South African Airways (SAA)

South Africa’s state-owned national carrier South African Airways (SAA) will resume flying between limited destinations from 23 September

Loss-making South African Airways (SAA), one of the continent’s largest airlines, was placed under a state-approved rescue plan in December 2019 in an effort to save it from collapse

Flight compensation company AirHelp has unveiled ratings of the world’s best airports and airlines, with the usual suspects Qatar Airways, Lufthansa and Etihad Airways filling out the…

South African Airways (SAA) made history last week when a plane flying to Cape Town from Johannesburg became Africa’s first to fly on jet fuel made from tobacco plants. On 15 July, Boeing…

South African Airways is offering discounted fares to Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban and Port Elizabeth, and Namibia’s Windhoek. The airline’s SPRINGBAK sale offers discounts on…

Jet Airways has expanded its codeshare agreement with South African Airways (SAA). With immediate effect, passengers will be able to book through Jet for SAA's services from Abu Dhabi…

South African Airways (SAA) will add several more destinations in India next month, following the launch of a new codeshare partnership with Etihad and Jet Airways. Effective 1 April…

Air China will take over the operation of the Beijing-Johannesburg route, which is currently served by South African Airways (SAA), China's People's Daily has reported. The state-run…

South African Airways and Finnair have become the first two airlines in the world to reach stage two of the IATA Environmental Assessment programme. The airlines have reached the…

Virgin Australia has expanded its network of international connections, following the launch of new codeshare routes. An expanded codeshare agreement with Delta Air Lines will see the…

South African Airways has launched a new food campaign as it also announced a new catering partner.  Taste of South Africa focuses on social media with the chance to win a holiday for…

South African Airways (SAA) has said it will comply with new regulations in South Africa regarding children travelling to and from the country from October. From 1 October children…

Boeing and South African Airways (SAA) have announced a new partnership aimed at developing biofuel in southern Africa. The companies signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)…

South African Airways (SAA) has seen an ‘unprecedented’ January this year following the launch of its winter adventure campaign. The airline said the launch of its ‘Extreme Fares’…

South African Airways has announced a new commercial and marketing team in the UK as it presented its product to trade last week. Stephen Gerrard is the most recent new addition in the team…

Some headlines from the airline industry Virgin Atlantic posts £80m loss Virgin Atlantic has posted a pre-tax group operating loss of £80.2 million in its annual results ending 29…

South African Airways has announced it will boost its services on Mumbai-Johannesburg sector. The airline will up capacity from its current five flights to flying seven times a week from 3…

SAA scraps direct Cape Town flights South African Airways (SAA) is to stop flying direct to Cape Town from 16 August. The airline announced it is to fly to the city via Johannesburg or…

bmi Regional completes sale bmi Regional is to continue operating flights from Manchester and East Midlands after its sale to Sector Aviation Holdings was completed last week. Forty jobs…

South African Airways (SAA) is to stop flying direct to Cape Town from 16 August. The airline announced it is to fly to the city via Johannesburg or Tambo International Airport using larger…