SAA has announced that it will immediately suspend all regional flights. This follows an announcement earlier today (March 20) that it would suspend all international operations. Both regional and international services will be suspended until May 31.
Regional flights suspended immediately are Accra (Ghana), Lusaka (Zambia), Harare (Zimbabwe), Victoria Falls (Zimbabwe), Windhoek (Namibia), Lagos (Nigeria), and Entebbe (Uganda). Mauritius will operate until March 21.
Being a network carrier, SAA’s regional booking demand is largely fed by passengers travelling to and from international destinations, the airline said in a statement.
The suspensions are a response to a government travel ban aimed at stopping the transmission of COVID-19. The COVID-19 pandemic and attendant travel restrictions have resulted in substantial decline in demand for air travel, SAA said.
SAA’s suspended international routes are United States (Washington DC and New York, JFK), the United Kingdom (London, Heathrow), Germany (Frankfurt and Munich), Australia (Perth) and Brazil (São Paulo).
SAA will only offer services on its domestic route between Johannesburg and Cape Town.
