Cape Town to Gaborone: New flights from Airlink

Airlink to Gaborone

South African travellers heading to Gaborone, Botswana will soon have another flight service, as Airlink just announced a new connection from Cape Town.

As reported by Travel News, the new Cape Town-Gaborone flights will start from 1 April 2025 and will operate three times weekly on on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.

Airlink CEO and MD, Rodger Foster said that Gaborone was an important regional destination for business.

“As Botswana’s capital, Gaborone is an important regional destination for business, with the city being home to thriving minerals, resources, automotive and tech sector companies. And it hosts the Southern African Development Community headquarters. It is also an important leisure tourism gateway to many game lodges and the Gaborone Game Reserve,” Foster said as per Travel News.

“Alongside Cape Town’s economic expansion, we are seeing rising demand for travel between the two cities and Airlink is ideally placed to connect them with a convenient direct service. It also enables customers travelling via Cape Town on our various international partner airlines to seamlessly connect onwards to Gaborone on a single ticket and vice versa for customers travelling from Gaborone,” Foster added. 

Flight schedule

Airlink will operate its modern 44-seat Embraer E140 Regional Jets on the the route according to the following schedule:

• Flight 4Z 364 will depart Cape Town at 10:50 and arrive in Gaborone at 13:00 every Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. 

• Flight 4Z 365 will then depart Gaborone at 13:45 and arrive in Cape Town at 16:00 on the same days. 

More flights from Airlink on Durban-Harare route

Airlink also recently announced that there would be more flights along its popular Durban to Harare route.

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 will operate 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.