Proflight Zambia will start direct flights to Durban from next month, linking Lusaka with direct flights to the home of South Africa’s business port and one of its most popular tourist destinations.
The latest route is part of the airline’s strategy to expand across Southern Africa, making Lusaka a hub for air travel throughout the region.
Starting from September 22, Proflight will fly three times a week to Durban using its 50-seater CRJ-100 aircraft. If demand proves strong then the airline hopes to add a fourth weekly flight to the Lusaka-Durban schedule.
P0024 will leave Lusaka at 11:00hrs on Tuesdays, Thursday’s and Saturdays, arriving in Durban at 13:30hrs.
The returning P0025 flight will leave Durban at 14:10hrs on Tuesdays and Thursdays and arrive in Lusaka at 16:40hrs. On Sundays P0023 will leave Durban- at 12:00hrs and arrive back in Lusaka at 13:3hrs
This means travellers from Lusaka and elsewhere in Proflight’s extensive will be able to attend to business in Durban, go shopping, visit the sea and spend time on the beach, visit family and friends, go to concerts and shows, and attend rugby, football and cricket matches.
Fares start from $210 per person one way/K1785 with children at half price.
The new Durban flight also links to smooth connections with Proflights services between Lusaka and Ndola, Kitwe, Solwezi and Mfuwe.
‘Durban, as an important gateway for Africa and a thriving tourist destination, this new flight will add value to tourism and promote business linkages between cities. It will also promote Zambia’s tourism and market its potential to customers travelling between cities,’ said Proflight Director of Government and Industry Affairs Captain Phillip Lemba.
Durban is South Africa’s second most important manufacturing hub after Johannesburg with the presence of a number of major multi-national companies and it is famous for being the busiest port in the African continent.
South Africa as a growing market continues to play an important part in Proflight’s international network expansion strategy.
Yangu tata ba Tony Irwin na bamayo ba Jo Pope chawama ichi sana!
Another success for President Lungu
Well done sir!
Iwe mwaiche leave Lungu out of this. Lungu has failed Zambians. The good news is that instead of driving on death Zambian roads, I can go to the beach in Durban in the morning and come back in the evening.
Congrats Proflight. But Iwe mwaiche leave Lungu out of this. Lungu has failed Zambians. The good news is that instead of driving on death Zambian roads, I can go to the beach in Durban in the morning and come back in the evening.
This is a white and black Zambian privately owned company nothing to do with the gov’t, good on Proflight hope it works out.