South African Airways (SAA) is to continue expanding its route network across Africa and adding capacity to existing routes, while cementing its membership with the Star Alliance, in order to turn itself into the leading airline on the continent, says company CEO Khaya Ngqula.
"Our plans for Africa are to keep with our mandate to be an African carrier with a global reach," he said at the airline's headquarters at OR Tambo International Airport outside Johannesburg on Wednesday.
"We are planning to add capacity so we have more flights and destinations to our African route network criss-crossing the continent."
Two additional flights per week to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania were recently launched, while one additional flight per week to Luanda, Angola has been introduced to the schedule.
