SAA fills in Jet gap
After Jet Airways’ move to temporarily suspend its Mumbai-Johannesburg services, South African Airlines will now have five days a week service from June 16.
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Africa as a destination is picking up in a big way among Indian travellers. But with Kingfisher Airlines already wrapped up their international operations, Air India going through turbulent times and Jet Airways temporarily suspending its South African operations (from June 12, 2012), South African Airways is all ready to take over the market. Currently operating four flights a week, the airline has announced to add one more frequency on Mumbai – Johannesburg route effective June 16, 2012. Thus, it will be operating additionally on Sunday along with Friday, Saturday, Monday and Tuesday. It has deployed Airbus A300-200 on India-South Africa route which has 186 economy and 36 business class seats.
Providing further details on new addition, Sajid Khan, Country Manager – India, South African Airways said, “Our performance is better than 2011 and the load factors are much healthier.