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After having severed ties with troubled South African Airways and launching its own brand last November, Airlink, as it is now called, is the African continent’s second-biggest airline after Ethiopian Airlines. The newly independent airline offers almost 1.2 million seats for sale during summer in the southern hemisphere.
Airlink’s busiest route is JNB to CPT. Photo: Airlink
When looking at OAG data cited by airline and airport network planning website anna.aero, of the 1.2 million seats, three-quarters of the availability is for domestic flights within South Africa aboard Airlink’s 98-seat Brazilian-built Embraer 190 aircraft. This makes Airlink, Africa’s third-largest airline by seat numbers after Ethiopian Airlines and Egyptair, rising to second when calculating the number of flights.
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Titan Airways has successfully delivered the first batch of COVID-19 vaccines to the remote island of Saint Helena. The airline operated its Boeing 757 on the route this week, landing Monday after a fuel stop in Accra. It’s the first of two missions to the island that are planned so far.
Titan Airways’ 757 has returned to Saint Helena with an important cargo onboard. Photo: Saint Helena Airport
Titan’s 757 returns to Saint Helena
Last summer saw the first arrival of Titan Airways’ Boeing 757 in Saint Helena. The flight, a repatriation mission, was the first time a 757 had landed on the island, making it the largest commercial aircraft to arrive on Saint Helena. On Monday this week, the 757 arrived again on the island, this time carrying a shipment of vaccines.