SAA's first direct flight between Johannesburg and Lubumbashi departed OR Tambo International Airport (JNB) and landed at Luano International Airport (FBM) on Monday 4 November.

Airbus The A320 took off from Johannesburg at 10:50 and landed in Lubumbashi just over three hours later.

New route schedule of five weekly flights from Monday to Friday, caters for both direct and connecting

Airlink will expand its regional air services with flights to Africa's most populous city, Kinshasa, in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Johannesburg-Kinshasa flights will begin on March 28 next year.

The new service will operate three times a week on modern 98-seat twin-engine Embraer E190 aircraft.

“DR Congo is an important market for Airlink. We first entered the