The largest airline of the United Arab Emirates and the flag carrier of the Emirate of Dubai, Emirates, has announced that it will be expanding its operations in and out of South Africa. Effective from 31 October 2021, the airline will boost its schedule to a total of 28 weekly flights between Dubai and Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban. The ramp up of operations will see double daily flights to Johannesburg, including the introduction of an Airbus A380 on one of the daily flights, in addition to daily services to both Cape Town and Durban. From 01 January 2022, Emirates will serve Johannesburg with double daily Airbus A380 services.
Emirates’ flight schedule expansion comes in response to a surge in customer demand to Dubai as tourist visas have opened up for all nationalities, in addition to the easing of restrictions across some destinations that now allow quarantine-free entry for South Africans.
Emirates further announced that it is set to revive its strategic partnership and cooperation with South African Airways (SAA) once the airline is resuming operations on 23 September 2021. The Emirates-SAA partnership dates back to 1997, and is Emirates’ first ever codeshare agreement with another carrier.
09 September 2021
Emirates to expand South Africa operations from October 2021!
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