I have seen on FR24 that KL flights to JNB/CPT are operating through RUN. Only reason that comes to mind is they are consolidating AF ORY-RUN and KL AMS-JNB/CPT but it makes little sense to me The primary reason seems to be crew rest reasons. They don't stay in South Africa anymore. They fly to RUN...
Jump to postEK to suspend EDI, NCL, STN & LGW and reduce GLA & MAN & BHM to 1 x daily. LHR will see 2 x daily. All flights operated by B777s. To last until June 30. https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/health/coronavirus/emirates-expected-suspend-edinburgh-dubai-flights-2503830 Wow, that is an am...
Jump to postPer the SAA statement: "This decision means that SAA will only continue to render services on its domestic route between Johannesburg and Cape Town." Yes, thanks, I see it is mentioned now in the 2nd statement of the day, after my post The first post was just regarding intercontinental. W...
Jump to postWill UA push through with EWR-CPT until the end of season as planned in 2 weeks time, or will it now wrap up a few days earlier?
Jump to postDXB-SIN-BNE-AKL (EK)
HLZ-NSN (Origin Pacific)
JNB-VIE (OS)
JNB-MAD (IB)
JNB-MEL (VA)
BFN-GRJ (CemAir, resumes April)
JNB-NTY (SA Express)
SAA A340-600 is leaving JNB tonight to Wuhan via Manila to repatriate South Africans.
Might very well be one of SAA's last A346 missions
Is Ethiopian still operating all flights?
Jump to postchiki wrote:SA Airlink should still have some not sure on routes but they are being replaced by E175s
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It’s a bit sad to see CDG-JNB go from 14 weekly flights (1*a380,1*b777) parking for nearly ten hours at JNB to the only European flight to leave JNB in the morning with a single daily flight. If I remember correctly, the last time AF was twice daily to JNB was before they put the A380 on the route....
Jump to postErrrm, nope! I figure, given the 300 or so discussions of why the 764 was not as popular as the 763, that someone will summarize it. here's a fantastic idea..........go watch the video On a related note I do think a flight to Accra or Windhoek might be feasible as well but more SA frequencies would...
Jump to postIs Luanda still happening as well as announced earlier?
With all the expansion in Southern Africa, increases to MPM and WDH and now introducing GBE...it is strange they still haven't launched Lusaka, Zambia as planned few years ago
Fuel, airplanes and flight crew are fixed, so the only possible saving area is ground staff. It's not quite that simple. Fuel, airplanes and salaries are negotiated and a price then fixed. These can all be adjusted with time and effort. It depends if the will to do it is there. What about aircraft ...
Jump to postSo, with one less A380 in its fleet, what AF destinations will be served with the A380 fleet from January 2020? I think JNB and LAX are certain to stay until the A380 stops flying completely for AF. This is the last season JNB is served by A380 From end of March, NS20, JNB switch back to 77W and wa...
Jump to postHow is the MK one #2...they already have 2 A350 in service...shouldn't this be #4?
Jump to postCan anyone confirm whether QR has in fact started Gaborone (GBE) service yesterday as planned?
Not seeing any news on it, or actual proof...but also no announcements about postponement or cancelled...?
Did Qatar Airways launch Gaborone (GBE) service yesterday (27 Oct) as was announced earlier in the year? 3 weekly DOH-JNB-GBE They are now on the full 3 daily DOH-JNB schedule and the extra 3 weekly DOH-CPT have also been implemented. Yes the additional frequency to JNB is also the new flights to G...
Jump to postDid Qatar Airways launch Gaborone (GBE) service yesterday (27 Oct) as was announced earlier in the year? 3 weekly DOH-JNB-GBE
They are now on the full 3 daily DOH-JNB schedule and the extra 3 weekly DOH-CPT have also been implemented.
Maybe this week... With South Africa in the Rugby World Cup Final on Saturday, maybe SAA will operate a flight or two again? 2 weeks ago SAA operated a nonstop JNB-NRT flight with A340-600...however it was probably a very light load and restricted out of JNB. Perhaps ANA with a low-density 787-8 cou...
Jump to postmr02 wrote:
What is the current longest flight still operated by any type of A340.
See SAA operated a charter flight JNB-NRT yesterday with A340-600
hkcanadaexpat wrote:MSN 338 (HU) out on another test flight #AIB02FG (unpainted)
MSN 352 (JL#4) out on another test flight #AIB04NP
MSN 354 (SA#1) active on the flightline
JNB-HRE has 5 airlines operating: SAA operates 3 x daily with mix A319/A320...now and then upgauge to A330/A340 BA/Comair a daily service with 737-800 Airlink (also SA code) 12 x weekly service with mix ERJ-135/ERJ-140 Air Zimbabwe daily with 767-200ER FastJet 4 x daily with ERJ-145 So that's about ...
Jump to postWould it be possible for BA to increase their seasonal LGW-CPT service? The TCX service to CPT was probably much more reliant on normal seat-basis O&D demand, instead of packaged trips?
Jump to postCan we have a summary of ET's new routes of 2019...and what was planned but didn't materialize...struggle to keep up. ie. Moscow and IST was to start together, then split and now one going via another point, the other increasing. Beira recently started, but via a different stop than originally plann...
Jump to postUpdated: Flown: 6 Mar GRJ-JNB Kulula 737-800 6 Mar JNB-ADD Ethiopian 737-8Max 7 Mar ADD-MBA Ethiopian A350-900 14 Mar MBA-ADD Ethiopian 777-200LR 14 Mar ADD-JNB Ethiopian 737-800 (changed from Max, since grounded while on trip) 17 Mar JNB-GRJ Kulula 737-800 12 Sep GRJ-JNB Mango 737-800 13 Sep JNB-BF...
Jump to postAny indication if/when Air Tanzania will resume JNB service...sure they would want to capture some of the ZNZ bound market for the summer.
Jump to postHere a interesting read that popped up. https://m.fin24.com/Companies/TravelAndLeisure/ferial-haffajee-how-emirates-and-british-airways-benefited-from-the-capture-of-saa-20190830 All completely true! Utterly disgusting... Except the part that EK uses their oldest and most dated aircraft to JNB...th...
Jump to postNot JNB at the moment...but seems it might be back on from next season (NW19/20)
Jump to postIf SAA could recover swiftly and quickly about its terrible current troubles, maybe a base in West Africa (Ghana probably) could be implemented. As of September, SAA mainline will have more weekly seats from Accra than they do from Durban, and more ASKs from Accra than they do from Cape Town. It is...
Jump to postI doubt they'll do triangular, tag-on more likely where they might even get 5th freedom rights on. Perhaps a return to Comoros, like DXB-HAH-TNR, or otherwise also enter Maputo market, DXB-TNR-MPM...maybe even if they want to have a permanent 2nd daily service to Durban, DXB-TNR-DUR.
Jump to postRAM has long served Brazil to connect the large Arab immigrant diaspora in Brazil, while also offering connections to large points in Europe like France. I don't believe RAM has ever served South Africa. Its Africa network is generally geared to West African Francophone markets that can be connecte...
Jump to postT54A wrote:Reunion Island?
South African Airways (SAA) is further strengthening its presence in Ghana by increasing weekly frequencies from 9 to 10 flights between Johannesburg and Accra, and by launching a daily service between Accra and Washington DC, with effect from 5th September 2019. These two additional weekly service...
Jump to postIt seems ET isn't operating some flights on ADD-JNB the last week and looking ahead it varies...looks like morning JNB-ADD departure and midday ADD-JNB...leaving the aircraft standing at JNB all day again (from 4am arrival to 11pm departure)...this while they might have aircraft shortage with Max gr...
Jump to postLATAM started using A350 on GRU-JNB route today, replacing 767-300ER Currently both SAA A333 and LATAM A359 is flying JNB-GRU, but the A350 is still routing much more north than the SAA A333...not sure though if it is as high north as was the case with 767 before. Do they have the needed ETOPS for t...
Jump to postLondon: LHR,LGW,STN,LCY
Johannesburg: JNB, HLA
Guess for Brisbane it won't count having BNE and MCY
That looks like an A330, which QR don't use on their scheduled flights to South Africa...at the moment JNB is all 777-300ER. However they do sometimes come in as unscheduled flights, probably with Royals or Government people. Co-incidentally though, QR is introducing 3rd daily flight to JNB from ne...
Jump to postCurrently at the Bidvest Lounge, Taken 1h ago: Does anyone know why she is parked so far or not with other international airlines staying iddle all day? https://nsm09.casimages.com/img/2019/06/28//19062804390223957916291070.jpg That looks like an A330, which QR don't use on their scheduled flights ...
Jump to postYes...I flew an Ethiopian Max JNB-ADD 3 days before the crash. Not the one that crashed though, think it was ET-AVK.
Was then supposed to be Max again on return leg, but obviously got changed to NG
Currently at the Bidvest Lounge, Taken 1h ago: Does anyone know why she is parked so far or not with other international airlines staying iddle all day? https://nsm09.casimages.com/img/2019/06/28//19062804390223957916291070.jpg That looks like an A330, which QR don't use on their scheduled flights ...
Jump to postWas ET not suppose to start Livingstone (LVI) flights mid-June, think I read about this being opposite triangular as ADD-GBE-LVI-ADD, while the VFA routing remain ADD-VFA-GBE-ADD.
Also read somewhere that ET plans to start ADD-BEW (Beira, Mozambique) soon, but nothing confirmed.
Can the A321XLR open up any viable options out of South Africa that can't be done by current narrow-body aircraft, where widebodies might be too big. Considering departing JNB hot and high. Will it reach Middle-East markets (BEY/TLV/MCT), India (BOM), North Africa (CMN,TUN,ALG) or even southern Euro...
Jump to post1. South African already flies non stop from NYC to JNB. 2. No one flies non stop from North America to CPT. 3. They will attempt to cater to the leisure crowd with the northern winter seasonal CPT run. Not the business crowd. And yes, CPT is much more marketable to American tourists than JNB. This...
Jump to postSo did they start the Sharjah service then?
Any date yet for Johannesburg launch...?
Don't know why my posts didn't come out right there... Was saying that the timings and schedule isn't looking right...as JNB-DAR operates Mon,Wed,Fri,Sun arriving DAR at 18:35...while DAR-BOM operates Wed,Fri,Sun departing DAR at 18:00...35mins before the aircraft arrives from JNB...and they only ha...
Jump to post:arrow: Air Tanzania resumes Johannesburg / Mumbai service in June/July 2019 Dar es Salaam – Johannesburg eff 28JUN19 4 weekly 787-8 (Last served until Feb 2009) TC208 DAR1030 – 1245JNB 788 x246 TC209 JNB1420 – 1835DAR 788 x246 Dar es Salaam – Mumbai eff 17JUL19 3 weekly 787-8 (Last served until Ma...
Jump to post:arrow: Air Tanzania resumes Johannesburg / Mumbai service in June/July 2019 Dar es Salaam – Johannesburg eff 28JUN19 4 weekly 787-8 (Last served until Feb 2009) TC208 DAR1030 – 1245JNB 788 x246 TC209 JNB1420 – 1835DAR 788 x246 Dar es Salaam – Mumbai eff 17JUL19 3 weekly 787-8 (Last served until Ma...
Jump to postGuess the decision on what to use on SYD-JNB could also depend somewhat on whether they get to launch the PER-JNB route as planned...any word on that, is it still on the table?
Jump to posthttps://www.fin24.com/Companies/Industr ... s-20190423
Interesting take in South Africa on Jet's demise