List of South African Airways destinations

South African Airways' first Airbus A350-900 arriving at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York. As of July 2024 the airline does not serve this destination.[1]

This is a list of South African Airways destinations, as of July 2024. South African Airways served ten destinations outside Africa.[1]

At June 2016, South African Airways served eight destinations outside Africa. By that time, the top five international routes led from Johannesburg to New York–JFK, London–Heathrow, Hong Kong, Frankfurt and Perth.[2]

List

Country City Airport Notes Refs
Angola Luanda Quatro de Fevereiro Airport Terminated [1][3]
Argentina Buenos Aires Ministro Pistarini International Airport Terminated [4]
Australia Melbourne Melbourne Airport Terminated [5]
Perth Perth Airport [1][6]
Sydney Sydney Airport Terminated [7]
Austria Vienna Vienna International Airport Terminated [8]
Belgium Brussels Brussels Airport Terminated [8]
Benin Cotonou Cadjehoun Airport Terminated [9]
Botswana Francistown Francistown Airport Terminated [10]
Gaborone Sir Seretse Khama International Airport Terminated [10]
Selebi-Phikwe Selebi-Phikwe Airport Terminated [10]
Brazil Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro/Galeão International Airport Terminated [5]
São Paulo São Paulo/Guarulhos International Airport [11]
Burundi Bujumbura Bujumbura International Airport Terminated [12]
Cameroon Douala Douala International Airport Terminated [9][13]
Cape Verde Sal Amílcar Cabral International Airport Terminated [8]
China Beijing Beijing Capital International Airport Terminated [2][14]
Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa N'djili Airport [15]
Lubumbashi Lubumbashi International Airport [16]
Denmark Copenhagen Copenhagen Airport Terminated [7]
Eswatini Manzini Matsapha Airport Terminated [7]
France Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport Terminated [7]
Gabon Libreville Libreville International Airport Terminated [9][13]
Germany Frankfurt Frankfurt Airport Terminated [1]
Munich Munich Airport Terminated [1]
Ghana Accra Kotoka International Airport [15]
Greece Athens Ellinikon International Airport Airport closed [8]
Hong Kong Hong Kong Hong Kong International Airport Terminated [1][3]
India Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport Terminated [2][17]
Israel Tel Aviv Ben Gurion Airport Terminated [8]
Italy Milan Milan Malpensa Airport Terminated [5]
Rome Rome Fiumicino Airport Terminated [8]
Ivory Coast Abidjan Félix-Houphouët-Boigny International Airport [13][3]
Japan Osaka Kansai International Airport Terminated [7]
Kenya Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta International Airport Terminated [1]
Lesotho Maseru Moshoeshoe I International Airport Terminated [7]
Luxembourg Luxembourg City Luxembourg Airport Terminated [5]
Malawi Blantyre Chileka International Airport Terminated [18][19]
Lilongwe Lilongwe International Airport Terminated [18][20]
Mauritius Port Louis Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport [15][21]
Mozambique Maputo Maputo International Airport Terminated [1]
Namibia Keetmanshoop Keetmanshoop Airport Terminated [10]
Windhoek Hosea Kutako International Airport [15][22]
Netherlands Amsterdam Amsterdam Airport Schiphol Terminated [7]
Nigeria Abuja Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Terminated [23]
Lagos Murtala Muhammed International Airport [15]
Portugal Lisbon Lisbon Airport Terminated [8]
Republic of the Congo Brazzaville Maya-Maya Airport Terminated [13]
Pointe-Noire Pointe-Noire Airport Terminated [24]
Rwanda Kigali Kigali International Airport Terminated [12]
Réunion Saint-Denis Roland Garros Airport Terminated [8]
Senegal Dakar Blaise Diagne International Airport Terminated [25][26]
Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport Terminated [25]
Seychelles Mahé Seychelles International Airport Terminated [10]
South Africa Alexander Bay Alexander Bay Airport Terminated [27]
Bloemfontein Bram Fischer International Airport Terminated [7]
Cape Town Cape Town International Airport [15]
Durban King Shaka International Airport [15]
East London King Phalo Airport Terminated [13]
George George Airport Terminated [7]
Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport [13]
Hoedspruit Hoedspruit Airport Terminated [7]
Johannesburg O. R. Tambo International Airport Hub [15]
Kimberley Kimberley Airport Terminated [7]
Margate Margate Airport Terminated [7]
Mmabatho Mahikeng Airport Terminated [7]
Nelspruit Nelspruit Airport Terminated [7]
Phalaborwa Hendrik Van Eck Airport Terminated [7]
Pietermaritzburg Pietermaritzburg Airport Terminated [7]
Pietersburg AFB Pietersburg Terminated [7]
Plettenberg Bay Plettenberg Bay Airport Terminated [7]
Richards Bay Richards Bay Airport Terminated [7]
Skukuza Skukuza Airport Terminated [7]
Sun City Pilanesberg International Airport Terminated [7]
Ulundi Ulundi Airport Terminated [7]
Umtata Mthatha Airport Terminated [7]
Upington Upington Airport Terminated [7]
Spain Las Palmas Gran Canaria Airport Terminated [10]
Madrid Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport Terminated [10]
Sri Lanka Colombo Bandaranaike International Airport Terminated [5]
Switzerland Zürich Zürich Airport Terminated [7]
Taiwan Taipei Taoyuan International Airport Terminated [8]
Tanzania Dar es Salaam Julius Nyerere International Airport [1][28]
Thailand Bangkok Don Mueang International Airport Terminated [7]
Uganda Entebbe Entebbe International Airport Terminated [1]
United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Zayed International Airport Terminated [29][30][31]
United Kingdom London Heathrow Airport Terminated [1]
United States Houston George Bush Intercontinental Airport Terminated [8]
Miami Miami International Airport Terminated [7]
New York City John F. Kennedy International Airport Terminated [1]
Washington, D.C. Washington Dulles International Airport Terminated [1]
Zambia Livingstone Harry Mwanga Nkumbula International Airport Terminated [1]
Lusaka Kenneth Kaunda International Airport [15]
Ndola Ndola Airport Terminated [1][3]
Zimbabwe Bulawayo Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport Terminated [10]
Harare Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport [15]
Victoria Falls Victoria Falls Airport [15]

See also

References

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