On Wednesday,\u00a0LATAM Brasil\u00a0and the South African carrier\u00a0Airlink\u00a0announced the signing of an\u00a0interline agreement\u00a0that will allow the travelers of the South American airline to access over 40 destinations in Africa. The new travel options will be available once LATAM restarts its route between Sao Paulo\u00a0Guarulhos International Airport\u00a0(GRU) and\u00a0Johannesburg Tambo International Airport\u00a0(JNB) on September 2, with three weekly flights.<\/p>\n
A new interline agreement.<\/strong> The new routes under LATAM\u2019s interline agreement with Airlink are available starting on September 2. On that date, LATAM will restart flying to Johannesburg from Sao Paulo after a pause of more than three years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The route between Brazil and South Africa will last nine hours. It will be operated by the airline\u2019s Boeing 787-9 fleet, which seats 300 passengers (30 in premium business, 57 in premium economy, and 213 in economy).<\/p>\n Where does Airlink fly?<\/strong> Rodger Foster, CEO and Managing Director of Airlink, said the airline\u00a0\u201cis very proud of this partnership with LATAM as it enables connectivity between Latin America and all of Southern Africa, creating wonderful corporate and leisure opportunities.\u201d <\/p>\n Meanwhile, Aline Mafra, LATAM Brasil\u2019s Director of Sales and Marketing, added, \u201cThis is yet another example of how we have thought of a borderless airline network to bring Brazil closer to the world in a sustainable manner. This agreement makes our flights to South Africa even more attractive and full of possibilities. The new connectivity options from Johannesburg expand the offer to LATAM customers, who will now be able to reach important destinations on This is Airlink\u2019s second partnership announcement this year. In February,\u00a0British Airways and the South African carrier announced a new codeshare agreement\u00a0connecting British\u2019s passengers with over 15 destinations across Southern
LATAM Brasil and Airlink have inked a new interline agreement in which one company may sell flight segments of the other using its own code. LATAM will begin to gradually sell Airlink\u2019s flights as of Tuesday, May 23, on its website. It will offer over 40 destinations in Africa operated by the new partner.<\/p>\n
The South African carrier based in Johannesburg has a fleet of 62 aircraft, composed mainly of Embraer jetliners, according to data from ch-aviation. Through the new interlink agreement, LATAM passengers will be able to access more than 40 destinations across Africa. This includes sixteen destinations in South Africa, six in Mozambique, three in Zimbabwe, one in Tanzania, one in the Democratic Republic of Congo, three in Botswana, one in the island of St. Helena, one in Angola, three in Zambia, one in Lesotho, one in Kenya, two in Madagascar, two in Namibia, and one in
Eswatini. <\/p>\n
the African continent such as Luanda, Nairobi, and Cape Town.\u201d<\/p>\n
Africa. This includes destinations such as Durban, Port Elizabeth, and Skukuza in South Africa via Johannesburg and or Cape Town, and Windhoek and Walvis Bay in Namibia via these two South African cities.<\/p>\n