Swiss Flt 283 - stop in Windhoek (WDH)
Apr 30, 2022, 9:16 am
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Swiss Flt 283 - stop in Windhoek (WDH)
I noticed on a couple of flight tracking websites that LX 283 from JNB-ZRH makes a stop in WDH. Is this year-round? And is it possible to book the seat if you are on a SFO-ZRH-JNB-ZRH-SFO flight?
Apr 30, 2022, 2:08 pm
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This is a technical stop currently done by LX and also other airlines such as LH for refueling due to current fuel shortage at JNB.
Apr 30, 2022, 2:29 pm
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Thank you for the explanation. I'm traveling down to South Africa and in addition to visiting Kruger, Botswana and Cape Town, I was planning to go to Namibia so I thought it might be convenient to have a stop-over to save me some time.
May 1, 2022, 7:28 pm
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Depending on when you are traveling, 4Y (Eurowings Discover, also in the LH group) operates WDH-VFA (Victoria Falls) and/or WDH-MQP (Kruger). It theoretically has rights to carry local traffic at least between WDH and VFA (not sure about MQP), if that helps.