SAA to launch direct flights to Guangzhou, China
Province of Guangdong is the centre of country’s export-led manufacturing industries from which traders source goods needed in Sub-Saharan Africa
SAA announced on Sunday it will implement direct flights from Johannesburg to Guangzhou, China, in September 2019. The flight will be the first new international route since it started the implementation of its turnaround programme in 2018. The airline already has direct flights to Hong Kong. It will be the only carrier operating a direct service between the two cities and with the shortest time estimated at about 14 hours. “The decision to launch this direct service between Johannesburg and Guangzhou means we remain on track in executing our strategy to transform SAA into a fit-for-the-future airline that will operate both efficiently and competitively,” Vuyani Jarana, CEO of SAA, said. The province of Guangdong is the centre of China’s export-led manufacturing industries from which traders source goods needed in Sub-Saharan Africa. Three new flights to Guangzhou in southern China will be added per week with Airbus A340-300 aircraft operating on those routes. “We are conf...
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