Dubai’s Emirates, South Africa’s Airlink activate codeshare partnership

Dubai carrier Emirates and Johannesburg-based airline Airlink have activated their codeshare partnership.

The partnership facilitates customers to create their itinerary and benefit from seamless connections and a single booking reference across eight domestic South African cities via the airline’s gateways Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban.

.@Emirates and South Africa’s Airlink officially activate codeshare partnership, which makes it easier for customers to create their ideal itinerary and benefit from seamless connections and a single booking reference across 8 domestic South African cities. pic.twitter.com/1Z1yXcicNH

— Dubai Media Office (@DXBMediaOffice) June 7, 2022

Travel itineraries can now be booked on emirates.com and with travel and online travel agents.

Tickets booked from June 2022 are available for travel immediately.

Emirates customers can now book additional flights, including eight destinations from Johannesburg, five destinations from Cape Town and one point from Durban. Some new route options include Bloemfontein, Hoedspruit, Port Elizabeth, Kimberley, George, and East London, amongst others.

Emirates currently offers double daily flights to Dubai from Johannesburg, daily flights to Dubai from Cape Town and five weekly flights to and from Durban.

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With the revival of its South African Airways partnership, as well as its codeshare agreement with Airlink, and interlines with Cemair and FlySafair, the airline has expanded its reach to 79 regional points in southern Africa, a statement said.

Last month, Emirates and the South African Tourism Board also signed a memorandum of understanding to boost visitor arrivals and inbound traffic to South Africa from key markets across the carrier’s network.

Read: Dubai’s Emirates signs MoU with South African Tourism Board to boost visitor arrivals