Relief has finally come to agents who are struggling to find availability on the JNB-DUR route for their clients, just as South Africans’ thoughts start to turn to the big end-of-year exodus to the coast.
Domestic carrier, Lift, is set to open up a great many seats on its new route, from Johannesburg to South Africa’s most popular seaside city, with three flights a day.
Bookings are already live today, and flights start on October 26.
As well as the new route, Lift will increase its frequency between Johannesburg and Cape Town to up to 14 flights per day, adding seats to the popular route. The airline says its expansion has now begun with this first step in connecting the popular ‘Golden Triangle’ between Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town. The next step will be connecting Cape Town and Durban (the opening date for bookings is yet to be confirmed), and flights are expected to begin operating in November.
Read more on this story in Travel News tomorrow morning.