SAA to go daily from Perth
PERTH – South African Airways will move to daily flights out of Perth from September 1.
Thevan Krishna, SAA’s head of Australasia, said the move reflects the airline’s strong support for the Wallaby route and recognition that more Australians are visiting Africa for business and pleasure.
“We have been very pleased with our performance so far this year under very trying circumstances,†Thevan said.
“Despite the global recession, SAA has seen good returns with recreational, business and VFR traffic all maintaining strength.”
Thevan said having a daily flight from Perth would increase the range of options for passengers and add capacity for the travel trade to take advantage of and meet increased demand.
“This means we will now have 13 weekly flights from Australia to South Africa, six from Sydney and seven from Perth.
“The changes to our timetable out of Perth in April have also resulted in much better connections to the rest of the African continent from Johannesburg with many more people choosing to travel to Europe, South America and the US via South Africa.
“We are also seeing great results from our decision to introduce an interline agreement with Virgin Blue Australia which gives passengers more choices and travel options for their domestic travel.â€
Thevan said the new flights would depart at 23h50 on weekdays to meet African and South American connecting flights and at 11h20 on Saturday and Sunday.
In addition to SAA’s flagship A340-600 aircraft the A340-200 aircraft will also be used on the route
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