Bad weather sees SAA cancel Washington DC flights
The decision was based on weather reports that predict extremely unfavourable conditions for take-off and landing in Washington DC says SAA.
SOUTH African Airways (SAA) has cancelled its flights between Johannesburg and Washington DC via Accra, Ghana, due to bad weather, the airline said on Friday. The bad weather is associated with “winter storm Jonas”.
“In the interests of safety of our passengers and crew, we took a decision to cancel both outbound and inbound flights between Johannesburg and Washington DC for travel on Friday, 22 January and Saturday, 23 January respectively.
“This decision was based on weather reports that predict extremely unfavourable conditions for take-off and/or landing in Washington DC,” SAA spokesperson Tlali Tlali said.
The national carrier operates daily between Johannesburg and two destinations in the US namely New York City and Washington DC.
“Whilst the service between Johannesburg and New York City remains unaffected, SAA is monitoring the situation on a continuous basis in liaison with the airports authorities in New York and will issue another travel advisory should the need arise,” explained Tlali.
According to the national carrier, passengers can rebook onto another SAA flight for a later date at no extra charge and subject to availability of the same booking class.
Other conditions are that a change of cabin will not be permitted and a change of routing will not be permitted.
“South African Airways regrets any inconvenience occasioned by the flight cancellations. Customers are encouraged to visit SAA website www.flysaa.com for all flight updates and or flight cancellations.”
