Airlink jet service launches Johannesburg-Richards Bay route

The enhanced service, which commences today, will see a significant increase in capacity with the introduction of Airlink’s comfortable, quiet and reliable 74-seat Embraer E170 jetliners replacing the 29-seat Jetstream 41 turboprop aircraft.  

With the introduction of a jet service, flight time on the route is reduced by up to 30 minutes. 

“Richards Bay is crucial to South Africa’s economy and it requires reliable and efficient air services, like Airlink’s, to connect the city’s businesses and those dependant on it with other markets and economic centres.   We are also keeping the promise we made to our partners, the City of uMhlathuze and the KwaZulu-Natal government, to deploy larger aircraft on the route once there was sufficient demand,” said Airlink CEO and managing director, Rodger Foster.