SA Airlink Increases Cape Town – George Service from June 2014

 

SA Airlink from 02JUN14 is increasing operations on Cape Town – George route, with the addition of 4th daily service (on weekdays), on board Embraer 135 aircraft. Operational schedule as follow.

• SA8621 CPT0715 – 0805GRJ EQV x67
• SA8625 CPT0930 – 1020GRJ ER3 6
• SA8631 CPT1130 – 1220GRJ ER3 x67
• SA8639 CPT1415 – 1505GRJ ER3 x7
• SA8641 CPT1430 – 1520GRJ ER3 7
• SA8635 CPT1645 – 1740GRJ EQV x6
• SA8622 GRJ0830 – 0920CPT EQV x67
• SA8630 GRJ1045 – 1135CPT ER3 6
• SA8632 GRJ1300 – 1350CPT ER3 x67
• SA8638 GRJ1525 – 1615CPT ER3 x7
• SA8642 GRJ1540 – 1630CPT ER3 7
• SA8636 GRJ1810 – 1905CPT EQV x6

Source: airlineroute

SA Express Apply for Bulawayo Route

SA Express have officially applied for 3 weekly flights on the Johannesburg (OR Tambo) - Bulawayo (Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo) route. The application was submitted and the end of 2013 and if SAX is granted rights on this route, it will join SA Airlink and Air Zimbabwe which both operate daily flights between the two cities. A recent article stated that the Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (CAAZ) and Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) have teamed up in-order to market the airport amid fears the facility could become a white elephant. We will be keeping you up-to-date regarding developments on this possible route.    

Bulawayo's Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport Opens

 

Bulawayo's Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport has finally been opened for public use after years of delay. The new terminal will have a handling capacity of 1.5 million passengers annually. The terminal has taken more than 10 years and $25 million to refurbish and will have a new international arrivals’ hall, a variety of shops, a car park and a separate State pavilion.

It will still be incomplete when it opens, but CAAZ said the facility will have all the requisite safety, security systems and ambient characteristics of a modern airport. "Although the terminal is undergoing its final stages of completion, it has become absolutely necessary to operationalise the facility to allow utilisation of the already installed systems,” said CAAZ.

Only two airlines, South Africa Airlink and Air Zimbabwe use the airport. SA Airlink, a South African Airways service, plies the Bulawayo-Johannesburg route daily but has a capacity of 83 passengers. Air Zimbabwe flies to Harare and the resort town on Victoria Falls.