South African Airway’s award-winning flat-bed business class seat will be experienced for the first time by Australian passengers on the Perth-Johannesburg route from June 7, 2006 when SA 281 departs for South Africa.

According to SAA’s Regional Manager for Australia and New Zealand, Thevan Krishna, the introduction of the new seat has been keenly anticipated by SAA passengers who want the very best when they fly.

“This is a very significant development for SAA and is a key part of the ongoing upgrade of our fleet to serve the Australian market, a process that is due for completion by the end of July ‘06. We look forward to showing off the seat to those passengers who fly with us on the refurbished aircraft,” Thevan said.

“Our Airbus A340-200 will have 24 flat-bed seats in total, providing outstanding cabin space to business class passengers when they fly with us.”