South African Airways (SAA) is launching “a twice-daily service between Johannesburg and Gaborone, Botswana” from November 2025. This further extends SAA’s “regional reach and connectivity, thus continuing to provide both business and leisure travellers with convenience and connectivity.” According to SAA, the new schedule “designed to meet demand for direct travel between Johannesburg and Gaborone, includes two daily return flights, …
CemAir Leases Two CRJ900s From TrueNoord
TrueNoord said it has successfully remarketed two YoM 2016 Bombardier CRJ900 ER NextGen aircraft MSN15398 and MSN 15400 to South African operator CemAir (Pty) Ltd who have signed long-term operating leases for both regional jets. Following the transition from its previous lessee, the first aircraft in CemAir’s livery was integrated into the fleet in April, the second will be delivered …
SAA To Resumes Lagos- Johannesburg Route In Mid-December
South African Airways (SAA) said it will add another important continental route to its network with a three-times a week flight to Lagos in Nigeria. SAA has been flying to Nigeria for the past 23 years and the resumption of the service is a welcome addition to its growing continental offering. Thomas Kgokolo, SAA Interim CEO said: “This specific destination …
SAA Back In The Skies As Takeoff Date Set For September 23
South African Airways, one of Africa’s prestigious and biggest five airlines, has announced plans to resume flights on September 23, 2021. The airline has faced management and financial challenges further compounded by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. “The wait is finally over. In just under a month, the striking and familiar livery of SAA will once again be visible …
FlySafair Expresses Readiness to Connect South Africa to Mauritius
FlySafair’s said its rights application to operate flights between South Africa and Mauritius has been approved. According to the airline, a schedule is not currently available due to the island nation’s travel ban to and from South Africa, the airline will introduce a twice-weekly service as soon as government regulations allow. Elmar Conradie, CEO of FlySafair, revealed: “This …
Future Airports – Outlook of Africa’s Air Cargo Sector
By Ali Tounsi Ali Tounsi, Secretary General, ACI-Africa Before looking at the current challenges of the air cargo sector in Africa posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, it is important to examine how this sector has been performing before the crisis. It is worth noting that African air cargo volume is mainly driven by international trade lanes, especially …
Airlink Adds Inland, Coastal Cities To Its Schedule
Airlink has said it will from Monday 6 July 2020 expand its domestic network connecting customers for business and essential service travel to other inland and coastal cities. The airline said it has added flights between Johannesburg and Bloemfontein, Nelspruit KMIA, Upington and Pietermaritzburg as well as Cape Town to Bloemfontein and Cape Town to Port Elizabeth. Airlink …
Asky To Start Daily Flights To Johannesburg, June 2019
Asky has announced the launch of daily flights from its Lome hub to Johannesburg beginning from the 15th of June 2019. The airline states that Johannesburg, South Africa will be connected to its network of 23 other destinations within West and Central Africa with a daily service via Douala and Libreville. According to the airline, Douala will have 03 direct …
Qatar Airways To Increase Flights To Jo’burg, Cape Town
Qatar Airways has announced that that it will increase weekly flights to Johannesburg to 21 by the end of October 2019. The airline states that passengers will also see an increase in flights to the popular holiday destination of Cape Town, which will increase from seven to 10 a week from 27 October 2019. Passengers hoping to soak up some …
SAA Optimistic To Resume Flights Between Johannesburg & Blantyre
South African Airways (SAA) advises customers that the airline is likely to resume flights between Johannesburg and Blantyre, Malawi on Saturday, 2 February 2019. On 18 January 2019, SAA took a decision to cancel flights between the two cities after the audit process conducted at the Chileka International Airport in Blantyre confirmed that the airport was not fully compliant with …