Skift Take
To the delight of local tourism authorities, British Airways has been only too happy to fill the gap left by an ever-shrinking South African Airways. This week, Durban was the latest African city to welcome a direct route to the United Kingdom.
New aircraft, new routes, new frequencies.
Despite a challenging tourism environment, British Airways keeps piling capacity into southern Africa.
This week, British Airways added four additional Boeing 787-8 services to its double-A380 London-Johannesburg service, for a total of 18 flights per week on the route.
Meanwhile, the South African coastal city of Durban also this week became the latest destination on British Airways' network in Africa, with the introduction of three weekly flights from London Heathrow.
It almost makes one wonder whether South African Airways or British Airways is the real South African national airline.
“Africa has been a real success story for British Airways and there has been significant expansion onto our African route network and capacity in the past 18 months,” said Paolo De Renzis, British Airways’ head of sales for the Middle East, Africa, and Central Asia.
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