Cemair forced to delay start of Cape Town-Gaborone route

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CemAir’s Cape Town-Gaborone flights, which were scheduled to launch on August 2, have been cancelled as the Botswana Ministry of Transport has still not accepted the airlines route rights.

This is irregular as the Bilateral Air Services Agreement (BASA) between South Africa and Botswana provides for an unlimited number of air carriers to be designated by both sides and makes recognition of Cemair’s rights to the route obligatory. These rights were awarded to the airline by the South African International Air Services Licensing Council in 2017.

Cemair said it hopes to secure an urgent intervention from the South African Ministry of Transport and launch the flights on August 12.

Flights will operate on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday. 5Z3812 will depart Cape Town International Airport (CPT) at 16h00 and arrive in Sir Seretse Khama International Airport (GBE) at 18h00. 5Z3811 will depart GBE at 18h45 and arrive at CPT at 20h45.

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