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AirlinePros Launches Partnership with Norse Atlantic Airways, Opening New Journey Horizons for South Africa
Thursday, October 31, 2024
AirlinePros Worldwide proudly publicizes its appointment because the Basic Gross sales Agent for Norse Atlantic Airways in South Africa. This partnership is about to raise Norse Atlantic Airways’ presence in Africa’s fast-growing aviation market, enhancing gross sales, advertising, and customer support all through South Africa.
Ranked amongst Northern Europe’s prime airways, Norse Atlantic Airways is acknowledged for its progressive, low-cost long-haul flights connecting main cities throughout Europe and america with trendy, eco-friendly plane. This alliance affords South African vacationers reasonably priced, snug worldwide journey, boosting connectivity and tourism alternatives between South Africa and Norse Atlantic’s in depth community of locations.
Shreyas Nanavati, CEO of AirlinePros Worldwide, expressed his enthusiasm in regards to the partnership, saying, “We’re honored to collaborate with Norse Atlantic Airways and are committed to leveraging our local expertise to strengthen their presence in the South African market. We look forward to a successful journey together.”
For Norse Atlantic Airways, Cape City is its first vacation spot in Africa and flying into Cape City from London-Gatwick makes it the airline’s longest continuous route. Commenting on the launch of the brand new service, Philip Allport, Senior Vice-President at Norse Atlantic Airways, stated “It opens up a lot of possibilities for us and for consumers, having an airline like Norse now operating on those routes. It’s not a flash decision; it’s something we’ve been working on for a long time at Norse, and it’s been very high up on the list of routes that we’ve wanted to operate. So, as soon as the necessary regulatory permissions came through, we put flights on sale.”
Karin Matodes, Industrial Director of AirlinePros South Africa, remarked on the potential of this new function, saying “This appointment is a significant milestone in our efforts to connect South Africa with top international destinations affordably. Norse Atlantic’s pioneering approach to travel aligns with the evolving needs of the modern traveler, and we are eager to bring this unique travel experience closer to home.”
Flights between Cape City and London-Gatwick started on October 28, using a Boeing 787 Dreamliner and providing fares at 20% lower than these of Virgin Atlantic and British Airways, the opposite carriers on this route.
This partnership goals to leverage the rising demand for reasonably priced journey choices, catering to a various vary of vacationers, from journey fanatics to enterprise professionals. Final yr, South African vacationers took an estimated 4.78 million outbound journeys, with Cape City Worldwide Airport recording 2.75 million worldwide passenger actions through the 2023-24 interval.
