{"id":12953,"date":"2026-01-16T16:05:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T16:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=12953"},"modified":"2026-01-16T16:05:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T16:05:09","slug":"saa-cemair-strike-domestic-codeshare-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=12953","title":{"rendered":"SAA, CemAir strike domestic codeshare deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"textFreeArticle\">\n<p>South African Airways (SAA) and CemAir have announced a domestic-only codeshare partnership to expand connectivity between major cities and regional destinations across South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>The agreement is designed to give travellers access to routes not previously served by SAA\u2019s network.<\/p>\n<p>Read:<br \/>Airline overbooking \u2018illegal\u2019 \u2013 consumer commission<br \/>CemAir in high court dispute with Swissport SA<\/p>\n<p>Unlike SAA\u2019s existing codeshare arrangements, which focus mainly on regional and international travel, this partnership is exclusively domestic.<\/p>\n<p>Under the deal, both airlines will place their codes on each other\u2019s flights. This will allow customers to book integrated itineraries through official websites, mobile apps and authorised agents.<\/p>\n<div class=\"visible-sm-block visible-xs-block m1010\">\n<div class=\"ad-container-wrapper\">\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The airlines say passengers will benefit from single-ticket itineraries, seamless connections and baggage through-check.<\/p>\n<p>CemAir, a privately owned airline operating since 2005, flies scheduled services between major centres and regional destinations, including Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg, George, East London, Gqeberha, Margate, Kimberley, Hoedspruit and Mala Mala. It operates a fleet of regional jets and turboprops.<\/p>\n<p>SAA group CEO Prof John Lamola says the partnership will extend the airline\u2019s domestic footprint.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnlike our international codeshares, this agreement focuses on connecting major cities with regional and leisure destinations that were previously beyond SAA\u2019s reach.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy combining our strengths with CemAir, we\u2019re delivering greater flexibility, convenience, and choice for our customers.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"visible-sm-block visible-xs-block m1010\">\n<div class=\"ad-container-wrapper\">\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT:<\/p>\n<p>CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>CemAir CEO Miles van der Molen notes that by \u201ccombining their strengths\u201d, a more connected network is established that will benefit both business and leisure travellers.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the partnership will give travellers expanded access to leisure and business destinations, smoother connections and integrated booking across both airlines\u2019 platforms.<\/p>\n<p>Ticket sales for codeshare flights will open on 26 January 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Listen\/Read: Is Mango Airlines grounded for good?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Moneyweb\u2019s in-depth finance and business news on WhatsApp here.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\">\n            !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n            {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n                n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n                if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n                n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n                t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n                'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n            fbq('init', '779812924991616');\n            fbq('track', 'PageView');\n        <\/script>#SAA #CemAir #strike #domestic #codeshare #deal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South African Airways (SAA) an&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12954,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[9166,9167,110,7592,9165,1808],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12953"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12953\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}