CAPE Town is the newest destination being introduced by Etihad Airways. The airline told Tourism Update it would launch its service to the Mother City on September 30.
The new Cape Town flights will operate via Etihad’s current daily Airbus A330 service to Johannesburg. It will be Etihad’s second destination in South Africa and its fifth on the African continent, joining Khartoum, Cairo and Casablanca.
Said James Hogan, Etihad Airways ce: “In the coming 12 months demand for flights to South Africa will grow immensely, especially with the 2010 FIFA World Cup next summer.”
It is expected that the new Cape Town service will be welcomed by the South African expatriate community living in the UAE, which now stands at approximately 40 000 people.
