AIRLINK has applied
to the Department of
Transport for a number
of new routes as well as
additional capacity and
frequencies on some of its
existing regional routes.
Among other routes, the
airline has applied for three
flights a week between
OR Tambo and Nosy Be,
Madagascar; 650 seats a
week between Durban and
Nampula, Mozambique; and
two return flights a week
between Cape Town and
Manzini, Swaziland. If granted,
these will all be potential new
routes for the carrier.
However, Airlink is keeping
mum about its plans. Karin
Murray, marketing and sales
manager, told TNW that,
apart from the new flights
between Kruger Mpumalanga
International Airport and
Vilanculos launching on
June 19, there were “no new
routes at the moment. We
are merely busy with some
admin with the Council”.
She says, at this stage, it’s
the status quo.
Airlink has also applied
for additional flights and/
or capacity on some of its
routes. From OR Tambo
International Airport, the
airline has applied for 21
flights a week to Gaborone
and seven return flights a
week to Maun and Kasane in
Botswana; 12 return flights a
week to Maseru in Lesotho;
28 return flights a week to
Matsapha in Swaziland; 14
flights a week to Ndola and
Lusaka in Zambia; and seven
return flights to Antananarivo
in Madagascar. From Kruger
Mpumalanga International
Airport, the airline has
applied for seven return
flights a week to Livingstone
in Zambia.
