passengers who include Las Vegas and Boston. have not made the booking them- from Paris-Charles de Gaulle. These selves or where passengers have include Belgrade (Serbia), Tbilissi TO BE (Georgia), Lorient (France), Lyon and supplied an incorrect contact number INCREASING JNB-CPT Brest. during the booking process. In Qatar Airways announced that it will addition passengers who have made USA/SA/UK/CHINA – be increasing the number of weekly bookings for multiple passengers will GROUNDING OF PLANES fl ights on its popular routes to have the option to send each boarding As the number of countries Johannesburg and Cape Town. pass individually to each person’s grounding the Boeing 737 MAX 8 Weekly flight frequencies to. A phone via WhatsApp. When planes grows following the deadly further two flights will be added to checking-in online travellers should Ethiopian Airlines crash. Airlines that the airline’s winter schedule taking click on the option that says ‘send the primarily depend on MAX 8 planes to the total number of weekly boarding pass to a contact number of transport passengers will be more frequencies to 21. their choice via WhatsApp.’ PLEASE CHECK GRAYSTON TRAVELS WEBSITE FOR HOLIDAY SPECIALS. WWW.GRAYSTON.CO.ZA