Turkish Airlines and South African Airways are locked in a codeshare deal that kicks off next year, with Turkish boss Ahmet Bolat and SAA chief John Lamola signing papers in Geneva. Turkish gets to slap its flight codes on SAA routes, hitting Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, Port Elizabeth, Windhoek, Harare, Victoria Falls, and Mauritius. SAA scores the same deal for Turkish flights between Istanbul and a bunch of cities like Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, Frankfurt, Paris, and London.
Bolat called it a power move to expand Turkish's footprint across Africa, where they already run the biggest non-African airline operation with 65 destinations in 41 countries. Lamola said the partnership helps both carriers beef up connectivity between Africa and Turkey while pushing tourism and trade.
Bolat called it a power move to expand Turkish's footprint across Africa, where they already run the biggest non-African airline operation with 65 destinations in 41 countries. Lamola said the partnership helps both carriers beef up connectivity between Africa and Turkey while pushing tourism and trade.
