Airlink is expected to launch direct flights to Skukuza Airport in the Kruger National Park from March 2014.
This follows SANParks selection of Skukuza Airport Management Company as the preferred operator for Skukuza Airport, which is jointly owned by Lion Sands, Federal Air and Airlink.
Rodger Foster, Airlink’s CEO, said: “In terms of the arrangement, Airlink will provide daily scheduled airline services linking Skukuza with Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International Airport, Cape Town International Airport and Durban’s King Shaka International Airport, and via these hubs and our partnership with South African Airways, together with it’s the Star Alliance carrier’s global networks, to the rest of the world. Lion Sands will provide hospitality and retail services at the Skukuza airport and Federal Air will supply feeder and charter services carrying passengers between Skukuza and the game lodges in the region. Federal will also provide links from Skukuza to Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport to feed our onward flights to Livingstone in Zambia and Vilanculos in Mozambique.”