Several airplanes once used by South African Airways are flying again, just in other countries.
Airlines are picking up the number of flights they operate as recovery from pandemic lockdowns continues.go to www.BusinessInsider.co.za Airlines in various parts of the world are resuming an ever-growing number of routes that were suspended as pandemic lockdowns and traveller fears caused a plummet in passenger numbers. And, this month, that has seen two former SAA planes sporting new livery.
Nigerian airline Air Peace this week took delivery of an Airbus A320-200s once registered for SAA as . After it became surplus to SAA's requirements, the plane was kept at the Nîmes–Alès–Camargue-Cévennes Airport in the south of France for more than two years before making its way to the United Kingdom, and now to Nigeria under a lease agreement.
It will likely be used on resumed routes to the regional Nigerian capital of Uyo, to which Air Peace will soon be offering flights from both Lagos and Abuja, services not terribly unlike that between Johannesburg and Durban.
Ooh stay away there
BISouthAfrica Nigerians are being denied South African visas so what's the essence of fly aircraft from jozi/to Lagos?
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