Following an agreement with South Africa’s Airlink, Air Belgium has extended its network connecting passengers travelling to or from Brussels with 36 destinations across Southern Africa.
The announcement follows the recent inauguration of Air Belgium’s service between Brussels and the two S0uth African hubs of Johannesburg and Cape Town using its fuel-efficient Airbus A330neo aircraft.
This latest cooperation between Air Belgium and Airlink means passengers can purchase multi-sector legs for flights operated by either carrier on a single ticket, meaning their baggage can also be checked through to their final destination when transiting through Johannesburg.
“South Africa is in high demand for Belgian and European travellers,” said Niky Terzakis, CEO Air Belgium. “We are delighted that our dynamic agreement with Airline will allow us to offer our customers seamless connections to 12 popular South African leisure and business destinations such as Kruger National Park, Durban and Gqeberha (fomerly known as Port Elizabeth), as well as important business destinations like Kimberley, Blemfontein and Richards Bay amongst others. We’re also excited to be able to offer our passengers the possibility to travel to bucket-list destinations within the SADC region as well as the DRD.”
Airline CEO and Managing Director, Rodger Foster, added: “Choice, reliability, top quality service and convenience are Airlink hallmarks. Through this cooperative arrangement with Air Belgium, Airlink offers inbound business and leisure travellers an unmatched choice of onward connections across our entire network, which spans 26 destinations in 11 sub-Saharan countries. Similarly we now offer convenient connections through Johannesburg and Cape Town, to Belgium, which besides hosting the EU capital, is a leading gateway for visitors to Europe. It is also the heart of the international diamond trade and important centre for industrial manufacturing, making it a crucial trading partner for many of the markets and countries we serve.”
