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South African Airways (SAA) is pleased to announce that it will resume flights between Johannesburg and Hong Kong from Wednesday (today), 14 August 2019.  
 
“We welcome this development and are relieved to reinstate our operations. We will now be able to transport our passengers and provide air transport service to our customers following the suspension of services in the past two days,” said SAA Spokesperson, Tlali Tlali.
 
SAA has been notified by the authorities in Hong Kong that steps have been taken to secure normal operations at the Hong Kong International Airport and that additional security measures have been put in place. This makes it possible for the airport and airlines to reinstate their services and to operate as per normal.
 
The airline will provide all necessary assistance to all its booked passengers, including those who may need to travel to points beyond Johannesburg and Hong Kong.
 
“We are doing everything possible to facilitate travel for all passengers who could not travel in the last two days,” explained Tlali.
 
The following flights will operate as per published schedule:
SA287 14 August 2019 Hong Kong to Johannesburg | Scheduled time of departure 23h55 (SA time) or 15h55 UTC
SA286 14 August   Johannesburg to Hong Kong | Scheduled time of departure 17h35 (SA time) or 15h35 UTC
 
To ensure that we keep you informed by email and/or SMS , we encourage our customers to update contact details on https://www.flysaa.com/manage-fly/manage/booking-management.
 
Assistance will be provided to all ticketed customers holding a South African Airways ticket (only) via any SAA Call Centre, City Travel Office or your own Travel Agent.
 

Issued by The South African Airways