Virgin Atlantic and South African Airways (SAA) expanded their existing codeshare agreement by introducing a codeshare on each other’s services between London Heathrow and Cape Town according to an announcement made in February.
Passengers can book with Virgin Atlantic to travel on SAA’s service between Cape Town and Heathrow, offering passengers more flexibility and choice of schedules on this popular route throughout the year.
Additionally passengers can book with SAA to travel on Virgin Atlantic’s service between Heathrow and Cape Town.
This bilateral agreement extends the existing codeshare agreement between the two partner airlines, which enables customers on Virgin Atlantic’s flights from Heathrow to Johannesburg to connect easily onto SAA services to Durban, Port Elizabeth, East London and Cape Town in South Africa.
Edmond Rose, Director Commercial and Revenue Planning, Virgin Atlantic, commented:
“This codeshare extension gives Virgin Atlantic’s customers even more choice of journeys between London and South Africa, and permits them to book non-stop flights to Cape Town all year round. We are delighted to be expanding our codeshare with South African Airways and are sure that passengers will enjoy having more travel options as well as the excellent service onboard with both airlines.”
Virgin Atlantic operates a seasonal service between London Heathrow and Cape Town from October through to April. This VS603 departs London Heathrow at 20.35 arriving in Cape Town at 10.30 the following day. The VS604 returns from Cape Town at 22.40 arriving into London Heathrow at 09.00. This service operates daily until March and then three times per week in April. The airline also offers a daily service between London Heathrow and Johannesburg on a year round basis.
SAA offers a daily flight all year around between Cape Town and London Heathrow. SA220 departs Cape Town at 18:40 and arrives in London at 06:20 the following day. SA221 departs London at 21:00 and arrives in Cape Town at 10:10 the following.
Virgin Atlantic first began codesharing on SAA’s domestic operations in October 2004.
For further information, visit www.virginatlantic.com or www.flysaa.com
