SAA

Speaking at Africa’s Travel Indaba 2025, SAA’s Interim Chief Commercial Officer, Tebogo Tsimane, said that the airline has route expansion plans.

South African Airways (SAA) has resumed scheduled flights between Johannesburg, South Africa and Perth, Australia, which will operate three times per week.

South Africa’s national carrier, South African Airways (SAA), will not be adding any routes to its network in the near future.

On March 13, 2024, Pravin Gordhan, the Minister of Public Enterprises (DPE), announced the mutual termination of the plan to partially privatize SAA.

South African Airways (SAA) has officially announced the return of its flights to Perth, Australia after a four-year long hiatus.

South African Airways (SAA) has been in the midst of a semi-privatization process, with the Takatso consortium poised to acquire a majority stake. However, the Competition Commission has recommended that two companies, Syranix and Global Aviation, who co-own low-cost airline LIFT, leave the consortium before it acquires SAA. The commission stated that their presence in […]

South African Airways has plans to expand its regional network across Southern Africa, with additional routes to be revealed, “in the coming weeks.” The airline will also be relaunching its intercontinental operations during the first quarter of 2023. The announcement comes after the country’s International Air Services Council ratified all of the airline’s historical route […]

South African Airways is to add a further three Airbus A320 aircraft to its fleet as operations continue to ramp up after the pandemic. The carrier restarted a significantly restricted schedule in September 2021 after the airline was grounded for 18 months from March 2020. Three Airbus A320 aircraft will all be in operation by […]

Last week, South African Airways announced changes to its leadership structure. The carrier’s interim CEO Thomas Kgokolo — who has led the airline for a year now — has stepped down from the position, with the role subsequently being assumed on a more permanent basis. John Lamola will replace Kgokolo, who has been serving as non-executive […]

The South African government said last Thursday that Takatso consortium will now take up 51% of the South African Airways’ shares after a sale agreement was concluded — marking eight months since the consortium. The agreement that consists of Global Airways, owners of low-cost airline LIFT and an infrastructure investment firm called Harith General Partners […]