Qatar Airways ups frequency to SA

Qatar Airways is expanding its capacity to South Africa by 10% with the launch of a  year-round daily service to Cape Town on October 1, double daily services to Johannesburg, and four new weekly flights to Durban (via Johannesburg), both starting December 17.

Speaking at a media briefing in Cape Town last week, chief commercial officer, Marwan Koleilat, said all three routes would operate with modern B787 Dreamliners.

The announcement comes as Qatar Airways celebrates a decade of service to South Africa during which its frequencies have grown from four a week in 2005 to its current 10 flights a week to Johannesburg and three a week to Cape Town.

Source: eTNW