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SAA will return with an Africa-only network but hopes to fly beyond the continent as market conditions improve.

CemAir is the fourth South African carrier Emirates has struck either an interline or codeshare pact with.

The new deal builds on an interline partnership the airlines entered into last October.

Frequencies are being increased due to rising passenger demand, the airline says.

The carrier is operating the route with four-class A350-900neo aircraft.

The launch of the route increases Emirates’ US capacity to more than 60% of pre-pandemic levels.

Service from Atlanta to Johannesburg will resume in August but plans to tag Cape Town on to the route have been dropped.

The new route comes less than a week after Namibia’s government decided to close Air Namibia.

Wesgro managers on the Cape Town Air Access project discuss route development to the city as they vie with COVID-19.

The South African airline hopes to launch the service within months.

The latest route cancellations follow the airline’s pause of flights to South Africa.

The Civil Aviation Administration of China has approved two new international passenger routes.

The deal is with FlySafair, which says it is offering 75% of the available domestic seat capacity in South Africa this month.

The latest addition to South Africa’s skies has revealed its inaugural routes.

A weekly round-up of the latest news from the aviation industry as airlines and airports seek to recover from the COVID-19 crisis.

A weekly round-up of the latest news from the aviation industry as airlines and airports seek to recover from the COVID-19 crisis.

The airline will use an A330-300 on the CAI-JNB route.

A weekly round-up of the latest news from the aviation industry as airlines and airports seek to recover from the COVID-19 crisis.

More than a decade after suspending service to Cape Town, the South African city will return to Delta Air Lines’ network in October. The airline is also set to resume flights to China for the first time since February.

British Airways has filed tentative plans to increase its long-haul flying in July.

Administrators in charge of South Africa’s Comair believe there are “reasonable prospects” of saving the company. Routes looks at the airline group’s place in the market prior to the appointment of business rescue practitioners.

Virgin Atlantic has revealed its flying program for summer 2021, with plans to fly to 24 destinations.

Routesonline analyses the top ten busiest air routes to, from and within Africa by passenger numbers, with the number one in the list a two-hour domestic flight costing less than $80.

Routesonline analyses the African aviation industry, taking a monthly look at the top routes served and revealing the airlines that are dominating the market. We also rank the top ten airports by available seat capacity and examine the most common aircraft used.

As South Africa’s major airports set new passenger records, the country’s tourism boom could help alleviate its economic woes