South African Airways Honored As "Best Airline in Africa" by Premier Traveler Magazine

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Dec 08, 2014, 10:05 ET

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Dec. 8, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- South African Airways (SAA) was honored to receive the prestigious award by Premier Traveler Magazine as, "Best Airline in Africa" in the publication's annual reader choice survey. SAA was presented with the award at Premier Traveler's Best of 2014 Awards Gala, which recognizes the top companies in the travel industry for their quality of product and customer service integrity. South African Airways' Manager of Marketing Promotions for North America, Damion Rose proudly accepted the award on the airline's behalf at the awards ceremony on December 4^th in Los Angeles.

"We appreciate that Premier Traveler Magazine's readers are global travelers who expect the best on the airlines they fly, so we are honored and thankful that they have consistently named us as the best airline on the African continent throughout the years," said Marc Cavaliere, Executive Vice President for South African Airways in North America. "SAA has worked hard to continually enhance our products both in the air and on the ground to meet the needs of today's discerning international business travelers."

"Year after year, South African Airways has been voted number one by our readers." Said Premier Traveler Executive Editor, Shan Willis. "SAA is consistently moving in a direction of excellence, continuing to raise the bar. Congratulations on this well-deserved honor."

South African Airways offers the most flights from the U.S. to South Africa with daily nonstop service from New York-JFK Airport and daily direct service from Washington, DC-Dulles Airport to Johannesburg. From our Johannesburg hub, SAA and our regional airline partners offers convenient flights to over 55 business and leisure destinations throughout the African continent. In 2014, SAA celebrated its 80^th anniversary of service and also accepted the Skytrax World Airline Awards for, "Best Airline Africa" for the 12^th consecutive year and "Best Airline Staff Service Africa" for the third year.

About South African Airways

South African Airways (SAA), Africa's most awarded airline, operates to 40 destinations worldwide, including daily nonstop flights from New York, and daily direct flights from Washington, DC (via Dakar) to Johannesburg. In its domestic market SAA has an extensive schedule operating 660 flights in total per week between Johannesburg – Cape Town, Durban, East London and Port Elizabeth, from its Johannesburg hub, as well as code-shared flights between Lanseria – Cape Town and Durban. SAA offers more frequencies than any other airline in South Africa. Regionally, SAA offers 26 destinations across the African continent including Abidjan, Accra, Blantyre, Brazzaville, Cotonou, Dakar, Dar es Salaam, Douala, Entebbe, Harare, Kinshasa, Lagos, Libreville, Lilongwe, Livingstone, Luanda, Lusaka, Maputo, Mauritius, Nairobi, Ndola, Pointe Noire, Victoria Falls and Windhoek. SAA's international network creates links to all major continents from South Africa through 11 direct routes and code shares, with daily flights from Johannesburg to London (Heathrow), Frankfurt, Munich, Mumbai, Perth, Hong Kong, Beijing, New York, Washington and Sao Paulo. SAA has codes share agreements with 27 other airlines across the markets it serves, including code share partnerships with United, Air Canada and JetBlue in North America, which offer convenient connections from more than 30 cities to SAA's flights. SAA is a Star Alliance member which offers more than 18,500 daily flights to 1,316 airports in 192 countries. SAA is the winner of the Skytrax 'Best Airline in Africa' Award in the regional category for twelve consecutive years and "Best Airline Staff Service in Africa" for the third time. Mango and SAA hold the number one and number two successive spots as South Africa's most on-time airlines.