Air Belgium expands South African offering with Airlink

Air Belgium has signed a new commercial agreement with South African airline Airlink to connect travellers from Belgium to over 36 destinations in South Africa. 

This follows the recent inauguration of Air Belgium’s services between Brussels, Johannesburg and Cape Town.

The commercial agreement will simplify travel to bucket-list Southern African destinations for Air Belgium customers across Airlink network, wanting a convenient long-haul service between the heart of the European Union’s capital and South Africa plus 11 neighbouring countries

Niky Terzakis, CEO Air Belgium, says: “South Africa is in high demand for Belgian and European travellers. We are delighted that our dynamic agreement with Airlink will allow us to offer our customers seamless connections to 12 popular South African leisure and business  destinations such as the Kruger National Park, Durban and Gqeberha (formerly known as Port Elizabeth) as well as important business destinations like Kimberley, Bloemfontein and Richards Bay amongst others.”

As Airlink’s CEO and Managing Director, Rodger Foster explains: “Choice, reliability, top quality service and convenience are Airlink hallmarks.  Through this cooperative arrangement with Air Belgium, Airlink offers inbound business and leisure travellers an unmatched choice of onward connections across our entire network, which spans 36 destinations in 11 sub-Saharan countries.  Similarly, we now offer convenient connections through Johannesburg and Cape Town, to Belgium, which, besides hosting the EU capital, is a leading gateway for visitors to Europe.