South African Airways

With its well-earned reputation of safety, service and route network, South African Airways (SAA), which carries over 7 million passengers a year, is the most preferred airline when travelling to Southern Africa and other parts of the world.

SAA: From Africa with love

In 1953, South African Airways (SAA) made aviation history when it became the first airline outside UK to operate the world's first pure jetliner, the De Havilland Comet. One of the first national airlines in the world, SAA has now completed 75 years of exemplary service. With its well-earned reputation of safety, service and route network, the airline, which carries over 7 million passengers a year, is the most preferred airline when travelling to Southern Africa and other parts of the world. The expansive route network not only encompasses the African continent, but also caters to international destinations. With its modern fleet, on-board and ground services,  SAA offerings are the best in its class.
The airline operates a brand new, state-of-the-art fleet, consisting of Airbus A340-200, A340-300 and A340-600 aircraft on its network, including India. The airline operates four flights a week directly between Mumbai and Johannesburg.   SAA’s unrivalled network – featuring seamless connections to more than 20 destinations within South Africa, and more than 20 cities across the rest of the continent – makes the airline the savvy traveller’s “gateway to Africa.”

Freqent Flyer Programme and Star Alliance
To complement this network, a world of privileges awaits those who join Voyager – SAA’s premier mileage programme. To sign up, travellers need to visit www.flysaa.com, and link to the Voyager icon. As a Star Alliance member, SAA is able to offer its customers 912 destinations in 159 countries and more than 16,500 flights daily, including convenient connections to 5 cities in India through code share service with Air India, and to more than 20 cities in India on its Frequent flyer partner, Jet Airways. Members of Jet Airways frequent flyer programme are able to earn and redeem miles on all SAA flights.

Shortest route to South America
SAA is proud to provide the shortest and the best route between South America and India. It operates daily flights from Johannesburg to Sao Paulo, and four flights a week from Mumbai to Johannesburg. SAA started operating three flights a week from Johannesburg to Buenos Aires on 08 April 2009, providing the shortest travel time between India and Argentina.
The flying time from Mumbai to Buenos Aires is 22 hours and 30 minutes. SAA also has the advantage of transiting through Johannesburg, which is at the midway point (transit time to Sao Paulo is 2 hours and 25 minutes and transit time

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