South African Airlines (SAA) added two aircraft to the fleet in the past two weeks and grown the size of the fleet to 20.
“This is a surprising achievement, given that the airline emerged from business rescue with only six aircraft in just three years ago. Since 2021, the SAA team can sustain the fleet and route network. With these additional aircraft in strategic and consistent aircraft to grow, SAA continues to promise to add seats in both domestic and regional markets. You can contribute to the affordable price, “says Professor John Ramora, a provisional CEO of SAA.
The two leased narrow body air bus A320, which was branded by the SAA brand coloring, arrived at Johannesburg from AERCAP, based in Ireland, the number one aircraft leasing company. Relationship between SAA and Aercap is one of the evidence of the recovery of airline credit status with major international aviation financial institutions.
The aviation industry is currently facing a 19 supply chain crisis that delays new aircraft delivery and increases the cost and rarity of used aircraft.
In addition to the A320, SAA's 20 -story fleet consists of vast A330 and long -distance A343, suitable for two continents, from Johannesburg to Sao Paulo, Perth and Cape Town. 。
SAA is planning to add five aircraft to fleets in the 2025 calendar year.
“The growth of the SAA fleet has increased the frequency of flights to provide services to existing route networks, with airlines in the integration stage, and leisure and business travelers in South Africa and business travelers are more major African cities. Lamola has added direct access to the entire continent and subsequent economic hubs.
Today, on January 20, 2025, SAA began connecting between Dar Esalam and Johannesburg, and the flight frequency of services to Harare (Zimbabwe) and Lusaka (Zambia) was 12 and 7 a week. It expands from 12 flights a week. 。
Flights to Lagos (Nigeria) and Aqua (Ghana) have increased three to four times a week, but SAA is now flying to Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and has been flying to DRC mining. November 2024, Lubumbashi, hub.
Source: SAA
