South African Airways (SAA) expands Lusaka and Windhoek routes

South African Airways (SAA) which has steadfastly been growing its fleet and route network has added frequencies on two routes: Lusaka and Windhoek.

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SAA tweaks its Lusaka and Windhoek routes. Image: Wikimedia Commons

The national carrier which relaunched scheduled services in late 2021, has gradually been building its flight schedule.

While SAA has not returned to all of the previous destinations it served prior to entering business rescue in December 2019, the carrier has cautiously relaunched services to a number of destinations.

It has also been growing frequencies on several of its routes.

SAA FLIGHTS TO LUSAKA AND WINDHOEK

As a result of new aircraft deliveries and a tweaked flight schedule, SAA operates more convenient services to various destinations.

It now offers new early morning flights on some routes, enabling same day return trips to key destinations.

The airline offers two rotations a day between Johannesburg and Lusaka, from Monday to Friday. These services are operated with an Airbus A320 aircraft, featuring 138 seats in both business and economy class.

SAA now also offers three daily rotations between Johannesburg and Windhoek. These flights are operated every day of the week, using an Airbus A320 aircraft.

These services enable passengers to conveniently travel and from Johannesburg, South Africa, to Zambia’s capital, Lusaka or Namibia’s capital, Windhoek, and back, in a day.

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