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South Africa's skies will be busy from morning to night during the 2010
Fifa World Cup, with South African Airways planning a 24-hour operation
to shuttle football fans to and fro across the country throughout the
tournament.
"SAA plans to run a 24-hour operation during the World Cup in
order to accommodate match times scheduled and passenger movements
around these," SA Airways spokeswoman Azure Janneker said in a
statement on Tuesday.
Janneker said the airline was working with Match - the official
provider of tickets, accomodation and logistics for the World Cup - to
assist with transport.
Last month, SAA and Match signed a co-operation agreement in
terms of which SAA will provide 45 000 return flights for Match
customers between Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town.
It was still up in the air as to whether extra planes or pilots
would be hired for the World Cup period. "No decision has been
finalised on whether SAA will receive
additional aircraft or personnel," Janneker said.
Janneker added that tickets would be costed according to the same
pricing structure currently offered.
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