SOUTH AFRICAN AIRWAYS, UNITED AIRLINES
EXPAND CODE-SHARE SERVICE INTO MORE CITIES THROUGHOUT THE U.S.

 

Fifteen Additional U.S. Code-Share Cities Will Offer Even More Options to Travelers

 

Fort Lauderdale, FL (April 10, 2007) – South African Airways (SAA) and United are proud to announce that they have expanded into 15 additional code-share cities throughout the U.S., effective March 31st, further strengthening their Star Alliance partnership.

New South African Airways U.S. code-share cities serviced by United Airlines now include Atlanta, Ga.; Austin, Texas; Charlotte, N.C.; Cleveland, Ohio; Columbus, Ohio; Dallas, Texas; Detroit, Mich.; Houston, Texas; Indianapolis, Ind.; Kansas City, Mo.; Miami, Fla.; Philadelphia, Pa.; Pittsburgh, Pa.; Raleigh-Durham, N.C.; and St. Louis, Mo.
 
“We’re pleased to offer even more code-share cities throughout the U.S., allowing travelers unmatched seamless connection capabilities to both New York (JFK) and Washington DC, our departure cities providing daily flights to South Africa,” said Marc S. Cavaliere, executive vice president North America, South African Airways.  “The expansion of code-share service to and from these major cities truly enhances SAA’s ‘gateway to Africa’ guarantee.”

United already offers service via code-shares on South African Airways on 14 routes to Southern Africa, including to popular destinations like Johannesburg and Cape Town.

“Enhancing our code-share flights with South African Airways will continue to improve the travel experience for our customers going to and coming from Southern Africa,” said

Michael Whitaker, United’s senior vice president-Alliances, International & Regulatory Affairs. “Whether our customers are looking to scale Table Mountain or work in Johannesburg, we are pleased we can bring them closer to this important business and tourist destination.”

Existing U.S. SAA code-share locations already provided by United Airlines include popular connecting cities such as Boston, Mass.; Chicago, Ill.; Denver, Colo.; Las Vegas, Nev.; Los Angeles, Calif.; New Orleans, La.; Orlando, Fla.; San Diego, Calif.; San Francisco, Calif.; Seattle, Wash.; and Tampa, Fla.

South African Airways features the only nonstop service from the U.S. to South Africa with daily departures from Washington as well as daily direct service from New York that offer travel convenience and award-winning service.  SAA’s unrivalled network, featuring connections to more than 20 destinations within South Africa, and more than 20 cities across the continent, make the airline the savvy traveler’s “gateway to Africa.”  As a recent member to the worldwide Star Alliance, South African Airways is now able to offer its customers 852 destinations in 152 countries and more than 15,500 flights daily.  Members of Star Alliance partner United Airlines’ Mileage Plus program are able to earn miles on all South African Airways flights.  For more information on South African Airways, please call (800) 722-1005 or visit www.flysaa.com.

About United
United Airlines (NASDAQ:   UAUA) operates more than 3,600* flights a day on United, United Express and Ted to more than 210 U.S. domestic and international destinations from its hubs in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Denver, Chicago and Washington, D.C.  With key global air rights in the Asia-Pacific region, Europe and Latin America, United is one of the largest international carriers based in the United States.  United also is a founding member of Star Alliance, which provides connections for our customers to 855 destinations in 155 countries worldwide.  United's 55,000 employees reside in every U.S. state and in many countries around the world.  News releases and other information about United can be found at the company's Web site at united.com.

 

Examples of SAA’s new, lower fares to points throughout Southern Africa:*

Code-share City	Connecting to SA 208 to Johannesburg	Connecting from SA 207 from Johannesburg
Atlanta	SA7499	SA 7498
Austin	SA 7487	SA 7486
Boston	SA 7427  &  SA7429	SA 7428  & SA 7426
Charlotte	SA 7495	SA 7494
Chicago	SA 7413	SA 7404  &  SA 7414
Cleveland	SA 7485	SA 7484
Columbus	SA 7493	SA 7492
Dallas	SA 7475	SA 7474
Denver	SA 7437  &  SA 7435	SA 7434  & SA 7436
Detroit	SA 7471	SA 7470
Houston	SA 7469	SA 7468
Indianapolis	SA 7489	SA 7488
Kansas City	SA 7491	SA 7490
Las Vegas	SA 7409	SA 7424
Los Angeles	SA 7417 & SA 7401	SA 7400 & SA 7416
Miami	SA 7497	SA 7496
New Orleans	SA 7419	SA 7418
Orlando	SA 7433 & SA 7431	SA 7432 & SA 7430
Philadelphia	SA 7473	SA 7472
Pittsburgh	SA 7483	SA 7482
Raleigh/Durham	SA 7479 & SA 7477	SA 7476 & SA 7478
San Diego	SA 7403	SA 7412
San Francisco	SA 7439 & SA 7405	SA 7408 & SA 7438
Seattle	SA 7407	SA 7410
St. Louis	SA 7481 & SA 7425	SA 7480
Tampa	SA 7421 & SA 7423	SA 7420 & SA 7422

 

SAA’s code-share service with United Airlines for travel to South Africa through New York JFK from the following cities:

Code-share City	Connecting to SA 204 to Johannesburg	Connecting from SA 203 from Johannesburg
Los Angeles	SA 7461	SA 7460
San Francisco	SA 7463	SA 7462
Washington Dulles	SA 7300  &  SA7302	SA 7301  & SA 7303

 

 

Contact:

 

Elizabeth Ninomiya, South African Airways, Tel: 954-769-5120
elizabethninomiya@flysaa.com

 

Sedona Fitzgerald/Lyndon Taylor, Ruder Finn PR; Tel: 212-593-6400

fitzgeralds@ruderfinn.com / taylorl@ruderfinn.com