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South African Airways is the flag carrier of South Africa. Founded in 1929 as Union Airways it later rebranded to South African Airways in 1934. As of February 2026, SAA flies to 17 destinations, operating a fleet of 19 aircraft.

Summary from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA.

IATA
SA
ICAO
SAA
Callsign
SPRINGBOK
Country
South Africa
Headquarters
OR Tambo International Airport
Founded
1934-01-01
Alias
SAA South African Airways
Hubs
Cape Town International AirportOR Tambo International Airport
Official website
Aircraft on these routes
Airbus A319Airbus A320Airbus A330Airbus A330-200Airbus A330-300342Airbus A340-300Airbus A340-600733Boeing 737-80073WBoeing 747-400757Boeing 767-300Boeing 777-200777Boeing 777-200LRBoeing 777-300ERAR8CR2CRJ700Dash 8 Q400ER3ER4J41

Destinations (76)

Historical route data from OpenFlights — may be out of date.

Airline data: OpenFlights; facts and logo via Wikidata / Wikimedia Commons (CC0). Codes may be reassigned over time.