List of South African Airways destinations

South African Airways' first Airbus A350-900 arriving at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York. As of May 2026, this destination has been terminated.

This is a list of South African Airways destinations, as of July 2024. South African Airways served ten destinations outside Africa.[1]

At June 2016, South African Airways served eight destinations outside Africa. By that time, the top five international routes led from Johannesburg to New York–JFK, London–Heathrow, Hong Kong, Frankfurt and Perth.[2]

List

Country City Airport Notes Refs
AngolaLuandaQuatro de Fevereiro AirportTerminated[1][3]
ArgentinaBuenos AiresMinistro Pistarini International AirportTerminated[2][4][5]
AustraliaMelbourneMelbourne AirportTerminated[4]
PerthPerth Airport[1][6]
SydneySydney AirportTerminated[7]
AustriaViennaVienna International AirportTerminated[8]
BelgiumBrusselsBrussels AirportTerminated[8]
BeninCotonouCadjehoun AirportTerminated[9]
BotswanaFrancistownFrancistown AirportTerminated[10]
GaboroneSir Seretse Khama International AirportSeasonal[10][11]
Selebi-PhikweSelebi-Phikwe AirportTerminated[10]
BrazilRio de JaneiroRio de Janeiro/Galeão International AirportTerminated[4]
São PauloSão Paulo/Guarulhos International Airport[12]
BurundiBujumburaBujumbura International AirportTerminated[13]
CameroonDoualaDouala International AirportTerminated[9][14]
Cape VerdeSalAmílcar Cabral International AirportTerminated[8]
ChinaBeijingBeijing Capital International AirportTerminated[2][15]
Democratic Republic of the CongoKinshasaN'djili Airport[16]
LubumbashiLubumbashi International Airport[17]
DenmarkCopenhagenCopenhagen AirportTerminated[7]
EswatiniManziniMatsapha AirportTerminated[7]
FranceParisCharles de Gaulle AirportTerminated[7]
GabonLibrevilleLibreville International AirportTerminated[9][14]
GermanyFrankfurtFrankfurt AirportTerminated[2]
MunichMunich AirportTerminated[2]
GhanaAccraAccra International Airport[16]
GreeceAthensEllinikon International AirportAirport closed[8]
Hong KongHong KongHong Kong International AirportTerminated[2][3]
IndiaMumbaiChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International AirportTerminated[2][18]
IsraelTel AvivBen Gurion AirportTerminated[8]
ItalyMilanMilan Malpensa AirportTerminated[4]
RomeRome Fiumicino AirportTerminated[8]
Ivory CoastAbidjanFélix-Houphouët-Boigny International Airport[14][3]
JapanOsakaKansai International AirportTerminated[7]
KenyaNairobiJomo Kenyatta International AirportTerminated[1]
LesothoMaseruMoshoeshoe I International AirportTerminated[7]
LuxembourgLuxembourg CityLuxembourg AirportTerminated[4]
MalawiBlantyreChileka International AirportTerminated[19][20]
LilongweLilongwe International AirportTerminated[19][20]
MauritiusPort LouisSir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport[16][21]
MozambiqueMaputoMaputo International AirportTerminated[1]
NamibiaKeetmanshoopKeetmanshoop AirportTerminated[10]
WindhoekHosea Kutako International Airport[16][22]
NetherlandsAmsterdamAmsterdam Airport SchipholTerminated[7]
NigeriaAbujaNnamdi Azikiwe International AirportTerminated[23]
LagosMurtala Muhammed International Airport[16]
PortugalLisbonLisbon AirportTerminated[8]
Republic of the CongoBrazzavilleMaya-Maya AirportTerminated[14]
Pointe-NoirePointe-Noire AirportTerminated[24]
RwandaKigaliKigali International AirportTerminated[13]
RéunionSaint-DenisRoland Garros AirportTerminated[8]
SenegalDakarBlaise Diagne International AirportTerminated[25][26]
Léopold Sédar Senghor International AirportTerminated[25]
SeychellesMahéSeychelles International AirportTerminated[10]
South AfricaAlexander BayAlexander Bay AirportTerminated[27]
BloemfonteinBram Fischer International AirportTerminated[7]
Cape TownCape Town International Airport[16]
DurbanKing Shaka International Airport[16]
East LondonKing Phalo AirportTerminated[14]
GeorgeGeorge AirportTerminated[7]
Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth)Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport[14]
HoedspruitHoedspruit AirportTerminated[7]
JohannesburgO. R. Tambo International AirportHub[16]
KimberleyKimberley AirportTerminated[7]
MargateMargate AirportTerminated[7]
MmabathoMahikeng AirportTerminated[7]
NelspruitNelspruit AirportTerminated[7]
PhalaborwaHendrik Van Eck AirportTerminated[7]
PietermaritzburgPietermaritzburg AirportTerminated[7]
PietersburgAFB PietersburgTerminated[7]
Plettenberg BayPlettenberg Bay AirportTerminated[7]
Richards BayRichards Bay AirportTerminated[7]
SkukuzaSkukuza AirportTerminated[7]
Sun CityPilanesberg International AirportTerminated[7]
UlundiUlundi AirportTerminated[7]
UmtataMthatha AirportTerminated[7]
UpingtonUpington AirportTerminated[7]
SpainLas PalmasGran Canaria AirportTerminated[10]
MadridAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportTerminated[10]
Sri LankaColomboBandaranaike International AirportTerminated[4]
SwitzerlandZürichZürich AirportTerminated[7]
TaiwanTaipeiTaoyuan International AirportTerminated[8]
TanzaniaDar es SalaamJulius Nyerere International Airport[1][28]
ThailandBangkokDon Mueang International AirportTerminated[7]
UgandaEntebbeEntebbe International AirportTerminated[1]
United Arab EmiratesAbu DhabiZayed International AirportTerminated[29][30][31]
United KingdomLondonHeathrow AirportTerminated[2]
United StatesHoustonGeorge Bush Intercontinental AirportTerminated[8]
MiamiMiami International AirportTerminated[7]
New York CityJohn F. Kennedy International AirportTerminated[14]
Washington, D.C.Washington Dulles International AirportTerminated[14]
ZambiaLivingstoneHarry Mwanga Nkumbula International AirportTerminated[1]
LusakaKenneth Kaunda International Airport[16]
NdolaNdola AirportTerminated[1][3]
ZimbabweBulawayoJoshua Mqabuko Nkomo International AirportTerminated[10]
HarareRobert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport[16]
Victoria FallsVictoria Falls Airport[16]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Flight Schedule". Sawubona. Johannesburg, South Africa: Mikateko Media on behalf of SAA. July 2024. p. 57. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Africa Outlook: Ethiopian Airlines and Air Mauritius grow, but others face strong headwinds". CAPA Centre for Aviation. 3 June 2016. Archived from the original on 31 July 2016. 
  3. 1 2 3 4 "SAA to scrap all domestic routes apart from Joburg, Cape Town". fin24. 6 February 2020. Archived from the original on 20 April 2020.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 SA routes 1976
  5. ↑ "SAA to continue serving the Argentinean market through partnerships" (Press release). South African Airways. 11 November 2013. Archived from the original on 11 November 2013.
  6. ↑ "South African Airways to Restart Direct Perth-Johannesburg Route". TravelWeekly.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 "World airline directory—South African Airways". Flight International. 153 (4619): 87. 1–7 April 1998. ISSN 0015-3710. Archived from the original on 28 February 2018.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "World airline directory—South African Airways". Flight International. 127 (3953): 120. 30 March 1985. ISSN 0015-3710. Archived from the original on 21 February 2018.
  9. 1 2 3 Liu, Jim (17 October 2017). "South African Airways intra-Africa service changes from Oct 2017". Routes Online.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "1977/78: SAA International Network". Routesonline.com. 26 December 2008. Archived from the original on 26 January 2020.
  11. ↑ "SAA Adds Johannesburg – Gaborone Service From Nov 2025". aeroroutes.com. 4 September 2025.
  12. ↑ "South African Airways details new A350 long-haul plans". Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  13. 1 2 "South African Airways re-aligns its African Network" (Press release). South African Airways. 13 November 2013.{{cite press release}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  14. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Timetable (Effective 1 November 2016 – 25 March 2017)" (PDF). South African Airways. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2016.
  15. ↑ "South African Airways to End Beijing Service from late-March 2015". Airline Route. 2 February 2015. Archived from the original on 30 March 2015. 
  16. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Flight Schedule". South African Airways. Archived from the original on 4 December 2022.
  17. ↑ "South African Airways to resume Lubumbashi service in NW24". 31 July 2024.
  18. ↑ "South African Airways Cancels Mumbai Service from late-March 2015". Airline Route. 5 February 2015. Archived from the original on 7 February 2015. 
  19. 1 2 Naomi Mkwanda (7 February 2023). ""SAA to resume flights to Malawi"". Nyasa Times.
  20. 1 2 Motsoere, Gloria. "SAA to suspend flights to Malawi citing the country's financial instability". ewn.co.za. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
  21. ↑ "SAA celebrates 50 Years of direct flights between South Africa and Mauritius; frequency increases driven by demand-side growth" (Press release). South AfricanAirways. 22 January 2015. Archived from the original on 1 February 2015. 
  22. ↑ Prof. Wolfgang Thome (29 November 2022). "South African Airways returns to Windhoek, Namibia". ATC News.
  23. ↑ "South African Airways closes Abuja bookings in NS18". Airlineroute.net. 20 March 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  24. ↑ DefenceWeb.co.za – South African Airways introduces non-stop flights to Beijing; strengthens African routes
  25. 1 2 "South African Airways advises of Dakar airport change". South African Airways. 7 December 2017. Archived from the original on 7 March 2018.
  26. ↑ "South African Airways streamlines Washington service from Sep 2019".
  27. ↑ SA Domestic/Regional routes 1976
  28. ↑ "South African Airways resumes Dar es Salaam service from Nov 24". aeroroutes.com. 23 September 2024.
  29. ↑ Dron, Alan (12 December 2014). "South African Airways, Etihad boost relationship". Air Transport World. Archived from the original on 12 December 2014. From March 29, 2015 SAA will begin a daily service between Johannesburg and Abu Dhabi, complementing Etihad's existing daily flight between the two cities. 
  30. ↑ "SAA's first flight to Abu Dhabi departs; new route widens network substantially" (Press release). South African Airways. 29 March 2015. Archived from the original on 30 March 2015. 
  31. ↑ "South African Airways and Etihad Airways commence second phase of landmark strategic cooperation" (Press release). South African Airways. 11 December 2014. Archived from the original on 11 December 2014.