Demand from the travel trade for more flights to Gqeberha (PLZ) is strong, with the vast majority of respondents to Tourism Update’s latest poll noting that flight capacity needed to be increased.
Eighty-three per cent of readers want more flights to the Eastern Cape’s economic hub and gateway to the popular Garden Route.
Connections to PLZ have so far been left out of domestic airlines’ post-COVID expansion strategies, in favour of more flights connecting Durban, Cape Town and Johannesburg.
The route between Johannesburg and PLZ is currently serviced by four daily flights from Airlink, two from FlySafair and two from CemAir.
How is your high season looking compared with 2019?
This year’s high season will be the first since 2019/20 to not be affected by COVID restrictions. The UNWTO’s latest data shows that tourism recovery is at around 70% of pre-pandemic levels, and we want to know how your bookings are looking compared with 2019. Our poll question this week is:
