SAA to get Thai A340-500's

[MarkLawrence]

Just got this off a.net

http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2007/03 ... 029238.php

Probably now - those JNB to IAD and JFK flights will be non-stop!

[hiss srq]

I kind of expected that SAA would be picking a few of those up for some ultra long haul. Any bets we see SAA in LA soon?

[MarkLawrence]

I doubt LA - I would see the ORD route become a non-stop - there is a very large South African contingent in the MidWest - centered around Chicago/St Louis as well as a large contingent in Florida - as long as they maintain the load factor on JFK and IAD, ORD and maybe MIA maybe added - at a guess.