SAA adds more frequency along Harare route
South African Airways (SAA) announced that it will soon add more seats along its popular Johannesburg to Harare, Zimbabwe route.
Harare gets more flights
SAA recently announced that will increase flights between Johannesburg and Harare starting 5 November.
As reported by Travel News, the route will increase from 10 to 12 weekly flights, who also add that the increased frequency is part of SAA’s growth strategy to meet customer demand in the African region.
The increased demand is reported driven mainly by Zimbabwean expatriates, tourism and increased trade between the two countries.
More flights from Airlink too
In similar news, Airlink also announced more flights to Harare this year, but departing from Durban.
The airline added more frequencies to its direct Durban-Harare service, offering a daily return flight from 7 August.
Airlink CEO and Managing Director, Rodger Foster said that they were offering daily services on the Durban-Harare route in response to their customers’ positive reaction to the convenience and great value of the route.
“It is an appealing combination that promotes business, trade, tourism and travel between the two key cities and enhances the economic competitiveness of the regions they support,” Foster said as per Tourism Update.
The additional flights operates on Wednesdays, departing Durban’s King Shaka International Airport at 10:30 and arriving at Harare’s Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport at 12:40. The return service leaves Harare at 13:20 and lands in Durban at 15:35.
Expanding routes from Durban
Earlier this year, the Southern African carrier also connected another city with Durban, officially restarting services between the east coast and Bloemfontein in February.
The reinstated service formed part of the airline’s strategy to expand its network of flights from Durban as a third hub, with Bloemfontein also joining Johannesburg, Gqeberha, Mbombela, and Harare as directly-served destinations.
“Airlink’s direct service between the two cities is in response to increased calls for convenient and efficient connections that boost productivity for travellers on the route, especially from the business and legal sectors. This latest expansion of our comprehensive route network will promote economic activity between the two metropoles and their market catchment areas,” Airlink CEO and MD, Rodger Foster said.
The direct flights then began on 26 February, with morning flights operating Monday to Friday and late afternoon flights taking off every day except Saturdays.