Schedule changes and additions

[grjplanes]

Looks like CemAir is also getting in on JNB-HRE, initially looks like 4 weekly from end of March.

However, seems to have quietly dropped CPT-ELS...which seemed to have been doing well at first?

Also no Plettenberg Bay flights available after 6 May (from both JNB and CPT), seems for the winter, only available from October.

[Glenn L]

Looks like CemAir is also getting in on JNB-HRE, initially looks like 4 weekly from end of March.

However, seems to have quietly dropped CPT-ELS...which seemed to have been doing well at first?

Also no more Plettenberg Bay flights available after 6 May (from both JNB and CPT)?

Yes I was disappointed to find the CPT-ELS route had been dropped. It was at such a convenient time.
But I suppose there's nothing that can be done if the bookings dont support it.

[MadMacs]

FlySafair's new destination https://web.facebook.com/kmiairport

[airbusa346]

UK Low-cost airline Norse Atlantic Airways is starting flights to Cape Town, https://topauto.co.za/news/103590/south ... wipWNtLDBM

[SERTAO]

Qatar changes into Durban. Inbound leg is direct Doh-DBN with the outbound having a much shorter stop in Maputo. Also 5 x weekly. Far far better option now for KZN without the JHB stop.

[evanb]

I wasn't quite sure where to post this, but it's somewhat relevent to discussions over the last year or two with regards to United and to a lesser extent Delta and their large capacity increases to South Africa. It focuses on the US-Australia market and how/why United have dumped a massive amount of capacity to Australia in the last 18 months, but it hasn't gone well. They've done better in SA and can get the data together if interested, but thought some might find it interesting:

https://www.analyticflying.com/p/the-gr ... n?r=3m1jgk

[grjplanes]

FlySafair (FA) will now also be launching 2 x weekly JNB (Johannesburg OR Tambo International Airport) - MQP (Nelspruit-Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport) service, starting 2 August.

[SERTAO]

Air Botswana Launching 3 x weekly flights between Gaborone and Durban Kingshaka International Airport effective 02 October. Wed,Fri and Sunday

[SERTAO]

Qatar changes into Durban. Inbound leg is direct Doh-DBN with the outbound having a much shorter stop in Maputo. Also 5 x weekly. Far far better option now for KZN without the JHB stop.

Changes to the above now include an Inbound stop at Maputo. No longer direct inward.

[FoxTROT]

Airlink starting Cape Town to Gaborone 1 April 2025
https://www.flyairlink.com/cape-town-to-gaborone

[African Flyer]

New TAAG flight

[Airbus4life]

The Emirates early morning arrival from Dubai returns next year for the first time in five years. It was cancelled in 2019 due to the Covid pandemic, https://www.emirates.com/media-centre/e ... annesburg/

[African Flyer]

Airlink going to Kinshasa next year. I wonder if they'll start flying to Brazzaville and Point Noire after that

[Airplaneguy9]

Aside from the Nigeria/Ghana routes, it looks like SAA is basically finished regionally

[grjplanes]

Aside from the Nigeria/Ghana routes, it looks like SAA is basically finished regionally

What do you mean?
In the next 2 months SAA is upping frequency to Windhoek (3 daily), Harare (12 weekly), Lusaka (12 weekly), Mauritius (2 daily) and launching Lubumbashi and Dar es Salaam.

Airlink going to Kinshasa is quite brave, going up against 3 competitors (SAA, ASKY and Air Cote d'Ivoire)