A South African plane carrying a peace mission on Ukraine detained in Warsaw for dangerous goods on board
A South African Airways flight carrying members of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa's security team and journalists was detained at Warsaw Chopin Airport for...
South African Airways to be replaced by new airline
The South African government National Transport Movement (NTM) says a decision to shut down South African Airways and form a new airline has been...
South African Airways adds capacity and new destinations
South African Airways (SAA) is adding three Airbus A320s to its fleet. That will enable the airline to resume service to several African destinations...
South African Airways probed after “take-off blunder” on covid vaccine flight to Brussels, Belgium
On 25 February, South African Airways operated an Airbus A340-600 (registered ZS-SNG) from Johannesburg, South Africa to Brussels, Belgium to fetch the much wanted...
South African Airways arrives at Brussels on 10 April
On 9 April, South African Airways is going to operate a repatriation flight from Johannesburg and Cape Town to Brussels, which will arrive on...
South African Airways Airbus A340-600 at Brussels to fetch Covid-19 vaccines
This 25 February morning, after a failed trip cancelled in favour of TUIfly Belgium, South Africa managed to send one of its own aircraft...
TUI fly Belgium replaced South African Airways for a shipment of Covid-19 vaccines to South Africa
Flight plans had been filed for a South African Airways Airbus A340-600 registered ZS-SNG to fly from Johannesburg to Brussels on 13 February in...
Final incident report: an SAA A340 came close to stalling in Swiss airspace in 2018
The German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation (BFU) released a report on a serious incident involving a South African Airways (SAA) flight in...
South African Airways announces restructuring with a series of route cancellations
South African Airways today announced the airline's restructuring program. A transformation into a sustainable and profitable business, the airline said. The joint Business Rescue...
South African Airways’ Airbus A350 now operates flights to and from New York
Most technology-advanced aircraft available for international ultra-long-haul travel between New York and JohannesburgSouth African Airways (SAA) has introduced the most technology-advanced aircraft available for...
South African Airways suspends its operations amid lack of funding
Ailing airline South African Airways (SAA), in "business rescue"-modus as from December 2019, has suspended its flight operations. The struggling South African flag carrier...
Four African airlines in talks to form an alliance
South African Airways, Kenya Airways, Air Mauritius and RwandAir are in talks to create an alliance before March 2019, in order to fend off...
[Coronavirus] South African Airways suspends all international flights until the end of May 2020
South African Airways (SAA) has announced that it will immediately suspend all international operations until 31 May 2020 in response to a government travel...
SAA brings Miss Universe back home aboard new Airbus A350-900 aircraft
South African Airways (SAA) was honoured to bring Miss Universe 2019, Zozibini Tunzi back home aboard its brand new Airbus A350-900 from New York...
Government gives up 51% majority stake in South African Airways
South African Airways (SAA), which is emerging from a backup plan, will now be majority-owned by a private consortium made up in particular of...
SAA announces fleet expansion (one Airbus A330 and 5 A320s) to relaunch long-haul routes
South African Airways (SAA) announces that it has been given the green light for a significant expansion of its fleet to pave the way...
South African Airways back in the skies on September 23
The wait is finally over. In just under a month, the striking and familiar livery of SAA will once again be visible in the...
South African Civil Aviation Authority cancels 12 flights of aircraft maintained by South African Airways Technical
A Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) inspection of the technical maintenance division of South African Airways (SAAT) saw British Airways, Kulula.com and SAA cancel 12...
South African Government refuses additional state aid for ailing South African Airways
The South African government has refused South African Airways (SAA) an additional loan of approximately €500 million.South African Airways has been denied any additional...
South African Airways cancels nearly all flights on 15 and 16 November due to industrial actions
South African Airways (SAA) has cancelled nearly all its domestic, regional and international flights scheduled for Friday, 15 November and Saturday, 16 November 2019....