’We have added quite a few flights, especially from Friday onwards about 18 flights for the weekend. The first flight sold out within less than an hour.’
As mop-up operations got under way across some parts of KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng following days of violent unrest and looting, airlines have been inundated with requests from people wanting to escape the turmoil in their areas.
Elmar Conradie, chief executive of FlySafair, said they had been inundated with so many requests they had to introduce additional flights. “We have added quite a few flights, especially from Friday onwards about 18 flights for the weekend. The first flight sold out within less than an hour. With the N3 being closed, we started getting requests from people who wanted to get out of Durban.”
In a social media post, journalist Nomsa Maseko shared pictures of a busy King Shaka airport. In one of the pictures, Maseko said: “the shortest queue at the airport is for Joburg flights. SA’s covid-19 #Level4Lockdown regulations require people travelling to Gauteng to have permits showing ’essential’ travel.“
As President Ramaphosa visits areas affected by rioting, King Shaka Airport is very busy this morning. “I’m taking my family to Cape Town for a while, we just need to get away from it all”
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