Johannesburg, Jan 30 (I-Net Bridge) - South African Airways (SAA) is expanding its presence in Central Africa and has started flying to Pointe Noire in the Congo.
The service began on 26 January.
This addition to the airline's ever expanding route network on the continent offers its customers further access into Central Africa. SAA now operates to 21 cities on the continent.
Pointe Noire, the economic capital of the Congo is SAA's fourth new destination on the continent for the 2011/12 financial year, joining Ndola (Zambia), Kigali (Rwanda) and Bujumbura (Burundi) as the airline's most recent additions to its expansive route network in Africa.
Pointe Noire is also the second largest city in the Congo, after the capital Brazzaville and the main commercial centre of the country. Pointe Noire is the centre of the oil industry in the Congo which is one of the main oil producers in Central Africa.
SAA's first flight to Pointe Noire departed from Johannesburg on Thursday, 26 January and arrived at the Agostinho Neto Airport, one of the busiest international airports in the country, on the same day at 13:00.
Pointe Noire will be served twice a week, with a narrow body aircraft, the A319.
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