Good news for locals heading Stateside (check your socials first!) or American travelers planning a summer vacation in the Mother City... from 29 October, United Airlines will be trimming its Johannesburg schedule and handing the spoils to Cape Town.
The airline has announced that it will cut its Joburg service from a daily service to six flights a week, freeing up a slot to boost the Mother City's connections to the US.
That means there will soon be four weekly flights from Cape Town to Newark Liberty International Airport (in New Jersey, just across the Hudson River from New York City) as well as three direct flights a week to Washington DC.
It's all part of a summer surge of extra seats into Cape Town.
Qatar Airways has added two more Doha flights – creating almost a twice-daily service – and Norse Atlantic Airways returns in late October with Gatwick flights ramping up for the peak season. Air France is also back with daily Paris flights from mid-December, while South African Airways is getting in on the act with new nonstop flights to Mauritius from December 9. Sunshine, city breaks or snowy New York... Cape Town's runway is looking busier than ever this summer.
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