Durban King Shaka International Airport
King Shaka International Airport was officially opened in 2010 and has since garnered many accolades. The airport was voted the top Regional Airport for Africa in the Skytrax World Airport Awards in 2013 to 2016, and was second in the...
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Emirates To Ramp Up South Africa Schedule
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The carrier is working with the South African Tourism Board to promote travel to the country.
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Emirates Aims To Increase South African Tourism
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The carrier serves three South African cities.
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Routes In Brief: Rolling Daily Updates (W/C March 7)
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Routes details the latest new route announcements, as well as the services returning to carriers’ networks.
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Routes In Brief: Rolling Daily Updates (W/C Jan. 17)
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Routes details the latest new route announcements, as well as the services returning to carriers’ networks.
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Emirates to restart St Petersburg, increase Saudi Arabia operations
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The service increases to Russia and Saudi Arabia follow additions made to the airline’s South Africa network.
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Emirates, South Africa’s CemAir ink interline agreement
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CemAir is the fourth South African carrier Emirates has struck either an interline or codeshare pact with.
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Emirates and Airlink sign codeshare agreement
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The new deal builds on an interline partnership the airlines entered into last October.
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Emirates ramps up US, UK and Africa capacity
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Frequencies are being increased due to rising passenger demand, the airline says.
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Emirates suspends routes to Australia’s three largest cities
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The latest route cancellations follow the airline’s pause of flights to South Africa.
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Seoul, Abu Dhabi and Pittsburgh among BA route cuts
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Thirteen destinations are being dropped from British Airways’ long-haul network, with a further three routes suspended for the upcoming summer season.
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Emirates inks South African interline agreement
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The deal is with FlySafair, which says it is offering 75% of the available domestic seat capacity in South Africa this month.
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Lift to launch with two routes from Johannesburg
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The latest addition to South Africa’s skies has revealed its inaugural routes.
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Emirates partnership opens up more Southern Africa routes
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An interline agreement with Airlink will allow travelers from Dubai to Cape Town and Johannesburg to go onwards to 45 destinations across the...
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Recovery Tracker: Delta Air Lines, Emirates, Airlink and more
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A weekly round-up of the latest news from the aviation industry as airlines and airports seek to recover from the COVID-19 crisis.
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Comair stands ‘reasonable’ chance of survival
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Administrators in charge of South Africa’s Comair believe there are “reasonable prospects” of saving the company. Routes looks at the airline...
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How South African aviation could turn the tables
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As South Africa’s major airports set new passenger records, the country’s tourism boom could help alleviate its economic woes
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Durban is taking off in lasting World Routes hosting legacy
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Over the past year major global airline brands such as Ethiopian Airlines, Qatar Airways and Turkish Airlines, plus local southern African...
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Ethiopian arrives back in Durban thanks to World Routes meetings
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The return of Africa’s largest carrier to the southern city, its third destination in South Africa, can be directly linked to recent World Routes...
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Routes after Routes
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From snorkeling with sharks to the world’s tallest bungee swing, there’s plenty to see and do in Durban. We’d like to share with you just a handful...
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Turkish Airlines to Launch Durban Link By mid-November 2015
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Durban will be Turkish Airlines’ third destination in South Africa after Johannesburg and Cape Town. The airline first introduced flights into the...