SOUTH African Airways will
cancel flights on certain of
its regional destinations for
operational reasons.
According to a notification
sent out to the trade this
week, the airline will cut
flights to Brazzaville via
Pointe Noire in the Congo;
Douala in Cameroon
via Libreville in Gabon;
Kinshasa in the DRC;
Entebbe in Uganda; Luanda
in Angola; Cotonou in Benin
via Libreville in Gabon.
SAA will re-accommodate
passengers on alternative
days, with change fees
waived. Tickets must be
re-issued on or before
October 17, 2017.
The cancellations are as
follows:
y Effective September 25,
flight SA084 JNB-PNRBZV-JNB
will operate on
Fridays only. Currently the
airline services the route
on Sundays, Tuesdays and
Fridays.
y Effective October 9,
flight SA086 JNB-LBVDLA
operates on Fridays.
Currently, SAA services
this route on Sundays,
Wednesdays and Fridays.
y Effective October 9,
flight SA050 JNB-FIH will
operate on Sundays and
Thursdays. Currently the
airline services the route
on Sundays, Thursdays
and Saturdays.
y Effective October 9,
flight SA160 JNB-EBB
will operate on Sundays,
Mondays and Tuesdays.
Currently the airline
services the route on
Sundays, Mondays,
Tuesdays and Saturdays.
y Effective October 9,
SAA will operate SA054
JNB-LAD on Sundays,
Tuesdays and Saturdays.
Currently the airline
services the route daily.
y Effective November 1,
flight SA090 JNB-LBVCOO
will operate on
Mondays and Saturdays.
Currently the airline
services the route on
Mondays, Thursdays and
Saturdays.
In each case, the same
applies for the return
flights.
The airline announced
in August that it would
cancel routes as part of
its attempts to regain
financial stability. SAA
acting ceo, Musa Zwane,
said the executive
committee had begun
reviewing the airline’s route
network and had identified
avenues that would help
save R900m per annum.
While pronouncements
have not been made on
route cancellations, Airlink
has shown an interest
in taking over SAA’s
Johannesburg-Brazzaville
route.
