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23 July 2026
South Africa’s biggest domestic airline says air-traffic control constraints are forcing it to tailor flight schedules to take account of capacity restrictions at the country’s busiest airports.
FlySafair, which carries more than half of South Africa’s domestic passengers, said pressure on aircraft movements, particularly at Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International Airport, has become a constraint on network planning even as Air Traffic and Navigation Services works to restore staffing levels and modernise systems.
Runway and air-traffic management capacity are now the low-cost carrier’s biggest operational constraints, “principally at OR Tambo, where it shows up as departure delays and extended taxi times,” Chief Marketing Officer Kirby Gordon said in an emailed response to questions...
FlySafair running into problems at South Africa’s busiest airport – TopAuto - 23 July 2026
