Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African Airways (SAA) has announced that it will launch its first-ever direct service between Cape Town and Mauritius in December.
The flight will launch on 9 December and will be a three-weekly service operating every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday.
A temporary adjustment will be made between mid-January and mid-March 2026, when the service will operate twice weekly, in line with seasonal demand.
SAA said that services mark “a strategic expansion” for the group and its network, particularly for travellers in the Western Cape.
“Connecting Cape Town with Mauritius is a fascinating achievement that our team has been aspiring towards for quite some time. The introduction of this route demonstrates SAA’s role in promoting leisure travel across the region and supports the broader tourism objectives for both South Africa and Mauritius,” it said in a statement received by PANA.
SAA’s new flight will join a host of other new flights, local and international, opening up in South Africa in 2025 and 2026.
Meanwhile, Australian airline Qantas has announced that it will reintroduce its route between Johannesburg and Perth in December.
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