Airlink flights

Up to January 2006 known as SA Airlink, Airlink is a privately owned airline operating flights to and from the smaller towns in South Africa.

Airlink website	www.flyairlink.com
Email address	info@flyairlink.com
Phone number	+27-11-451-7300
Fax number	+27-11-451-7367
Airlink cargo	+27-11-390-9900

Flight routes

flights from Johannesburg to Antananarivo (Madagascar)
flights from Johannesburg to Beira (Mozambique)
flights to Bloemfontein
Durban to Bloemfontein	George to Bloemfontein	Port Elizabeth to Bloemfontein

flights from Johannesburg to Bulawayo (Zimbabwe)
flights to Cape Town
George to Cape Town	Kimberley to Cape Town	Nelspruit to Cape Town
Upington to Cape Town

flights to Durban
Bloemfontein to Durban	George to Durban	Maputo to Durban
Nelspruit to Durban

flights from Port Elizabeth to East London
flights to George
Bloemfontein to George	Cape Town to George	Durban to George
Johannesburg to Cape Town

flights from Johannesburg to Harare (Zimbabwe)

flights to Johannesburg
Antananarivo to Johannesburg	Beira to Johannesburg	Bulawayo to Johannesburg
Harare to Johannesburg	Lusaka to Johannesburg	Manzini to Johannesburg
Maseru to Johannesburg		Mmabatho to Johannesburg
Ndola to Johannesburg	Nelspruit to Johannesburg	Pemba to Johannesburg
Phalaborwa to Johannesburg	Pietermaritzburg to Johannesburg	Polokwane to Johannesburg
Umtata to Johannesburg	Tete to Johannesburg	Upington to Johannesburg

flights from Cape Town to Kimberley
flights from Kruger to Livingstone
flights from Johannesburg to Lusaka (Zambia)
flights from Johannesburg to Manzini (Swaziland)
flights from Durban to Maputo (Mozambique)
flights from Johannesburg to Maseru (Lesotho)
flights from Johannesburg to Mmabatho

flights from Johannesburg to Ndola (Zambia)
flights to Nelspruit
Cape Town to Nelspruit	Durban to Nelspruit	Johannesburg to Nelspruit

flights from Johannesburg to Pemba (Mozambique)
flights from Johannesburg to Phalaborwa
flights from Johannesburg to Pietermaritzburg
flights from Johannesburg to Polokwane (Pietersburg)
flights to Port Elizabeth
Bloemfontein to Port Elizabeth	East London to Port Elizabeth

flights from Johannesburg to Tete (Mozambique)
flights from Johannesburg to Umtata
flights to Upington
Cape Town to Upington	Johannesburg to Upington

Head office

Airlink's head office is in Johannesburg's Ekurhuleni municipal area, at the Greenstone Hill Office Park.

Airlink's fleet

Jetstream 41 aircraft	13
ERJ 135 jet aircraft	5
BAe 146 aircraft	3

Cabin crew

Advertisements are placed in the Sunday Times newspapers should vacancies arise. CVs are only accepted in response to advertisements. Vacancies are also listed under "contact us" on the Airlink website.

History of SA Airlink

Mid 2013	Airlink plans to begin flights between Cape Town and Johannesburg's Grand Central Airport.
Aug 2012	Airlink adds a Tuesday flight to increase its Nelspruit Kruger - Livingstone flight frequency to 5 weekly flights.
10 Mar 2012	Airlink adds a Saturday flight to increase its Nelspruit Kruger - Livingstone flight frequency to 4 weekly flights.
1 Feb 2012	Airlink has commissioned a Jetstream 41 simulator at its premises at Johannesburg O.R. Tambo International Airport. Danie Kuys, Simuflight director, said that "Training pilots is expensive. In the past crews had to be sent to the UK twice per year to get to the nearest simulator, they would be away for a period of about 10 days and completely unproductive during that time. At a cost of R7 million, the Simuflight machine now does the job in a few afternoons at OR Tambo without anyone having to leave the country; it will pay for itself during the first year of operation."
10 Nov 2011	Airlink Emergency landing in O.R. Tambo, after its landing gear malfunctions
5 Sep 2011	Airlink reintroduces Bloemfontein to Port Elizabeth flights on Mondays and Thursdays.
2 Aug 2011	Gearing up for the summer holiday season, Airlink has reintroduced its Wednesday flights from Joburg to Pemba (Mozambique).
6 Jun 2011	Airlink begins a 2nd morning flight from Pietermaritzburg to Johannesburg O.R. Tambo International Airport.
14 Sep 2010	Spring to summer special - Durban to George from R513.
3 Feb 2010	TTA Airlink is formed as a joint venture between SA Airlink (49%) and the Mozambican carrier, TTA.
21 Jan 2010	The Commissioner for Civil Aviation decides to uplift the suspension of the certificates of airworthiness for the remainder of the SA Airlink Jetstream aircraft fleet with effect from the 21st January 2010, subject to the condition that SA Airlink conduct aircraft maintenance inspections as prescribed by the SACAA on the remaining 11 aircraft and submits evidence that the inspections have been carried out as instructed.
23 Dec 2009	Airlink jetstream fleet is grounded by the CAA from midnight on the 23rd December.
7 Dec 2009	Airlink flight E135 from Cape Town to George, overruns the George runway 11 while landing in light rain, and ends up on the adjacent road. Seven passengers and the first officer had minor injuries.
18 Nov 2009	An SA Airlink plane leaves the runway and skids onto the grass, on takeoff from Port Elizabeth to East London. All 29 passenges as well as the crew are unharmed.
9 Oct 2009	The left inboard main gear tyre on an Airlink flight SA-8008 from Johannesburg to Manzini (Swaziland) bursts on takeoff. The plane is landed safely at Johannesburg a few minutes later. The plane was an Embraer ERJ-135.
24 Sep 2009	Airlink flight 8911 crashes near Durban
15 Aug 2009	Airlink starts flights from Nelspruit Kruger to Livingstone (Zambia).
2 Jul 2009	An Airlink flight SA8663 from Cape Town to Nelspruit (Kruger), returns to Cape Town after one of its 4 engines failed with a loud bang and a jolt during the initial climb from Cape Town International Airport. The aircraft was a British Aerospace BAe146-200.
4 Oct 2007	Airlink's tender proposal which involved Air Botswana being wound down, is rejected by the Botswana government.
Oct 2006	Airlink ends its three-way alliance with SA Express and SAA (but continues to maintain various cooperative agreements, such as the interoperability of online booking engines).
Jan 2006	SA Airlink is renamed "Airlink".
Jul 1999	Swaziland Airlink is established, as a JV between SA Airlink (40%) and the Swaziland Government (60%), taking over from Royal Swazi National Airways Corporation as the national carrier of Swaziland. The company is based at Matsapha Airport.
1997	SA Airlink enters into a three-way alliance with SA Express and South African Airways (SAA).
1995	SA Airlink is formed through the amalgamation of a number of airlines - Border Air, Citi Air, Link Airways, Lowveld Aviation Services, Magnum Airways and Midlands Aviation.
1967	Midlands Aviation is formed.