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1.3        FLIGHTS

Flights will be expensive and hard to acquire during the World Cup period, so make reservations as early as possible and be prepared to pay a premium.  It is an unfortunate reality. However, some airlines have now reduced their fares, such as Emirates, which if offering flights from New York to Johannesburg from US$2000. SAA and BA have now both reduced their fares to around GBP 1 100 from London. View the latest news and updates on flight deals and accommodation at www.e-gnu.com/2010advice.html 

Flight arrival and departure times can be checked online at www.acsa.co.za or ( 086 727 7888

1.3.1 INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS

There are flights to and from South Africa from Europe, North America, South America, Australia,  

 Asia and the Middle East. Johannesburg is the main gateway city with flights from all continents.

Cape Town is connected to the UK, Europe, South America and Middle East while Durban is connected only to the Middle East.

Details and frequency of international flights into South Africa appear on the next page.

Check the contact pages in Section 8.3 for Airline web sites and contact details.

International Flights into Johannesburg:

ABU DHABI United Arab Emirates - 1 times Daily, operated by Etihad Airways
AMSTERDAM Netherlands - 1 times Daily, operated by KLM
ATLANTA United States of America - 1 times Daily, operated by Delta
BUENOS AIRES Argentina - 5 times Weekly, operated by Air Malaysia and South African Airways
DOHA Qatar - 1 times Daily, operated by Qatar Airways
DUBAI United Arab Emirates - 3 times Daily, operated by Emirates and South African Airways 
FRANKFURT Germany - 2 times Daily, operated by Lufthansa and South African Airways 
HONG KONG Hong Kong - 2 times Daily, operated by Cathay Pacific and South African Airways
ISTANBUL Turkey - 4 times Weekly, operated by Turkish Airlines
JEDDAH Saudi Arabia - 2 times Weekly, operated by Saudi Arabian Airlines
KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia - 5 times Weekly, operated by Air Malaysia and South African Airways
LISBON Portugal - 2 times Weekly, operated by TAP Portugal
LONDON United Kingdom - 5 times Daily, operated by British Airways, SAA and Virgin Atlantic
MADRID Spain - 5 times Weekly, operated by Iberia 
MELBOURNE Australia - 2 times weekly, operated by Virgin Australia
MUMBAI India - 4 times Weekly, operated by South African Airways
MUNICH Germany - 1 times Daily, operated by South African Airways
NEW YORK  United States of America - 1 times Daily, operated by South African Airways
PARIS France - 1 times Daily, operated by Air France
PERTH Australia - 5 times Weekly, operated by South African Airways
SAO PAOLO Brazil - 1 times Daily, operated by South African Airways
SINGAPORE Singapore - 1 times Daily, operated by Singapore and South African Airways
SYDNEY Australia - 6 times Weekly, operated by Qantas and South African Airways
TEL AVIV Israel - 3 times Weekly, operated by El AL
WASHINGTON United States of America - 1 times Daily, operated by South African Airways
ZURICH - 1 times Daily, operated by Swiss and South African Airways 

International Flights into Cape Town:

AMSTERDAM Netherlands - 1 times Daily, operated by KLM
BUENOS AIRES Argentina - 2 times Weekly, operated by Air Malaysia
DOHA Qatar - 4 times Weekly, operated by Qatar Airways
DUBAI United Arab Emirates - 1 times Daily, operated by Emirates and South African Airways
FRANKFURT Germany - 1 times Daily, operated by Lufthansa and South African Airways
ISTANBUL Turkey - 4 times Weekly, operated by Turkish Airlines
KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia - 2 times Weekly, operated by Air Malaysia
LONDON United Kingdom - 3 times Daily, operated by British Airways and South African Airways

International Flights into Durban:

DUBAI United Arab Emirates - 1 times Daily, operated by Emirates and South African Airways

1.3.2  REGIONAL FLIGHTS

South Africa is connected to 44 African and Indian Ocean destinations, with most flights routing into Johannesburg. The biggest carrier is South African Airways. Check the contact pages in Section 8.3 for Airline web sites and contact details. Africa and Indian Ocean cities with flights into South Africa are:

ABIDJAN Cote D'Ivoire; ACCRA Ghana; ADDIS ABABA Ethiopia; ANTANANARIVO Madagascar; BAMAKO Mali; BEIRA Mozambique; BLANTYRE Malawi; BRAZAVILLE Congo – Brazzaville; BULAWAYO Zimbabwe; CAIRO Egypt; COTONOU Benin; DAKAR Senegal; DAR ES SALAM Tanzania; DOULA Cameroon; ENTEBBE Uganda; FRANCISTOWN Botswana; GABORONE Botswana; HARARE Zimbabwe; KASANE Botswana; KILIMANJARO Tanzania; KINSASHA Congo Brazzaville; LAGOS Nigeria; LIBREVILLE Gabon; LILONGWE Malawi; LIVINGSTONE Zambia; LUANDA  Angola; LUBUMBASHI Congo Brazzaville; LUSAKA Zambia; MANZINI Swaziland; MAPUTO Mozambique; MASERU  Lesotho; MAUN Botswana; MAURITIUS Mauritius; NAIROBI Kenya; NDJANEMA Chad; NDOLA Zambia; PEMBA Mozambique; REUNION Reunion; SEYCHELLES Seychelles; VICTORIA FALLS Zimbabwe; VILANCULOS Mozambique; WALVIS BAY Namibia; WINDHOEK Namibia; ZANZIBAR Tanzania

1.3.3 DOMESTIC FLIGHTS

South Africa has a busy and well serviced domestic air network. The main cities of Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban have numerous daily flights. Airlines operating the domestic routes are mainline carriers South African Airways and British Airways and budget airlines Mango, Kulula, 1Time and Interlink. Flight times are from 30 minutes to 2.5 hours. Cities is South Africa served by the domestic airline network are:

BLOEMFONTEIN
CAPE TOWN
DURBAN
EAST LONDON
GEORGE
HOEDSPRUIT
JOHANNESBURG
KIMBERLEY
LANSERIA
MALA MALA
MARGATE
MMABATHO
NELSPRUIT
PHALABORWA
PIETERMARITZBURG
POLOKWANE
PORT ELIZABETH
RICHARDS BAY
UMTATA
UPINGTON  

 

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