South African Airways (Johannesburg) will add two new African destinations, Abidjan and Brazzaville, bringing its total of African destinations to 28.
Abidjan, Ivory Coast, will be served twice-weekly with the pictured Airbus A330-200s starting on August 17.
Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, will also be served two days a week with Airbus A319s, starting on September 13.
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South African Airways (Johannesburg) will operate the last nonstop Cape Town-London (Heathrow) flight on August 15. The route is being dropped after 20 years due to high taxes and declining traffic. Future passengers will be routed through Johannesburg.
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South African Airways Airbus A340-642 ZS-SNI (msn 630) LHR (Wingnut), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
South African Airways (Johannesburg) today launched a new route from its Johannesburg base to Beijing, China, with an Airbus A340-600.
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South African Airways Airbus A340-642 ZS-SNI (msn 630) LHR (Wingnut), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
South African Airways (Johannesburg) will start a new route linking its Johannesburg hub with Beijing, China on January 31. The new route will be operated with Airbus A340-600s.
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South African Airways Airbus A340-642 ZS-SNI (msn 630) LHR (Wingnut), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
South African Airways (Johannesburg) is planning to launch new nonstop service linking its Johannesburg hub with Beijing starting on February 3, 2012 according to Airline Route. The new route will be operated three times a week with Airbus A340-600 equipment.
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South African Airways Airbus A330-243 F-WWKL (ZS-SXZ) (msn 1191) TLS (1st A330-200), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
South African Airways (Johannesburg) launched a new route to Harare, Zimbabwe on October 13 with Airbus A330-200s.
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South African Airways (Johannesburg) meanwhile is expected to restart the Johannesburg to Kigali (Rwanda) route via Bujumbura, three times a week starting in October according to this report by the New Times.
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South African Airways Airbus A330-243 F-WWKL (ZS-SXZ) (msn 1191) TLS (1st A330-200), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
South African Airways (SAA) (Johannesburg) as planned launched its new nonstop service between New York (JFK) and Johannesburg on May 1. The northbound, nonstop flight from Johannesburg to New York complements the already popular morning nonstop New York-Johannesburg service that provides quick and convenient connections to more than 40 destinations throughout the African continent. Previously, the return flight SA 203 from Johannesburg to New York made a 1-hour passenger and refueling stop in Dakar, Senegal. Effective May 1 flight SA 203 now departs Johannesburg at 8:35 p.m. (2035 for a nonstop journey to New York that arrives at 6:40 a.m. (0640) the following day.
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JetBlue Airways (New York) and South African Airways (Johannesburg) have announced an expansion of their interline partnership, with South African Airways now offering code share services on JetBlue flights effective March 3rd. The code share service will be available with SAA flight numbers on JetBlue flights to 20 cities served by the airline in the U.S., connecting through either New York’s John F. Kennedy International (JFK) or Washington, D.C. (Dulles) airports and SAA’s Johannesburg hub, where passengers can access connections to more than 45 cities throughout South Africa and southern Africa.
South African Airways also announced recently that its return service from Johannesburg to New York JFK will now operate nonstop beginning on May 1.
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South African Airways (Johannesburg) has taken delivery of its first Airbus A330-200.
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