South African Airways links up with Proflight Zambia

Airline unveils latest interline agreement

Johannesburg. 5 February 2015. South Africa Airways (SAA) and Proflight Zambia have signed an interline agreement that will enable passengers to travel easily across the networks of both airlines with a single booking.
Under the agreement, customers will be able to make joint SAA - Proflight Zambia bookings and will be issued with a single combined ticket. This will enable seamless connections to and from Proflight’s domestic destinations: Lusaka, Ndola, Livingstone, Mfuwe, Solwezi, Kasama, Lower Zambezi, as well as its two international routes, Lilongwe in Malawi and Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
It will enable Proflight customers to book flights to 57 destinations within the SAA network, and for passengers to travel more easily to provincial destinations throughout Zambia.
The interline agreement is expected to boost in-bound tourism to Zambia, attract more business travellers, and make it easier for Zambian travellers to explore destinations internationally.
“Proflight will assist South African Airways  with onward connections from the airports SAA flies to  in Zambia, i.e. Lusaka, Ndola and Livingstone,” says Vincent Mupwaya, SAA Country Manager Zambia.
“South Africa is an important hub for travellers in the region,” said Captain Philip Lemba, Proflight Director of Government and Industry Affairs. “This agreement with SAA enables Proflight passengers to book seamlessly from anywhere in Zambia to destinations across the SAA network; and indeed overseas travellers can book and travel straight to their final destination within Zambia.”
Customers will enjoy a range of added benefits, including special fares on itineraries across the two airlines.
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About Proflight Zambia
Proflight Zambia was established in 1991 and is Zambia’s leading scheduled airline. From its base in Lusaka its domestic routes include, Livingstone, Mfuwe, Lower Zambezi, Ndola, Solwezi and Kasama, and regional routes to Lilongwe in Malawi, and from Ndola to Lubumbashi. It adds Kafue National Park to its routes in 2015.
The airline prides itself in providing a safe, reliable, efficient and friendly service, and offering good value to business and leisure travellers locally and internationally.
The airline operates three 29-seater Jetstream 41 aircraft; four 18-seater Jetstream 32; and two 12-seater Cessna Caravan C208 aircraft.
More information is available at www.flyzambia.com.

About South African Airways (SAA)
South African Airways (SAA) is the leading carrier in Africa, serving 57 destinations, in partnership with SA Express, SA Airlink and its low cost carrier, Mango, within South Africa and across the continent, and ten intercontinental routes 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 wholly owned subsidiaries: SAA Technical; Mango its low cost carrier; and Air Chefs, the catering entity of SAA. SAA is the winner of the 'Best Airline in Africa’ Award in the regional category for twelve consecutive years and the winner of ‘Service Excellence Africa’ for three years. Mango and SAA hold the number one and number two successive spots as South Africa’s most on-time airlines.
For more information, please contact:
Proflight: Gillian Langmead at Langmead & Baker Ltd;
+260 979 060705;
info@langmead.com

SAA: Tlali Tlali
tlalitlali@flysaa.com
+27 11 978 2298
+27 82 333 3880