{"id":210839,"date":"2021-04-05T11:26:01","date_gmt":"2021-04-05T09:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/?p=210839"},"modified":"2021-04-07T07:19:26","modified_gmt":"2021-04-07T05:19:26","slug":"international-travel-to-from-south-africa-picking-up-slowly-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/cape-town\/international-travel-to-from-south-africa-picking-up-slowly-again\/","title":{"rendered":"International Travel to\/from South Africa picking up slowly again!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"\"Business Insider<\/b> today has summarised which airlines are currently servicing our South African airports, and which others will be doing the same soon. While we are seeing few tourists in our city, there definitely must be incoming international tourists, given the number of flights arriving in our country.<\/p>\n

Many flights operating currently are from other African countries.<\/p>\n

Fewer than half of the\u00a0airlines which flew to South Africa prior to the start of our Lockdown are operating in our country currently, the article states.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Business Insider List of airlines currently flying to SA is as follows:<\/p>\n

# \u00a0 Ethiopian Airlines<\/p>\n

# \u00a0 Lufthansa<\/p>\n

# \u00a0 TAAG (Angola),<\/p>\n

# \u00a0 Qatar Airways<\/p>\n

# \u00a0 \u00a0Turkish Airways<\/p>\n

# \u00a0 Air Botswana<\/p>\n

# \u00a0 Air Mozambique<\/p>\n

# \u00a0 EgyptAir<\/p>\n

# \u00a0 Fastjet (Zimbabwe)<\/p>\n

# \u00a0 Kenya Airways<\/p>\n

# \u00a0 Proflight Zambia<\/p>\n

# \u00a0 Airlink (Local airline flying into Africa)<\/p>\n

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Airlines planning to fly into South Africa in the near future:<\/p>\n

# \u00a0 Emirates (8 April)<\/p>\n

# \u00a0 KLM (15 April)<\/p>\n

# \u00a0 British Airways (16 April)<\/p>\n

# \u00a0 Virgin Atlantic (Early June)<\/p>\n

# \u00a0 Cathay Pacific (30 June)<\/p>\n

# \u00a0 Qantas (end October)<\/p>\n

#. Delta Airlines (mid-2021)<\/p>\n

POSTSCRIPT 7\/4:<\/b> \u00a0On Facebook Tovi Don responded to my Blogpost link as follows: \u2018El Al (Israel) just announced 1 weekly flight to JHB from first week of May\u2019.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

POSTSCRIPT 7\/4:<\/b> \u00a0Lisa Harlow from the UK, and a huge SA fan, posted the following on Facebook in reaction to this post:<\/p>\n

\u2018British Airways \u2013 16 April 2021<\/i><\/p>\n

British Airways, which operated daily flights between London, OR Tambo, and Cape Town prior to the pandemic \u2013 and returned with limited services in October \u2013 suspended all flights to and from South Africa on 23 December.<\/i><\/p>\n

This flight ban has since been extended several times, with the airline proposing the earliest return date of 16 April 2021.<\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cWe have not been and are not currently operating passenger flights to or from South Africa due to current restrictions,\u201d said British Airways\u2019 press office, with reference to the ongoing ban on South African travellers into the United Kingdom (UK).\u2019<\/i><\/p>\n

Chris von Ulmenstein, WhaleTales Blog: www.whaletalesblog.com www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog Tel +27 082 55 11 323 Twitter:@Ulmenstein Facebook: Chris von Ulmenstein, My Cape Town Guide\/Mein Kapstadt Guide\u00a0Instagram: @Chrissy_Ulmenstein @MyCapeTownGuide<\/strong><\/p>\n

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