Airlink Cargo South Africa and Astral Aviation sign interline agreement

Airlink Cargo South Africa and Astral Aviation sign interline agreement

Airlink Cargo South Africa and Astral Aviation have signed a broad interline agreement connecting the networks of the two companies. This new commercial partnership is bound to boost airfreight cargo logistics in Africa, providing more options and access to the Sub-Saharan market through the two airlines’ hubs in Johannesburg and Nairobi.

Thanks to the interline agreement, effective from August 1 2021Airlink Cargo is widening its network with Astral Aviation to include Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.

Furthermore, Astral Aviation will also have access to many services operated by Airlink Cargo beyond Johannesburg to: Beira, Tete, Pemba and Maputo, Mozambique; Cape Town, Port Elizabeth and Durban; Lubumbashi, Congo DRC; Gaborone, Botswana; Victoria Falls and Harare; Ndola and Livingstone, Zambia; Maseru, Lesotho; Antananarivo and Nosy Be, Madagascar; Walvis Bay and Windhoek, Namibia.

According to the chief executive officer of Astral Aviation, Sanjeev Gadhia: “The interline agreement will offer new opportunities and connectivity into Airlink’s network, which comprises various points in South Africa, Mozambique, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Lesotho, Madagascar and Namibia.”

 

 

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James Graham

James Graham is an award-winning transport media journalist with a long background in the commercial freight sector, including commercial aviation and the aviation supply chain. He was the initial Air Cargo Week journalist and retuned later for a stint as editor. He continues his association as editor of the monthly supplements. He has reported for the newspaper from global locations as well as the UK.

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