SAA adds more travel options in Africa

SAA is adding to its
already extensive African
schedule to offer more
travel options on the continent.
The most recent change is
on the Johannesburg-Lagos
route where the airline now
offers eight frequencies a
week, effective August 1.
“All flights will be operated
with a long-haul Airbus aircraft,
with lie-flat seats in business
class… we have seen a
tremendous growth in demand
for premium travel in Africa,”
says Kendy Phohleli, of SAA
Commercial.
The new schedule will
provide additional connectivity
to SAA, particularly for
passengers en-route to Perth,
Australia, Hong Kong and
mainland China.
 The new Tuesday flight,
SA080, departs JNB at
23h00 to arrive in Lagos at
04h15 the following day.
SA081 returns on
Wednesdays from Lagos,
departing at 08h00, to arrive
in JNB at 14h55.
Other routes from
Johannesburg on which
frequencies were recently
increased include:
Harare (18 to 19 per week);
 Lusaka (20 to 21);
 Abidjan (from two to three
per week);
Blantyre (from two to three
per week);
Dar es Salaam (from 13 to
14 per week);
Kinshasa (from four to six
per week);
Nairobi (from 10 to 11 per
week);
Ndola (three to four per
week); and
 Windhoek (20 to 21 per
week).
SAA has also made changes
to its international route
network, with frequencies
between Johannesburg
and Mumbai reduced by
one per week to six weekly
frequencies. “The Tuesday
departure will no longer
be operated as this flight
historically shows low
demand,” says Kendy.
SAA does, however, offer the
same number of seats, as a
bigger aircraft is used on the
Mumbai route.