SAA to drop Atlanta for daily flights to Washington

[SAA201]

Hi all,

Here is the article: http://www.mg.co.za/articlepage.aspx...g_news__business/&articleid=269979
Note that it says A340's will replace the B744's on the JNB-Washington route.

And.....
According to the end of this article: http://www.busrep.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=552&fArticleId=3217892
it all happens NEXT MONTH!!!! :eek: :eek:

Fact or rumour???

[Globaliser]

Now that the new SA timetable's been officially anounced, does anyone know whether there will still be flights to ACC, and if so how many? Neither the SA timetable nor GDS systems seem to have been updated yet.

[SAA201]

According to the timetable at Amadeus.net the flights from JNB-ACC SA052/3 will operate 3x per week (Mon, Wed and Fri) with A340-200 equipment.

[Globaliser]

Is that confirmed? The same sources are showing that WAS is still only 4 days a week, despite the change announcement. That's why I was suspecting that the GDS data hasn't been updated yet.

[Flat_Chock]

SAA will still be flying to accra I think three to four times a week. The washington flights are now going through Dakar. Not sure when the airbus takes over that route. :confused:

[divinehover]

Daily flights to Washington via Dakar as of 1 July on A340.

JNB-ABJ-ACC-JNB twice a week.

JNB-ACC-JNB once a week.

[Globaliser]

Many thanks!