Anyone got details on the Thomas Cook Charters, or any other charters? What aircraft will LAN use... A340's? Aeromexico B777 perhpas?
Moore pointed out that a large number of Latin American airlines, including AeroMexico, LAN Chile and TAM from Brazil, are putting on special charter flights during the World Cup.
Surprisingly, with 13 European countries taking part in the tournament, few airlines from the region are adding flights to their schedules, apart from Air France.
The airline recently introduced the 538-seat Airbus A380 on the Paris-Johannesburg route, which it will use for its daily flights. During the tournament, Air France will add an extra three flights a week using a Boeing 777.
The other big European carriers, Lufthansa and British Airways, will not be adding any additional capacity to their already extensive flights. However, travel group Thomas Cook has been given the rights to operate charter flights from London .
Emirates, the official World Cup airline, has not added any additional capacity.
“We have seen good demand over the World Cup but as yet there has been no need to add extra flights,” said Fouad Caunhye, Emirates regional manager in southern Africa.
Australian carriers have not added aircraft to their South African routes. Qantas will add a special flight from Melbourne to Johannesburg only on May 26, when Australian fans can join their team on their way to the World Cup.
BusinessDay - Few airlines add flights for World Cup