Fleet
The Boeing Customer code for South African Airways is '44'
As of September 2012, SAA's fleet consists of the following aircraft with an average age of 9 years:
South African Airways are expected to update their fleet from 2014 with more fuel efficient planes and have asked all pilots to hold on to their wage increases. Uncertainties remain around the timing of new aircraft purchases and whether the Government of South Africa (South African Airways is a state owned business) will provide funding.
| Aircraft | Total | Orders | Passengers | Notes | ||||
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| Airbus A319-100 | 11 | — | 25 | 95 | 120 | |||
| Airbus A320-200 | 2 | 10 |
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| Airbus A321-200 | — | 10 |
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Deliveries from 2013 | ||||
| Airbus A330-200 | 6 | — | 36 | 186 | 222 | |||
| Airbus A340-200 | 1 | — | 24 | 226 | 250 | To be withdrawn from 2011, 5 in storage | ||
| Airbus A340-300 | 8 | — | 38 | 215 | 253 | ZS-SXD in Team South Africa 2012 livery | ||
| Airbus A340-600 | 9 | — | 42 | 275 | 317 | ZS-SNC painted in Star Alliance livery | ||
| Boeing 737-800 | 13 | — | 32 | 125 | 157 | ZS-SJV painted in Star Alliance livery | ||
| South African Airways Cargo Fleet | ||||||||
| Boeing 737-200 | 2 | — |
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| Boeing 737-300 | 2 | — |
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| Total | 54 | 20 | ||||||
- SAA managed to get 2 additional Airbus A320s to enter service by January/February 2012:
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- First Airbus A320 on 13 January 2012 (ZS-SZZ)
- Second Airbus A320 on 18 February 2012 (ZS-SZY)
- SAA's A340-300 fleet was expanded from 6 to 8 aircraft . The delivery dates of the seventh and eighth aircraft were:
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- Seventh A340-300 (ZS-SXG) on 27 October 2010 – bought from Iberia.
- Eighth A340-300 (ZS-SXH) on 30 November 2010 – bought from Iberia.
- The Boeing 737-800 fleet has been reduced to 13 aircraft. 6 of the original 21 aircraft are operating with Mango and 2 have been returned to their leasing companies.
- SAA took delivery of its Airbus A330-243s on the following days:
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- First Airbus A330 on 14 February 2011 (ZS-SXZ)
- Second Airbus A330 on 23 March 2011 (ZS-SXY)
- Third Airbus A330 on 6 May 2011 (ZS-SXX)
- Fourth Airbus A330 on 1 July 2011 (ZS-SXW)
- Fifth Airbus A330 on 7 September 2011 (ZS-SXV)
- Sixth and last Airbus A330 on 7 December 2011 (ZS-SXU)
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