Airlink will reintroduce five routes in its expanded Level 2 network.
The airline will commence flights between Johannesburg and Pietermaritzburg on September 7 with a twice-daily service, early-morning and late-afternoon same-day return flights, every day except Saturdays.
It will also introduce a midday Johannesburg-Mthatha service on September 7, which will operate daily except Saturdays.
A Johannesburg-Hoedspruit service, from September 7, will initially operate one flight per day on Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays in the late morning. Hoedspruit is the gateway to
Timbavati, Thornybush, Klaserie and Manyeleti, and Phalaborwa and the Northern Kruger National Park via the Phalaborwa gate.
Johannesburg-Skukuza lunchtime flights will commence on September 14, operating on Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays. This services the Kruger National Park and the Sabi Sands Game Reserve collective of private game reserves. Skukuza Airport is also accessible from Cape Town via Johannesburg on Airlink with a short airport transit connection of one hour 15 minutes for the direct Johannesburg-Skukuza flight.
The Cape Town-Upington once-daily service starts on September 7 and will operate on Mondays and Fridays.
Simultaneously, Airlink will increase frequencies on two routes currently operating. Cape Town-George: from September 7 the reinstated early-morning flight will depart Cape Town at 06h40 arriving in George at 07h35, departing George at 08h00 and arriving Cape Town at 09h00 on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. The existing afternoon flights depart Cape Town at 15h40, arriving in George at 16h35, and departs George at 17h00, arriving in Cape Town at 18h00. The current afternoon flights operate on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays but from September 8 will also operate on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays.
Cape Town-Port Elizabeth: a second early-morning flight has been added on Tuesdays and Thursdays. It will depart Cape Town at 07h10, arriving in PE at 08h15. The return flight departs PE 08h50 and arrives in Cape Town 10h15.
