Earlier this year, Dubai carrier Emirates and the South African Tourism Board signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to jointly promote tourism and boost visitor arrivals to South Africa.
Emirates has been serving South Africa for 27 years, connecting around 20 million passengers to and from South Africa, Dubai, and beyond through its worldwide network. Now, the Dubai-based carrier will be introducing additional services to Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban in South Africa.
The ramp-up of flights is part of the airline’s ongoing commitment to support South Africa’s economic and tourism recovery through enhanced connectivity across all of its gateways.
Emirates will be expanding its schedule to and from Johannesburg, Cape Town, and Durban. The reintroduction of these new flights to the three gateways will enhance the carrier’s schedule to 42 weekly services.
The initiative will be highly positive for tourism in Cape Town, home of one of the New 7 Wonders of Nature: Table Mountain. The destination was appointed after competing against major international attractions. with a campaign that attracted more than 100-million global votes. The flights will benefit customers with more connecting choices to domestic and regional cities across Southern Africa via Emirates’ codeshare and interline partners including South African Airways, Airlink, FlySafair and Cemair.
Emirates’ new flights will also provide more cargo belly-hold capacity to further scale up import and export opportunities for local businesses. Tickets can be booked on the carrier’s website or app, or via online and offline travel agents.