A snapshot of the week's airline news
SA Airlink drops fuel surcharge
SA AIRLINK has reduced fuel surcharges as of February 9. The
carrier has reduced the fuel levy ‘YQ’ on the GDS following the
recent fall in oil prices. Karin Murray, marketing and sales manager,
said while the reduction in the price of jet fuel did not correlate
directly with the fall in oil price, airlines had enjoyed some reprieve.
The reduced fuel levy will amount to a saving in the overall airfare.
FlySafair and Mango have also dropped their fares in accordance
with lower fuel charges.
Emirates adds new A380 destinations
EMIRATES is to operate daily A380 services to Düsseldorf and
Madrid, the first scheduled superjumbo services to the two
cities. From July 1, EK055 will leave Dubai at 08h30 and land in
Düsseldorf at 13h25. Return flight EK056 will depart Düsseldorf
at 15h25 and arrive in Dubai at 23h55. From August 1, EK141
departs Dubai at 07h40 and arrives in Madrid at 13h40. EK142
will leave Madrid at 15h30 and land in Dubai at 00h45 next day.
Kenya Airways launches Vietnam route
KENYA Airways will launch direct flights to Hanoi from March 30.
Flight KQ763 will depart Johannesburg daily at 13h20, arriving in
Nairobi at 18h25. KQ870 departs Nairobi at 22h20 on Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays, arriving in Hanoi at 11h55 next day.
Return flight KQ871 will depart Hanoi at 01h05 on Wednesdays,
Fridays and Sundays, arriving in Nairobi at 06h25. KQ762 leaves
Nairobi at 08h45, arriving in Johannesburg at 12h00. KQ will
also work with SkyTeam partner, Vietnam Airlines to provide travel
options into Japan, Malaysia, Korea and China. KQ will resume NBOFreetown
and NBO-Monrovia flights on March 29. The routes were
suspended in mid-2014 during the worst of the Ebola epidemic.
