SAA & Gol Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes reinstate codeshare agreement
South African Airways (SAA) has announced that its codeshare agreement with Brazilian low-cost airline Gol Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes ("Gol") is back in place with immediate effect.
This is a renewal of the agreement between the two airlines that was suspended during the Covid-19 pandemic. The reinstated agreement includes flights between Cape Town International (CPT) in Cape Town, OR Tambo International Airport (JNB) in Johannesburg and Galeão-Antonio Carlos Jobim International Airport (GIG) in Rio de Janeiro. It extends to domestic routes, connecting Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban and Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), giving Brazilian visitors seamless access to the four major economic hubs of South Africa. The agreement also makes it possible for SAA to add its designated code on more than 20 connecting Gol-operated flights in Brazil, including (but not limited to) Rio de Janeiro, Brasília, Curitiba, Porto Alegre, Belo Horizonte and Florianópolis.
In time, the two airlines will add 60 additional Latin American destinations and many African ones to the agreement, to give travellers optimal choice and make it easier than ever to plan multi-city itineraries on a single SAA/Gol codeshare ticket.
