Five Years of United Airlines in South Africa: Cape Town and Johannesburg Connections
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United Airlines celebrates five years of operations in South Africa. The first service was a nonstop flight between New York/Newark and Cape Town on December 16, 2019. Since the launch of this route until today, the airline has transported 345,000 customers and 2,000 tons of cargo on more than 1,500 flights between Cape Town and its hubs in Newark and Washington-Dulles.
Currently, services between Newark and Cape Town are operated using Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft with 257 seats: 48 in Business Class, 21 in Premium Economy, 39 in Economy Plus, and 149 in Economy. Additionally, United implemented a codeshare agreement with Airlink to access more regional destinations in South Africa and southern Africa.
«We are proud to commemorate the fifth anniversary of our service from Cape Town to New York Newark,” said Amit Badiani, Head of Offline Sales for Africa, United Airlines. «Cape Town has become a globally popular tourist destination, with a growing number of visitors from North America. Passenger numbers have increased since the route’s launch, enabling United to expand frequencies to the African city. United initially launched this route in December 2019 as a seasonal summer service but expanded it to year-round service in 2021,” he added.
United continued expanding its route network in South Africa with the addition of year-round flights from Newark to Johannesburg in 2021 and a service between Washington-Dulles and Cape Town in 2022. In total, the U.S. airline offers 13 weekly flights between the United States and South Africa.
United Airlines has also expanded its offerings on the African continent with the introduction of services from Washington-Dulles to Accra in Ghana and Lagos in Nigeria, as well as from Newark to Marrakech in Morocco. Starting in May 2025, it will launch a route between Washington-Dulles and Dakar in Senegal.
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