BY GETAWAY
South African Airways (SAA) has introduced new routes to cater for the busy festive season.
The airline launched flights to Victoria Falls, Windhoek in Namibia, as well as a flight to Gqeberha from OR Tambo International Airport.
Flights to Windhoek began on December 8, with two flights scheduled per day for seven days a week.
The addition of Victoria Falls to SAA’s growing routes commenced on Wednesday and flights will be available six days a week, excluding Saturdays with departures from Johannesburg at 10:15, with the estimated arrival at Victoria Falls International Airport being at 12:25.
Return flights will leave Victoria Falls at 13:10 each afternoon arriving in Johannesburg at 14:50.
To accommodate customers ahead of the festive season, SAA has also increased frequencies to Harare in Zimbabwe from seven to 10 flights a week and Mauritius from four times a week to seven times a week.
SAA’s Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer, Professor John Lamola said, “In pursuit of this drive to please our customers, we are relentlessly working on expanding the network of destinations we serve, to enhance seamless travel connectivity. Our new routes along with increased frequencies to our regional destinations, represent the second phase of our post-Covid restart operations.”