South African Airways' international long-haul routes plan for 2023 and beyond
The interim Chief Commercial Officer (COO) of South African Airways (SAA), Tebogo Tsimane, said on a recent Travel News video webcast that the airline is planning launch at least one international long-haul route before the end of the financial year(31 March 2023) and another one before the end of the calendar year 2023. According to Mr. Tsimane, South African Airways is looking at launching flights to São Paulo/Guarulhos International Airport (GRU) in São Paulo, Brazil, and Perth Airport (PER) in Perth, Australia.
The airline further aims to operate most of the routes the airline was operating before the Covid-19 pandemic, such as Frankfurt Airport (FRA) in Frankfurt, London (Heathrow Airport (LHR)?), Washington D.C. (Dulles International Airport (IAD)?) and New York City (John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)?). South African Airways is also planning to resume flights to destinations that were "in the pipeline" before the pandemic including Melbourne and Munich. (Mr. Tsimane: "It will take us a while"). We'll keep you posted!
