More Jo’burg- Maputo flights on the cards? SA Express will terminate its Cape Town-Maputo and Cape Town-Windhoek flights from May 15. An airline spokesman said the move was “in support of the airline’s strategy of sustainability and improving connectivity”. According to TNW, SA Express has applied to the Air Services Licensing Council to operate three flights a week between Johannesburg and Maputo. New low-cost carriers gets the go-ahead The Air Services Licensing Council (ASLC) has granted FlySafair a domestic air service licence for the operation of domestic scheduled flights in South Africa. The airline was initially blocked from starting its operations after two competitors brought an urgent application to interdict the new low-cost airline from launching because it did not meet the 75% domestic ownership requirements. More of SAA’s Africa plans Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba reiterated the intention of the SAA Group – which includes SAA, SA Express and Mango – to establish a West African hub in conjunction with the “right” partner. He said capacity to Ghana was also on the agenda. According to TNW, the airline has applied to the Air Services Licensing Council for three services to Freetown, Sierra Leone, which is not currently part of its network. It has also applied for three flights to Libreville, Gabon which if granted could potentially allow for daily flights to the country. SAA has also applied for one flight a week to Abuja, Nigeria.
