FlySafair to begin new regional route from Cape Town next month

FlySafair to launch new flight

South Africans can anticipate a new regional route, as FlySafair will be kicking off scheduled flights between Cape Town and Windhoek, Namibia next month.

According to Business Tech, the flights will be the airline’s first regional route out of Cape Town, with flights set to launch on 22 October 2024.

”We have been wanting to break into the Windhoek market for a while, but the barrier, until now, has been aircraft availability,” Kirby Gordon, Chief Marketing Officer at FlySafair said as per Business Tech.

“Having an additional aircraft that we are basing in Cape Town is now enabling us to expand into the market with a competitive fare.” he added.

The route will operate on Tuesdays and Saturdays on a Boeing 737 aircraft, with flights departing Cape Town at 11:00 and arriving in Windhoek at 13:05.

Return flights will then leave Windhoek at 14:05,arriving in Cape Town at 16:15.

Ticket along the new route will start at R1 800.

Cape Town to Kruger also recently launched

FlySafair also just recently launched a Cape Town to Kruger route this past April, directly linking Cape Town International Airport (CTIA) and Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport (KMIA).

“We are very pleased to be able to start the year off with such an exciting new route. Although flights to areas surrounding the Kruger National Park are readily available from Johannesburg, there are limited commercial flight options from Cape Town,” Kirby Gordon, Chief Marketing Officer of FlySafair said via Travel News.

“Cape Town and the Kruger National Park are two of our country’s most popular tourist destinations. Unfortunately, though, they sit in opposite corners of our country, making travel between them both inconvenient and costly,” Gordon added.

Gordon went on the say that the airline hoped that by introducing the new low-cost option to the market, they could encourage more tourists to visit to Kruger. And in turn, open up the safari gem that is the national park to the people of the Western Cape.