How long has South African Airways been flying between India and South America and which are the routes that you fly and what is the frequency on these routes?
South African Airways (SAA) has always had operations to South America from India. SAA operates four flights a week from Mumbai to Johannesburg. SAA started operating three flights a week from Johannesburg to Buenos Aires on 08 April 2009, providing the shortest travel time between India and Argentina.

The flying time from Mumbai to Buenos Aires is 22 hours and 30 minutes. South African Airways also has the advantage of transiting through Johannesburg which is at the midway point (transit time to Buenos Aires is 1 hour and 45 minutes). This makes the traveller's journey well balanced as one does not have to be seated in the aircraft for more than 10 hours at a stretch. South African Airways has excellent interline agreements with the domestic carriers within South America thus taking the customers to the end destination through the interline partners from our South American gateways – Sao Paulo and Buenos Aires.

What is the equipment used by South African Airways on the Mumbai-Johannesburg sector and onwards between Johannesburg and Sao Paulo/Buenos Aires?
SAA has a young fleet of state-of-the-art Airbus 340 family. It uses Airbus 340-200 and Airbus 340-300 on the Mumbai – Johannesburg - Sao Paulo/Buenos Aires route. The aircraft are very well maintained and have one of the best flight safety track records. SAA has undergone, with great success, its IATA (International Air Transport Association) Operational Safety Audit (IOSA), proving once again that the airline complies with the world's most stringent safety standards. When boarding an SAA aircraft, passengers can rest assured that they have chosen an airline that does not compromise on safety in any form.

Can a leisure traveller take an open-jaw option of flying into Sao Paulo and fly out of Buenos Aires or vice versa?
This is the best value-for-money offer to leisure travellers by SAA as it allows passengers to arrive at Sao Paulo and depart from Buenos Aires or vice versa, thus saving more than USD 800 per person for the South America package, as compared to other airlines. The leisure traveller has the advantage and the flexibility of taking open-jaw which is offered by SAA plus the advantage of having a common rated fare for both places.