South Africa’s International Air Services Council recently granted FlySafair the rights to operate an additional three services to African countries. These flights to Windhoek, Zanzibar, and Harare help alleviate the shortfall brought on by a decrease in services due to airline closures and reduced flight schedules.
FlySafair now offers an additional lifeline for business travellers with interests in three other African countries. With the granting of these additional routes, FlySafair flights also provide extra opportunities for the travel and tourism industries in these popular destinations.
FlySafair currently holds 60% of South Africa’s domestic air travel market. At the time of Comair’s demise, FlySafair had already increased its offering to encapsulate 42% of the market and plans to grow even further as demand for air travel increases. The IASC is responsible for controlling and licensing all domestic and international air services in South Africa, and has allowed FlySafair flights to commence to the following major hubs:
Windhoek, Namibia – Windhoek is one of South Africa’s major African trade partners and the hub of business activity in Namibia. It’s also the main destination for leisure flights between these two countries, which both rely heavily on tourism. FlySafair intends to operate daily flights between Windhoek and Johannesburg.
Harare, Zimbabwe – FlySafair plans to operate daily flights between Harare and Cape Town, opening new avenues for business and leisure between these two cities. FlySafair will add another three aircraft for travel on the new routes. They’ve also increased their staff complement to accommodate this and hope to have these FlySafair flights up and running by the end of Q3 in 2023.
Zanzibar – Business and leisure travellers can look forward to more frequent travels between South Africa and Zanzibar from 8 April. Zanzibar is an important tourist destination for travellers to and from South Africa; Tanzania also has strong trade ties with the country.
More FlySafair flights to Mauritius
In addition to these new routes, the IASC has also granted FlySafair permission to operate five additional routes to Mauritius. This gives the airline the opportunity to offer daily flights between these two countries after gaining permission to operate flights to the island in December 2022.
