Originally Posted by
LondonElite
Any flight, especially a long haul, more than a few weeks out is merely a placeholder. There is so little in the way of flying at the moment that many routes just don’t make any sense at all, cargo or not. I have no inside knowledge (hint, no one does) but I would not be surprised at all if this flight/route/frequency is changed by May. The bigger picture is that I certainly would not want to be far from home with air travel infrastructure so massively impacted.
I just book them if I can get a full refund (along with any hotels at the other end) and have a decent travel insurance provider. If things get overly complicated and get cancelled, I just don;t worry about it.
Personally, I have observed that ET and QR are the most reliable carriers to/from southern Africa. And these seem to be the carriers that everyone goes to when BA, KL, etc stop taking passengers.