Additional Flights to Accra, Perth and Mumbai

South African Airways adds more exciting travel options

JOHANNESBURG. 28 June 2012. South African Airways (SAA) has added more flights to some of its key African and international destinations which offer customers exciting travel options.

“South African Airways’ growth strategy is focused on further strengthening its African route network, as well as adding capacity on key international routes which have shown a strong growth in demand. SAA prouds itself in bringing our customers these added travel options,” says Theunis Potgieter, SAA General Manager Commercial.

SAA has added capacity on the following routes.

Accra, Ghana
Effective from 19 August SAA will offer an additional flight on a Sunday, which grows the service between Johannesburg and Accra from five to six flights per week. Accra, Ghana is an important travel destination for SAA customers in West Africa. SAA operates its new A330-200s on this route, which offers customer 186 seats in economy and 36 in business class.

Further to expanding its African route network, the airline is focusing growth on key international destinations.

Perth, Australia
Effective from 16 August an additional flight will also be added to Perth, Australia, which increases this service from 6 to 7 services per week. Both the A340-300 and the A340-600 will operate this route. Offering SAA customers an extra service is a further highlight of the many years the airline has been flying to Perth and Australia in general. Customers have added value through the connectivity into all the major cities in Australia with Qantas.

Mumbai, India
The route to Mumbai, India was strengthened effective 16 June this year with an additional flight to bring this service to five flights per week from the previous four. Due to an even stronger demand on this route, a further frequency has now been added and SAA will be offering a total of six flights per week with an additional flight on Tuesdays returning on Wednesdays as from 21 August 2012.

With SAA’s ten flights a week from Johannesburg to São Paulo and three flights a week to Buenos Aires, the airline provides the shortest travel time between India and South America. The flying time from Mumbai to Buenos Aires is 22 hours and 35 minutes, the only carrier with this short flying time. Customers can depart from Mumbai at 02H05, arrive in Johannesburg at 07H25 and connect to Buenos Aires at 09H50 to arrive in Buenos Aires at 16H10.

Schedule Accra, Ghana - effective 19 August

Schedule Perth, Australia - effective 16 August 

Schedule Mumbai, India – effective 21 August

Issued by:

Dileseng Koetle
Head: Communication
Tel: +27 11 978 2298
Mobile: +27 83 400 0041
Email: dilesengkoetle@flysaa.com or media@flysaa.com

or

Kabelo Ledwaba
Communications Manager (External)
Mobile: (+27) 083 414 4720
Tel: (+ 27) 011-978-2760
Email: kabeloledwaba@flysaa.com

About SAA
South African Airways (SAA) is the leading carrier in Africa, serving 26 destinations across the continent, as well as major destinations within South Africa and internationally from its Johannesburg hub. It is a member of the largest international airline network, Star Alliance. SAA’s core business is the provision of passenger airline and cargo transport services together with related services, which are provided through SAA and its four wholly owned subsidiaries: SAA Technical; Mango its low cost carrier; Air Chefs, the catering entity of SAA and South African Travel Centre (SATC). SAA CEO Siza Mzimela is the first woman to be appointed to the IATA Board of Directors in its 67 year history. SAA is the winner of the 'Best Airline in Africa’ Award in the regional category for nine consecutive years and the winner of ‘Service Excellence Africa’ for two consecutive years. Mango and SAA hold the number one and number two successive spots as South Africa’s most on time airlines.