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South African Airways

CALLSIGN: SPRINGBOK. IATA Code: SA. ICAO Code: SAA

Website: http://www.flysaa.com/

SAA market distribution on each continent.

South African Airways 30 days of scheduled flights

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

SAA airports

Number of routes on some of the biggest South African Airways airports.
Most popular flight routesPOPULAR

South African Airways operates over 120 flight routes. Here are the most popular.

From     To  
JNB Johannesburg Cape Town CPT  »
JNB Johannesburg Durban DUR  »
PLZ Port Elizabeth Johannesburg JNB  »
JNB Johannesburg Gaborone GBE  »
LUN Lusaka Johannesburg JNB  »
JNB Johannesburg Windhoek WDH  »
JNB Johannesburg Harare HRE  »
FBM Lubumbashi Johannesburg JNB  »
DAR Dar Es Salaam Johannesburg JNB  »
MRU Mauritius Johannesburg JNB  »
JNB Johannesburg Victoria Falls VFA  »
JNB Johannesburg Kinshasa FIH  »
JNB Johannesburg Accra ACC  »
PER Perth Johannesburg JNB  »
JNB Johannesburg Lagos LOS  »
ABJ Abidjan Accra ACC  »
MRU Mauritius Cape Town CPT  »
JNB Johannesburg Sao Paulo GRU  »
GRU Sao Paulo Cape Town CPT  »
Based on the number of flight departures in August 2026.
South African Airways Aircrafts

Aircraft models scheduled to fly with South African Airways.

Aircraft model Flights
Airbus A320 1555
Airbus A330-300 149
Airbus A340-300 33

South African Airways airports

Sorted by the number of departing flights next month.

ZA SAA at JNB route map
#1 Johannesburg (JNB)
844 flights
ZA SAA at CPT route map
#2 Cape Town (CPT)
243 flights
ZA SAA at DUR route map
#3 Durban (DUR)
143 flights
ZA SAA at PLZ route map
#4 Port Elizabeth (PLZ)
75 flights
BW SAA at GBE route map
#5 Gaborone (GBE)
55 flights
ZM SAA at LUN route map
#6 Lusaka (LUN)
47 flights
MU SAA at MRU route map
#7 Mauritius (MRU)
44 flights
NA SAA at WDH route map
#8 Windhoek (WDH)
43 flights
ZW SAA at HRE route map
#9 Harare (HRE)
37 flights
GH SAA at ACC route map
#10 Accra (ACC)
35 flights
TZ SAA at DAR route map
#11 Dar Es Salaam (DAR)
31 flights
CD SAA at FBM route map
#12 Lubumbashi (FBM)
31 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.