SAA launches Accra-Abidjan flights

Johannesburg-Accra flights on Tuesdays and Fridays.
The airline can now serve passengers flying between these cities in either direction, they stated happily.
The Ghana Manager of SAA, Gloria Yirenkyi, said for SAA in Accra, this was a new service that the airline has introduced as a move to facilitate the movement of people, and goods in the Ecowas market.
“The Accra-Abidjan flight is scheduled to depart Accra at 18:10hrs and arrive in Abidjan at 19:10. It then leaves Abidjan at 20:10hrs and arrives in Accra at 21:10hrs,” said Yirenkyi.
Yirenkyi explained that SAA’s evening schedule on the Accra-Abidjan route is one of the best on the market.
“We bring to the market an evening schedule that allows our corporate and business clientele a full business-day’s activity before checking in on the flight.
“We also have a very convenient schedule for connecting Dakar flights from Abidjan,” said Yirenkyi.
She said SAA currently has no direct flights to Dakar, Senegal, and the SAA schedule connects perfectly with the Air Senegal schedule from Abidjan to               Dakar.
SAA’s state-of-the-art Airbus 330-200, an evening schedule and excellent on-board service make the airline very competitive in the growing aviation market within the West African sub-region.
SAA plans to expand its African network as part of its growth strategy for the year.
“For West Africa, this is the second route that has been opened. The first was Cotonou from Johannesburg via Pointe Noire. We already cover Dakar and Nigeria,” Yirenkyi said.
She also revealed that there were plans to actually launch a new market.
“We are an African airline and we focus on Africa. We have a global reach to Europe, America and Asia but our focus is to be a leading carrier on the African continent,” she added.
Recently, South African Airways — which serves 27 destinations on the African continent — was voted the best airline in Africa for 2011 for the 10th year in a row by UK global aviation research organisation Skytrax.  — CAJ News.