King Shaka air link with Zambia resumes
About two years ago 38 international and local flights, including the Zambia route, were stopped by South African Airways.
Flights between King Shaka International Airport and one of the country’s key African trading partners, Zambia, have resumed, with the first flight landing last Thursday.
The Zambian airline company, ProFlight, will operate flights on Thursdays and Sundays.
It is anticipated that business and tourism will be boosted as a result, with figures from 2021 and 2022 noting that travel between the two countries had then grown by 38%.
eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality said during the same period South Africa’s exports to Zambia grew to R1.6b.
“Improved air connectivity will undoubtedly strengthen business links between the two destinations,” says KZN Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs MEC Siboniso Duma.
In January 2020 South African Airways cut 38 international and local flights, including the Zambia route.
eThekwini Mayor Mxolisi Kaunda says they are excited about the resumption of the flights.
“We are thrilled to have ProFlight flying to Durban. With the tourism industry gradually recovering, the resumption of air services facilitates greater leisure and business travel to our shores.
“Growing intra-Africa travel is a key component of our broader strategy to ensure competitiveness,” says Kaunda.
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