Mumbai: South African national carrier South African Airways (SAA) today
said it has deployed a bigger aircraft Airbus A340-300 replacing the
existing A330-200 to cater to its Mumbai-Johannesburg route.
The new state-of-the art aircraft, pressed into service from today, will increase the passenger capacity to 253 per aircraft from earlier 222, it said in a release here.
SAA now flies six days a week between Johannesburg and Mumbai as against the earlier seven days a week while maintaining the seat capacity with a bigger gauge aircraft.
The deployment of a bigger aircraft is a part of the planned global changes in the wide-body fleet of SAA, the airline said.
Read news in full 01/09/14 Economic Times
The new state-of-the art aircraft, pressed into service from today, will increase the passenger capacity to 253 per aircraft from earlier 222, it said in a release here.
SAA now flies six days a week between Johannesburg and Mumbai as against the earlier seven days a week while maintaining the seat capacity with a bigger gauge aircraft.
The deployment of a bigger aircraft is a part of the planned global changes in the wide-body fleet of SAA, the airline said.
Read news in full 01/09/14 Economic Times
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