FlySafair, South Africa’s leading low-cost airline, has announced another milestone. This is in line with its ongoing bid to enable safe and affordable travel for local and international customers.
This month, the airline launched a new route from Johannesburg to Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport (KMIA) in Nelspruit, also sometimes referred to as Mbombela Airport.
Easy, safe and affordable travel
The new route is a natural progression from the launch of its connection between Cape Town International Airport (CTIA) and KMIA in April of this year. As with that route, the Johannesburg to Nelspruit route is intended to provide ease to international tourists. This is as they reach prime South African tourist destinations more easily, with the Kruger National Park being a firm favourite.
International guests arriving at OR Tambo will be able to fly to the Kruger National Park affordably, with tickets starting at just R950.
‘With this new route, we want to make it easier for our customers to reach the destinations of their choice as smoothly as possible,’ explains Kirby Gordon, Chief Marketing Officer at FlySafair.
This connection is particularly useful to FlySafair’s long list of interline partners, including KLM, Air France, Qatar, Emirates, Air Seychelles, Kenya Airways, Ethiopian Airlines, Proflight (Zambia) and Condor.
This will make it considerably smoother for travellers on those airlines to book from their international carrier to their KMIA-bound flight on FlySafair, with protections on any delays to their journeys.
Economic growth
Furthermore, the new route and these agreements are another step by the airline to foster growth in the South African economy. According to the The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), the South African Travel & Tourism’s contribution to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is set to drive the national economic recovery.
‘It has become abundantly clearer that travel and tourism is a driving force of economic growth in the country. Our beautiful country has significant attractions to tourists, with the Kruger National Park being particularly highly ranked. Thus, it makes sense to create new routes so that tourists can have ready access to prime attractions like Cape Town and the Kruger National Park,’ explains Gordon.
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