Airline profile

South African Airways (SA)

An at-a-glance profile of South African Airways, the active carrier registered in South Africa under IATA code SA. Includes its callsign, ICAO identifier, and a sample of routes filed under this code.

SAIATA

SAAICAO

SPRINGBOKCallsign

202Routes on file

Carrier facts

Legal/common name: South African Airways
Alias / DBA: SAA South African Airways
Country of registration: South Africa
ATC callsign: SPRINGBOK
ICAO code: SAA

South African Airways is one of 983 active airlines indexed in this directory. The route sample below comes straight from the OpenFlights routes table. Treat it as a snapshot rather than a complete schedule. It still gives a clear picture of where the carrier flies and which airports it concentrates on.

Route sample

Up to 60 routes filed under SA. Each row links to both endpoints' airport pages and to a dedicated route page.

Routes operated by this airline
From		To		Route
ABJ	Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire	ACC	Accra, Ghana	ABJ→ACC
ACC	Accra, Ghana	ABJ	Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire	ACC→ABJ
ACC	Accra, Ghana	JNB	Johannesburg, South Africa	ACC→JNB
ADD	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	BKO	Bamako, Mali	ADD→BKO
ADD	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	JNB	Johannesburg, South Africa	ADD→JNB
APL	Nampula, Mozambique	JNB	Johannesburg, South Africa	APL→JNB
AUH	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	JNB	Johannesburg, South Africa	AUH→JNB
BBK	Kasane, Botswana	JNB	Johannesburg, South Africa	BBK→JNB
BEW	Beira, Mozambique	JNB	Johannesburg, South Africa	BEW→JNB
BFN	Bloemfontein, South Africa	CPT	Cape Town, South Africa	BFN→CPT
BFN	Bloemfontein, South Africa	DUR	Durban, South Africa	BFN→DUR
BFN	Bloemfontein, South Africa	JNB	Johannesburg, South Africa	BFN→JNB
BKK	Bangkok, Thailand	JNB	Johannesburg, South Africa	BKK→JNB
BKO	Bamako, Mali	ADD	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	BKO→ADD
BKO	Bamako, Mali	DKR	Dakar, Senegal	BKO→DKR
BLZ	Blantyre, Malawi	JNB	Johannesburg, South Africa	BLZ→JNB
BOM	Mumbai, India	JNB	Johannesburg, South Africa	BOM→JNB
BUQ	Bulawayo, Zimbabwe	JNB	Johannesburg, South Africa	BUQ→JNB
BZV	Brazzaville, Congo (Brazzaville)	JNB	Johannesburg, South Africa	BZV→JNB
CAI	Cairo, Egypt	JNB	Johannesburg, South Africa	CAI→JNB
COO	Cotonou, Benin	PNR	Pointe-noire, Congo (Brazzaville)	COO→PNR
CPT	Cape Town, South Africa	BFN	Bloemfontein, South Africa	CPT→BFN
CPT	Cape Town, South Africa	DUR	Durban, South Africa	CPT→DUR
CPT	Cape Town, South Africa	DXB	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	CPT→DXB
CPT	Cape Town, South Africa	ELS	East London, South Africa	CPT→ELS
CPT	Cape Town, South Africa	GRJ	George, South Africa	CPT→GRJ
CPT	Cape Town, South Africa	HDS	Hoedspruit, South Africa	CPT→HDS
CPT	Cape Town, South Africa	HLA	Johannesburg, South Africa	CPT→HLA
CPT	Cape Town, South Africa	JNB	Johannesburg, South Africa	CPT→JNB
CPT	Cape Town, South Africa	KIM	Kimberley, South Africa	CPT→KIM
CPT	Cape Town, South Africa	MPM	Maputo, Mozambique	CPT→MPM
CPT	Cape Town, South Africa	MQP	Mpumalanga, South Africa	CPT→MQP
CPT	Cape Town, South Africa	PLZ	Port Elizabeth, South Africa	CPT→PLZ
CPT	Cape Town, South Africa	UTN	Upington, South Africa	CPT→UTN
CPT	Cape Town, South Africa	WDH	Windhoek, Namibia	CPT→WDH
CPT	Cape Town, South Africa	WVB	Walvis Bay, Namibia	CPT→WVB
DAR	Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania	JNB	Johannesburg, South Africa	DAR→JNB
DKR	Dakar, Senegal	BKO	Bamako, Mali	DKR→BKO
DKR	Dakar, Senegal	IAD	Washington, United States	DKR→IAD
DKR	Dakar, Senegal	JNB	Johannesburg, South Africa	DKR→JNB
DLA	Douala, Cameroon	LBV	Libreville, Gabon	DLA→LBV
DUR	Durban, South Africa	BFN	Bloemfontein, South Africa	DUR→BFN
DUR	Durban, South Africa	CPT	Cape Town, South Africa	DUR→CPT
DUR	Durban, South Africa	DXB	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	DUR→DXB
DUR	Durban, South Africa	ELS	East London, South Africa	DUR→ELS
DUR	Durban, South Africa	GRJ	George, South Africa	DUR→GRJ
DUR	Durban, South Africa	HRE	Harare, Zimbabwe	DUR→HRE
DUR	Durban, South Africa	JNB	Johannesburg, South Africa	DUR→JNB
DUR	Durban, South Africa	LUN	Lusaka, Zambia	DUR→LUN
DUR	Durban, South Africa	MPM	Maputo, Mozambique	DUR→MPM
DUR	Durban, South Africa	MQP	Mpumalanga, South Africa	DUR→MQP
DUR	Durban, South Africa	PLZ	Port Elizabeth, South Africa	DUR→PLZ
DXB	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	CPT	Cape Town, South Africa	DXB→CPT
DXB	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	DUR	Durban, South Africa	DXB→DUR
DXB	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	JNB	Johannesburg, South Africa	DXB→JNB
EBB	Entebbe, Uganda	JNB	Johannesburg, South Africa	EBB→JNB
ELS	East London, South Africa	CPT	Cape Town, South Africa	ELS→CPT
ELS	East London, South Africa	DUR	Durban, South Africa	ELS→DUR
ELS	East London, South Africa	JNB	Johannesburg, South Africa	ELS→JNB
ELS	East London, South Africa	PLZ	Port Elizabeth, South Africa	ELS→PLZ

Top destinations in the sample

Routes operated by this airline (section 2)
IATA	Airport	City	Country	Sample frequency
JNB	OR Tambo International Airport	Johannesburg	South Africa	20
CPT	Cape Town International Airport	Cape Town	South Africa	4
DUR	King Shaka International Airport	Durban	South Africa	4
PLZ	Port Elizabeth Airport	Port Elizabeth	South Africa	3
BKO	Modibo Keita International Airport	Bamako	Mali	2
BFN	Bram Fischer International Airport	Bloemfontein	South Africa	2
DXB	Dubai International Airport	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	2
ELS	Ben Schoeman Airport	East London	South Africa	2
GRJ	George Airport	George	South Africa	2
MPM	Maputo Airport	Maputo	Mozambique	2
MQP	Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport	Mpumalanga	South Africa	2
ACC	Kotoka International Airport	Accra	Ghana	1
ABJ	Port Bouet Airport	Abidjan	Cote d'Ivoire	1
ADD	Addis Ababa Bole International Airport	Addis Ababa	Ethiopia	1
DKR	Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport	Dakar	Senegal	1
PNR	Pointe Noire Airport	Pointe-noire	Congo (Brazzaville)	1
HDS	Hoedspruit Air Force Base Airport	Hoedspruit	South Africa	1
HLA	Lanseria Airport	Johannesburg	South Africa	1
KIM	Kimberley Airport	Kimberley	South Africa	1
UTN	Pierre Van Ryneveld Airport	Upington	South Africa	1
WDH	Hosea Kutako International Airport	Windhoek	Namibia	1
WVB	Walvis Bay Airport	Walvis Bay	Namibia	1
IAD	Washington Dulles International Airport	Washington	United States	1
LBV	Libreville Leon M'ba International Airport	Libreville	Gabon	1
HRE	Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport	Harare	Zimbabwe	1

Reading an airline page

An airline's IATA code is the two-character identifier you see on tickets and flight numbers. The ICAO code is the three-letter identifier used in air traffic control and on flight plans. The callsign is the spoken name controllers use on the radio. Together they uniquely fingerprint the carrier across regulatory and operational systems, which is handy when you have a flight number from one source and want to confirm the operator from another.

Route samples here come from a community-maintained snapshot. They aren't a substitute for the airline's official schedule, but they reflect which markets the carrier has historically flown. They're also a fast way to spot a carrier's hubs, since hub airports turn up at the top of both the destination and origin lists.