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Fleet
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Current fleet
[edit]As of January 2024[update], South African Airways operates the following aircraft:[1]
| Aircraft | In service | Orders | Passengers | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | Y | Total | |||||
| Airbus A320neo | 14 | 3 | 20 | 123 | 143 | ||
| Airbus A321neo | 14 | 6 | 28 | 150 | 178 | ||
| Airbus A350-900 | 12 | 13 | 36 | 280 | 316 | ||
| Airbus A350-1000 | 2 | 7 | 40 | 343 | 383 | ||
| Boeing 777-300ER | 6 | — | 40 | 327 | 367 | ||
| Boeing 787-10 | 6 | 3 | 32 | 305 | 337 | ||
| 4 | 1 | 24 | 332 | 356 | Regional configuration.[2] | ||
| Total | 58 | 33 | |||||
Historical fleet
[edit]South African Airways has previously operated the following aircraft:[3][4]
| Aircraft | Total | Introduced | Retired | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airbus A300B2 | 4 | 1976 | 2001 | |
| Airbus A300B4 | 4 | 1981 | 2001 | |
| Airbus A300C4 | 1 | 1982 | 2000 | |
| Airbus A319-100 | 10 | 2004 | 2023 | |
| Airbus A320-200 | 7 | 1991 | 2002 | |
| 7 | 2013 | 2020 | ||
| Airbus A330-200 | 5 | 2002 | 2004 | Leased from British Midland International and TAM Airlines |
| 6 | 2011 | 2020 | ||
| Airbus A340-200 | 6 | 2003 | 2014 | |
| Airbus A340-600 | 9 | 2002 | 2021 | |
| Airspeed AS.6 Envoy | 4 | 1936 | 1938 | [4] |
| Avro 685 York | 8 | 1945 | 1947 | |
| Boeing 707-320 | 11 | 1960 | 1980 | ZS-EUW Crashed as flight SA228 |
| Boeing 727-100 | 6 | 1965 | 1982 | |
| Boeing 727-100C | 3 | 1967 | 1982 | |
| Boeing 737-200 | 29 | 1968 | 2006 | |
| Boeing 737-200F | 2 | 1981 | 2013 | |
| Boeing 737-300SF | 3 | 2007 | 2020 | |
| Boeing 737-800 | 21 | 2000 | 2018 | Sixteen aircraft were transferred to Mango Airlines |
| Boeing 747-200B | 5 | 1971 | 2004 | ZS-SAN preserved at the South African Airways Museum Society at Rand Airport |
| Boeing 747-200F | 2 | 1998 | 1999 | |
| Boeing 747-200M | 2 | 1980 | 1994 | ZS-SAS Crashed as flight SA295 |
| Boeing 747-200SF | 1 | 1995 | 2000 | |
| Boeing 747-300 | 6 | 1983 | 2004 | |
| Boeing 747-400 | 8 | 1991 | 2010 | |
| Boeing 747SP | 6 | 1976 | 2003 | ZS-SPC preserved at the South African Airways Museum Society at Rand Airport |
| Boeing 767-200ER | 3 | 1993 | 2004 | |
| de Havilland DH.60 Gypsy Moth | 1 | 1934 | 1937 | |
| de Havilland DH.104 Dove | 2 | 1947 | 1952 | |
| de Havilland DH.106 Comet | 2 | 1953 | 1954 | Leased from BOAC. G-ALYY crashed as flight SA201 due to in-flight break up. |
| Douglas DC-3 | 8 | 1946 | 1970 | |
| Douglas DC-4 | 7 | 1946 | 1967 | |
| Douglas DC-7 | 4 | 1956 | 1967 | |
| Hawker Siddeley HS 748 | 3 | 1970 | 1983 | |
| Junkers F.13 | 4 | 1934 | 1940 | |
| Junkers Ju 52/3m | 15 | 1934 | 1940 | |
| Junkers Ju 86 | 18 | 1937 | 1940 | |
| Junkers W.34 | 1 | 1934 | 1937 | |
| Lockheed Constellation | 4 | 1950 | 1964 | |
| Lockheed L-18 Lodestar | 21 | 1944 | 1955 | |
| Vickers VC.1 Viking | 8 | 1947 | 1951 | |
| Vickers Viscount | 8 | 1958 | 1971 |
References
[edit]- ^ planespotters.net - South African Airways Archived 14 November 2022 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 18 December 2022
- ^ 787config
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
planespotterswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b 50 Golden Years of Flight First Edition 1984.