Comair plan Gatwick – Durban flights
11.05.11
South African media has reported that BA franchisee airline Comair is planning a new route between Gatwick and Durban. There are currently no direct non-stop flights between London and Durban. BA, SAA and Virgin serve routes from Heathrow to both Cape Town and Johannesburg.
South African airline Comair operates as a BA franchise on domestic and some international routes using ATR and Boeing 737 aircraft, and also operates a low-cost operation under the kulula.com brand. It is not clear whether Comair will seek to operate the Gatwick - Durban route under BA colours, and it is unlikely that the new route would commence until next year.
Website IOL Travel quotes Comair CEO Gidon Novick as saying that ‘There is now a huge amount of work ahead of us to get all the regulatory approvals to start flights to London. This includes getting permission from British Airways to possibly use their brand in operations to Gatwick. There are other options, like using our kulula.com low-cost brand, but British Airways would be our first choice on that route.'
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