South African Airways (SAA) hopes to resume flights to Blantyre, Malawi on Saturday, 2 February, according to a statement from the national carrier.
On 18 January, SAA took a decision to cancel flights between the two cities after the South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) conducted an audit confirming that the Chileka airport was not fully compliant with minimum standards required for SAA to operate in line with its licensing conditions.
“We took steps immediately after we suspended operations to Blantyre and dispatched personnel from our head office to augment our staff in Blantyre to attend to the audit findings to ensure compliance with our licensing conditions,” said SAA spokesperson Tlali.
He said SAA had put together a corrective action plan (CAP) and submitted it for consideration by SACAA.
“We now await SACAA inspection of the airport after our demonstration to them that we have successfully implemented required interventions as per our corrective action plan,” highlighted Tlali.
SAA operates three flights a week between Johannesburg and Blantyre (Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays).
