South African Airways' first Airbus A350-900 arriving at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York. As of December 2022 the airline does not serve this destination.[1]

This is a list of South African Airways destinations, as of January 2024.[2]

As of June 2016, South African Airways served eight destinations outside Africa. By that time, the top five international routes led from Johannesburg to New York City–JFK, London–Heathrow, Hong Kong, Frankfurt and Perth.[3]

List

Country City Airport Notes Refs
Angola Luanda Quatro de Fevereiro Airport Terminated [4][5]
Argentina Buenos Aires Ministro Pistarini International Airport Terminated [6]
Australia Melbourne Melbourne Airport Terminated [7]
Perth Perth Airport [4][8]
Sydney Sydney Airport Terminated [9]
Austria Vienna Vienna Airport Terminated [10]
Belgium Brussels Brussels Airport Terminated [10]
Benin Cotonou Cadjehoun Airport Terminated [11]
Botswana Francistown Francistown Airport Terminated [12]
Gaborone Sir Seretse Khama International Airport Terminated [12]
Selebi-Phikwe Selebi-Phikwe Airport Terminated [12]
Brazil Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro/Galeão International Airport Terminated [7]
São Paulo São Paulo/Guarulhos International Airport [13][14]
Burundi Bujumbura Bujumbura International Airport Terminated [15]
Cameroon Douala Douala International Airport Terminated [11][16]
Cape Verde Sal Amílcar Cabral International Airport Terminated [10]
China Beijing Beijing Capital International Airport Terminated [3][17]
Hong Kong Hong Kong International Airport Terminated [4][5]
Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa N'djili Airport [1]
Denmark Copenhagen Copenhagen Airport Terminated [9]
Eswatini Manzini Matsapha Airport Terminated [9]
France Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport Terminated [9]
Gabon Libreville Libreville International Airport Terminated [11][16]
Germany Frankfurt Frankfurt Airport Terminated [4]
Munich Munich Airport Terminated [4]
Ghana Accra Kotoka International Airport [1]
Greece Athens Ellinikon International Airport Airport Closed [10]
India Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport Terminated [3][18]
Israel Tel Aviv Ben Gurion Airport Terminated [10]
Italy Milan Milan Malpensa Airport Terminated [7]
Rome Rome Fiumicino Airport Terminated [10]
Ivory Coast Abidjan Félix-Houphouët-Boigny International Airport [16][5][19]
Japan Osaka Kansai International Airport Terminated [9]
Kenya Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta International Airport Terminated [4]
Lesotho Maseru Moshoeshoe I International Airport Terminated [9]
Luxembourg Luxembourg Luxembourg Airport Terminated [7]
Malawi Blantyre Chileka International Airport Terminated [20][21]
Lilongwe Lilongwe International Airport Terminated [20][22]
Mauritius Port Louis Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport [1][23]
Mozambique Maputo Maputo International Airport Terminated [4]
Namibia Keetmanshoop Keetmanshoop Airport Terminated [12]
Windhoek Hosea Kutako International Airport [1][24]
Netherlands Amsterdam Amsterdam Airport Schiphol Terminated [9]
Nigeria Abuja Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Terminated [25]
Lagos Murtala Muhammed International Airport [1]
Portugal Lisbon Lisbon Portela Airport Terminated [10]
Republic of the Congo Brazzaville Maya-Maya Airport Terminated [16]
Pointe-Noire Pointe-Noire Airport Terminated [26]
Rwanda Kigali Kigali International Airport Terminated [15]
Réunion Saint-Denis Roland Garros Airport Terminated [10]
Senegal Dakar Blaise Diagne International Airport Terminated [27][28]
Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport Terminated [27]
Seychelles Mahé Seychelles International Airport Terminated [12]
South Africa Alexander Bay Alexander Bay Airport Terminated [29]
Bloemfontein Bram Fischer International Airport Terminated [9]
Cape Town Cape Town International Airport [1]
Durban King Shaka International Airport [1]
East London King Phalo Airport Terminated [16]
George George Airport Terminated [9]
Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport [16]
Hoedspruit Hoedspruit Airport Terminated [9]
Johannesburg O. R. Tambo International Airport Hub [1]
Kimberley Kimberley Airport Terminated [9]
Margate Margate Airport Terminated [9]
Mmabatho Mahikeng Airport Terminated [9]
Nelspruit Nelspruit Airport Terminated [9]
Phalaborwa Hendrik Van Eck Airport Terminated [9]
Pietermaritzburg Pietermaritzburg Airport Terminated [9]
Pietersburg AFB Pietersburg Terminated [9]
Plettenberg Bay Plettenberg Bay Airport Terminated [9]
Richards Bay Richards Bay Airport Terminated [9]
Skukuza Skukuza Airport Terminated [9]
Sun City Pilanesberg International Airport Terminated [9]
Ulundi Ulundi Airport Terminated [9]
Umtata Mthatha Airport Terminated [9]
Upington Upington Airport Terminated [9]
Spain Las Palmas Gran Canaria Airport Terminated [12]
Madrid Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport Terminated [12]
Sri Lanka Colombo Bandaranaike International Airport Terminated [7]
Switzerland Zürich Zurich Airport Terminated [9]
Taiwan Taipei Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport Terminated [10]
Tanzania Dar es Salaam Julius Nyerere International Airport Terminated [4]
Thailand Bangkok Don Mueang International Airport Terminated [9]
Uganda Entebbe Entebbe International Airport Terminated [4]
United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi International Airport Terminated [30][31][32]
United Kingdom London Heathrow Airport Terminated [4]
United States Houston George Bush Intercontinental Airport Terminated [10]
Miami Miami International Airport Terminated [9]
New York City John F. Kennedy International Airport Terminated [4]
Washington, D.C. Washington Dulles International Airport Terminated [4]
Zambia Livingstone Livingstone Airport Terminated [4]
Lusaka Lusaka International Airport [1]
Ndola Ndola Airport Terminated [4][5]
Zimbabwe Bulawayo Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport Terminated [12]
Harare Harare International Airport [1]
Victoria Falls Victoria Falls Airport [1]

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Frequently Asked Questions". Retrieved 31 August 2021.
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  30. ^ Dron, Alan (12 December 2014). "South African Airways, Etihad boost relationship". Air Transport World. Archived from the original on 12 December 2014. From March 29, 2015 SAA will begin a daily service between Johannesburg and Abu Dhabi, complementing Etihad's existing daily flight between the two cities. 
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