"New African Sunbird" livery revealed by South African Airlink

Airlink, South Africa's privately owned airline, has unveiled its new tailfeathers, defining itself as a totally independent carrier.


"The new look, featuring a distinctly colorful African Sunbird set against a sunrise and dawn sky, follows a number of recent developments, including the company's official renaming as "Airlink. As an independent, agile, sensitive and financially stable company that is free of any brand affiliation with its former franchise partner, South African Airways, it signifies the new strategy of the airline.




"We have flown that specific nest and invite our loyal and new customers to fly with us as Airlink expands its network, connecting and re-connecting individuals, communities, businesses, goods and services to markets throughout Southern Africa and beyond," explains Rodger Foster, CEO and Managing Director of Airlink.

In the coming months, the new livery will be added to Airlink's fleet, with the re-painting coinciding with the next expected deep-maintenance overhaul of each aircraft. This would prevent disturbing the activities of the airline. In early December, in time for the summer holiday season, the first aircraft carrying the new colours will begin service.




"Freedom and equality are key proposals of Airlink. "In the South African domestic and South African regional markets, we offer the freedom of the widest route network and the most comprehensive flight schedule, along with convenient connections with the services of our global partners, giving our customers the choice of flights and seamless connections, whether for business, personal or pleasure," said Mr Foster.

We are giving our customers additional free benefits to celebrate our freedom, such as free check-in allowance for luggage and sports equipment, business class service on select E-jet flights, as well as free on-board catering," he added."




In addition to Johannesburg-Port Elzabeth and Johannesburg-East London, Airlink recently launched regular daily services on what have traditionally been the most busy city pairings in South Africa (and Africa); Johannesburg-Cape Town and Johannesburg-Durban.

The first new routes connecting Johannesburg to Maputo as well as https://air-miles-guide.com/miles/windhoek/johannesburg/ Johannesburg to Windhoek were also inaugurated.

Airlink has re-launched flights to all 15 of the major economic and tourist centres in South Africa with the phased easing of domestic and regional travel restrictions. In addition, Zimbabwe (Harare and Bulawayo), Zambia (Lusaka, Ndola and soon Livingstone), Namibia (Windhoek and Walvis Bay), Lesotho (Maseru), Eswatini (Sikhuphe) and Mozambique are also operating (Maputo, Pemba, Beira and Vilanculos).

Airlink will resume flights to Botswana next week (Gaborone, followed by Maun and Kasane next month) and will resume flights to Madagascar in December (Nosy Be, waiting for Antananarivo to re-open.

Flights to St Helena will resume as soon as they are approved. Over the coming weeks and months, Airlink also plans to parade its latest tailfeathers to many other existing and new destinations as they come online.

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