South African Airways

A SAA Boeing 747.

South African Airways is the flag carrier and largest airline of South Africa. It is based at Johannesburg. It has been flying since 1934 the airline currently files to africa with the only intercontinental destinations being Perth in Australia and Sao Paulo in Brazil. The airline became a member of Star Alliance in 2006

Current fleet

SAA Airbus A330-200

SAA Airbus A340-600

SAA Boeing 737-300F

As of February 2018, South African Airways' fleet consists of the following aircraft:

South African Airways fleet

Aircraft	In service	Orders	Passengers			Notes
			C	Y	Total
Airbus A319-100	7	—	25	95	120
Airbus A320-200	10	—	24	114	138
Airbus A330-200	6	—	36	186	222
Airbus A330-300	5	—	46	203	249
Airbus A340-300	7	—	38	215	253	ZS-SXD in Team South Africa 2012 livery
				231	269
Airbus A340-600	9	—	42	275	317	This fleet was originally ordered by Swissair. ZS-SNC in Star Alliance livery.
Boeing 737-800	6	—	32	125	157	ZS-SJV in Star Alliance livery.
Cargo fleet
Boeing 737-300F	3	—	Cargo			ZS-TGG Leased from Star Air Cargo
Total	53	—

South African Airways Media

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  SAA started operations with a number of acquired Union Airways aircraft, including the Junkers F.13, similar to the one pictured.

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  The Douglas DC-4 Skymaster was introduced in May 1946, on which SAA's first in-flight films were shown. This aircraft, registration ZS-AUB, is in Berlin (May 2000).

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  SAA Lockheed Constellation arriving at Heathrow in 1953

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  An SAA Boeing 707 sits alongside a BOAC Vickers VC10 at London Heathrow Airport (1977).

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  The SAA logo from 1971 to 1997. SAL is an abbreviation of the airlines' former Afrikaans name, Suid-Afrikaanse Lugdiens.

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  A Boeing 747-400 "ZS-SAW" painted in the pre–1997 orange, blue and white livery, and featuring the Afrikaans name of the airline SAL (Suid-Afrikaanse Lugdiens) (1998)

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  A Boeing 747SP (2001) (now on display at the South African Airways Museum at Rand Airport)

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  Boeing 747-300 Ndizani at Perth Airport (2003)

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  "New" Business Class seat on display in 2006