South African Airways and Emirates Reactivate Commercial Partnership
Deal will include codeshare flights and other alignment elements >>
by: Harvey Chipkin
South African Airways and Emirates are reactivating their long-standing joint commercial partnership. With SAA relaunching service in the domestic South Africa and regional Africa markets, according to an announcement, the partnership will include code-share flights on each carrier’s respective routes and other options. The move, according to the announcement, also helps cement SAA’s standing and position and will build growth momentum as the carrier initially restarts flights to six African destinations. The agreement includes SAA-coded and Emirates-operated routes between South Africa and Dubai on a single ticket, enabling travelers to seamlessly check in their bags to their final destinations beginning Oct. 1. Emirates will also place the SAA code on major trunk routes between South Africa and Dubai. Thomas Kgokolo, SAA’s interim CEO, said the carrier is confident the partnership will lead to the addition of more route and destination options, particularly across Africa. In the coming months, he said, plans are underway to expand cooperation and solidify the partnership even further on more domestic and regional points in Africa, while Emirates will also reciprocally add more options for SAA customers to connect to select destinations within its network on one itinerary. The Emirates SAA partnership started in 1997, and over the last 10 years more than a million passengers have flown across the joint network of both airlines, which grew to 110 destinations prior to the pandemic.
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