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Airlink is a South African airline with its base in Johannesburg, where it also has one of its hubs. The other one is located in Cape Town. The airline offers both domestic connections and connections to other parts of Africa. They are not a part of any airline alliance, but have codeshare agreements with for example United Airlines and Emirates.

CALLSIGN: Link. IATA Code: 4Z. ICAO Code: LNK

Website: https://www.flyairlink.com/

Airlink market distribution on each continent.

Airlink 30 days of scheduled flights

The graph shows thenumber of scheduled flights per day. The bars are divided between domestic and international flights.

Airlink airports

Number of routes on some of the biggest Airlink airports.
Routes re-launching soonRE-LAUNCH

Flights with Airlink that are seasonal or re-launching again.

Start From     To  
Aug 31 MQP Nelspruit Livingstone LVI »
Oct 2 CPT Cape Town Mauritius MRU »
Oct 3 CPT Cape Town Zanzibar ZNZ »
Dec 2 MPA Mpacha Windhoek WDH »
Updated 2026-07-18.
New Airlink routesNEW

Recently added routes to our site. This usually means the flight route is new.

From     To Start  
CPT Cape Town Mauritius MRU Oct 2  »
CPT Cape Town Zanzibar ZNZ Oct 3  »
The list of new routes is usually updated every third month.
Most popular flight routesPOPULAR

Airlink operates over 100 flight routes. Here are the most popular.

From     To  
JNB Johannesburg Cape Town CPT  »
JNB Johannesburg Nelspruit MQP  »
JNB Johannesburg Gaborone GBE  »
JNB Johannesburg Harare HRE  »
JNB Johannesburg Windhoek WDH  »
JNB Johannesburg Bloemfontein BFN  »
JNB Johannesburg Pietermaritzburg PZB  »
JNB Johannesburg Port Elizabeth PLZ  »
JNB Johannesburg Maputo MPM  »
JNB Johannesburg Hoedspruit HDS  »
JNB Johannesburg Bulawayo BUQ  »
JNB Johannesburg Maseru MSU  »
JNB Johannesburg Durban DUR  »
JNB Johannesburg Umtata UTT  »
JNB Johannesburg Lusaka LUN  »
JNB Johannesburg Polokwane PTG  »
CPT Cape Town George GRJ  »
CPT Cape Town Windhoek WDH  »
JNB Johannesburg Kimberley KIM  »
JNB Johannesburg Upington UTN  »
Based on the number of flight departures in August 2026.
Airlink Aircrafts

Aircraft models scheduled to fly with Airlink.

Aircraft model Flights
Embraer 190 2682
Embraer RJ135 and Legacy 600/650 2069
Embraer RJ140 1082
Embraer 170 616
Embraer 195 and Legacy 1000 567
Embraer 195 E2 456
Embraer RJ145 4

Airlink airports

Sorted by the number of departing flights next month.

Hub ZA Airlink at JNB route map
#1 Johannesburg (JNB)
2,908 flights
Hub ZA Airlink at CPT route map
#2 Cape Town (CPT)
824 flights
ZA Airlink at MQP route map
#3 Nelspruit (MQP)
299 flights
NA Airlink at WDH route map
#4 Windhoek (WDH)
237 flights
ZW Airlink at HRE route map
#5 Harare (HRE)
225 flights
ZA Airlink at DUR route map
#6 Durban (DUR)
199 flights
BW Airlink at GBE route map
#7 Gaborone (GBE)
182 flights
ZA Airlink at PLZ route map
#8 Port Elizabeth (PLZ)
177 flights
ZA Airlink at HDS route map
#9 Hoedspruit (HDS)
154 flights
ZW Airlink at VFA route map
#10 Victoria Falls (VFA)
154 flights
ZA Airlink at BFN route map
#11 Bloemfontein (BFN)
138 flights
ZA Airlink at KIM route map
#12 Kimberley (KIM)
136 flights

An airline hub is an airport where the airline has a heavy presence and normally some kind of headquarters. On the other hand, a focus city is a destination where the airline operates limited point-to-point routes. In these cities, the airline doesn’t necessarily need to have an office (even though this sometimes is the case). Many low-cost airlines don't use the definition 'hub' but instead define their main airports of operations as an operating base.