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Report: SAA to dump routes─── 09:28 Sun, 27 Aug 2017
Johannesburg - National carrier SAA is dumping routes, reducing flights and getting rid of some of its airplanes – all in a desperate bid to stay aloft.
Sources familiar with the plan to try to rescue the airline have told City Press’ sister newspaper, Rapport, that:
• The airline will reduce flights on its profitable Johannesburg-Cape Town route by more than a third;
• It plans to cancel all flights to Port Elizabeth and East London, as well as flights to all central African destinations;
• It will get rid of at least 10 of the more than 50 planes in its fleet; and
• It will further cut back its already reduced international flight offering.
The Johannesburg-Cape Town route was one of the most profitable flight routes in the world, but probably diminished in gainfulness because of the fact that there are now more direct international flights to Cape Town.
SAA currently has 17 daily return flights between the two cities.
