Johannesburg to Kruger: FlySafair to launch new route
Local airline FlySafair has announced a new scheduled route between Johannesburg and Kruger. Here’s more details…
FLYSAFAIR FLIGHTS TO SAFARI DESTINATION
South Africans now have a new flight route to look forward to, as FlySafair recently announced they would be launching scheduled flights between Johannesburg and the Kruger next month.
According to the announcement on X, the airline said that flights would begin on 2 August and tickets would cost R951 (T’s & C’s apply).
This is also the first time that FlySafair will offer scheduled services between the two destinations. The carrier will offer two flights a week on this route, on Fridays and Sundays, using a Boeing 737-800 aircraft.
Cape Town to Kruger launched too
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.