SAA has announced the schedules for its new regional route, Victoria Falls, and also for Mauritius and Harare, both of which have had more frequencies added. The airline says this is the second phase of its restart operations, which started thirteen months ago in September 2021.
The flights to Vic Falls operate six days a week, every day except for Saturday, and commence on December 1.
SA 0040 departs JNB at 10h50 and arrives in VFA at 12h55.
SA 0041 departs VFA at 13h10 and arrives in JNB at 14h50.
From December 15, the Mauritius schedule will have daily operations.
SA 0190 will depart JNB at 09h45 and arrive in MRU at 15h45.
SA 0191 will depart MRU at 16h35 and arrive in JNB at 18h55.
Frequencies between Johannesburg and Harare have also increased, with the addition of three extra services every week, with effect from December 1. The extra frequencies are SA 0024, departing JNB at 20h10 and arriving HRE at 21h45 on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays, and SA 0025, departing HRE at 07h20 and arriving in JNB at 09h00 on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
The airline says in the coming weeks it will add more routes to its growing network. What is expected is the addition of three more regional routes, from Johannesburg to Lilongwe, Blantyre and Windhoek. Additionally, the airline has already announced its intention to increase frequencies before Christmas from Johannesburg to Cape Town and Durban as well as Johannesburg to Accra, Lusaka and Kinshasa.