SAA flights to India
Sep 14, 2012, 10:08 pm
#1
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SAA flights to India
Hello,
I notice that SAA now flies 6 X a week to Mumbai now that Jet has pulled out of the JNB route. I also notice the aggressive marketing for SA holidays in India. Any chance, for SAA to fly to other destinations? Maybe Chennai in the Southern market?
I notice that SAA now flies 6 X a week to Mumbai now that Jet has pulled out of the JNB route. I also notice the aggressive marketing for SA holidays in India. Any chance, for SAA to fly to other destinations? Maybe Chennai in the Southern market?
Sep 17, 2012, 2:28 am
#2
Join Date: Mar 2004
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Programs: BA BD SA
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Seems unlikely. They haven't run out of obscure African destinations yet and that seems to be their focus.
Looks like they want routes with no competition - couldn't even make CPT/LHR work, for example - and EK and QR must very tough to compete with for Indian destinations. Especially as QR has flights from JNB and CPT and EK flies from those and also DUR.
It is also my (quite possibly erroneous) understanding that most of the ZA Indian population have roots in north India and Gujarat in particular. So not much demand from that source for flights into the south.
Looks like they want routes with no competition - couldn't even make CPT/LHR work, for example - and EK and QR must very tough to compete with for Indian destinations. Especially as QR has flights from JNB and CPT and EK flies from those and also DUR.
It is also my (quite possibly erroneous) understanding that most of the ZA Indian population have roots in north India and Gujarat in particular. So not much demand from that source for flights into the south.
