Comair will be expanding its African route network and will soon start scheduled flights from Johannesburg to Dar es Salaam in Tanzania and to Walvis Bay in Namibia.
The group was granted the rights by the South African Air Licensing Council and the flights will add to Comair’s existing regional African network from Johannesburg to Harare, Livingstone, Victoria Falls, Windhoek and Mauritius.
“The granting of the new licences will bring much-needed competition to the regional African routes, which have been dominated by government-owned airlines. This increased competition will also make for more competitive fare pricing, improvement in service levels and additional choice for customers,” said Stuart Cochrane, Comair’s Executive Manager for Sales and Route Development.
Comair is in the process of finalising schedules for the new routes and will inform customers when bookings open.