FLYSAFAIR will temporarily
withdraw its Cape TownGeorge
route from August
23 and will resume services
on December 10 in time for
the busy holiday season.
“The plan is to work
against historic trends to
adjust the route frequency.
Obviously we aim to avoid
cancelling scheduled flights
at all costs but regrettably in
implementing this approach
we will need to release some
flights between George and
Cape Town,” says Elmar
Conradie, ceo of FlySafair.
The airline says flights
between George and Cape
Town are very popular
during summer months and
operations on these routes
saw an increase in demand of
130% in the first six months.
Demand has, however,
decreased dramatically during
the winter months. “It does
not make business sense
for us to continue operations
during the winter months if
we want to manage our costs
and continue to provide our
passengers with the lowest
fares in the market,” adds
Elmar.
“If our aircraft are only
half full, we start to operate
at a loss, which prevents
us from maintaining our low
fares that start at R499.
Adjusting route frequency is
a strategic business decision
that allows us to continue to
offer low fares to all South
Africans.
FlySafair suspends CPT-GRJ flights
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