The national flag carrier Malawian Airlines has suspended its Lilongwe – Blantyre and Johannesburg operations in response to the South African government’s travel ban aimed at cushioning transmission of the novel coronavirus. In a flight advisory Malawian Airlines public relations officer Joseph Josia said they have “temporarily” suspended all flight to Johannesburg until April 16 […]
Malawians who booked South African Airways (SAA) for their flights should find alternative airliners as the airline has cancelled its flights both in Malawi and outside the country. SAA says in a statement it has cancelled nearly all domestic, regional and international flights for tomorrow, Friday and Saturday. “The decision follows an announcement by the […]
South African Airways (SAA) has resumed flights between Johannesburg and Blantyre about two weeks after the airliner suspended it’s operations due to security concerns at Chileka International Airport. SAA said in a statement seen by Nyasa Times that the resumption of operations on Saturday follows the conclusion of audit and inspection processes at the Chileka […]
South African Airways (SAA) says it is set to resume its Blantyre operations this weekend after concerns by South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) that Chileka International Airport has serious safety risks have been addressed. The annual inspection had exposed several issues of non-compliance and these include the airport’s perimeter fence that was vandalised. But […]
South African Airways spokesman Tlali Tlali has assured that it will not stop flying ti.Malawi as one of the airlines destinations, after reports suggested the airline will dump Blantyre and Lilongwe routes. Tlailambasted a Media24 publication for being “unprofessional” and lacking “decency and courtesy” following a report that said that SAA would reduce the number […]
One of Africa’s largest airline South African Airways (SAA) has plans to stop flying into Malawi following its decision to dump some of its routes in a desperate bid to save itself from collapse. The dumping of some of its routes, is among several of the airline’s strategies to stay aloft with other strategies including […]
Kamuzu International Airport (KIA), Malawi’s major international airport, being blacklisted international airlines over aviation safety issues with South African Airways (SAA) cancelling flights on Friday. SAA advised its customers that its flights to and from Lilongwe Kamuzu International Airport were cancelled due to the change of category status and resultant conditions at the airport “which […]
The Malawi Tourism and South African Airways have launched a campaign to wow SAA Europe discounted customers to visit Malawi. The Airline is offering discounted airfares to Lilongwe and Blantyre. The new fares are from London to Malawi are now at £604 return saving up to £149 on the typical fare. The discounted fares for […]
Malawi Minister of Information and Civic Education, Patricia Kaliati, on Thursday launched a scathing verbal attack to Kenyan Airways after the airliner refused to sell her a ticket for a trip of a government officer to Tanzania because it could not accept the Malawi Kwacha currency. Kenya Airways and Ethiopian Airlines are charging their airfares […]
South African Airways (SAA) has said it is seriously looking at the possibility of increasing its flights frequency between South Africa and Malawi. SAA’s country manager James Chikaonda said this during the airline’s sponsored programme broadcast Tuesday Malawi’s private radio Capital FM. He said research is underway to determine the viability of increasing flights into […]