New flights for South Africa – including an affordable service between London and Cape Town

Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) announced new flight routes and additional flights to several airports.

ACSA owns and operates South Africa’s nine principal airports, including three international gateways – O.R. Tambo, Cape Town, and King Shaka International Airports.

In a recent press statement, ACSA announced that many airlines will offer new international and international flights in South Africa.

On 11 October 2024, Air Botswana will launch an inaugural flight between Gaborone and Durban, with a direct flight to King Shaka International Airport.

Air Botswana will offer the new flight to Durban three times a week, on Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays.

From 1 November 2024, British Airways will increase flight frequency between Cape Town International Airport (CTIA) and Heathrow, London.

The higher flight frequency has been launched for the upcoming summer season between November 2024 and March 2025.

The airline, which currently offers a daily service from London Heathrow, will also have an additional daily service from 11 January 2025.

British Airways’ Cape Town Heathrow route will replace the carrier’s three weekly seasonal services from London Gatwick.

Norse Atlantic Airways will commence a new affordable service between London Gatwick and Cape Town International Airport.

The Norse Atlantic Airways service will operate seasonally with three weekly flights starting on 28 October 2024.

The flight is scheduled to arrive in Cape Town at 09:30 and depart for London Gatwick at 11:45 on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays.

FlySafair will launch its first international route between Cape Town and Hosea Kutako International Airport in Windhoek, Namibia.

The new route offers two flights a week on Tuesdays and Saturdays with the first flight scheduled to take off on 22 October 2024. 

Effective 5 November 2024, South African Airways will increase the number of flights between Johannesburg and Harare from 10 to 12 per week.

The airline also announced last month that it will increase the nonstop flights between Johannesburg and Perth to four flights per week from 8 December 2024.

Recently, Airlink launched daily flights between OR Tambo International Airport and Mozambique’s Beira International Airport.

Airlink also launched another route from Johannesburg to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

The airline has also announced that it has been granted authorisation for a direct flight from Cape Town to Gaborone, which it plans to commence on 1 April 2025.

ACSA said it is actively developing new flight route opportunities to enhance connectivity between countries on the continent and around the world.