Aviation profile South Africa Outbound travel to the UK Weekly departing seats Weekly seat capacity to the UK per airline Regional spread of seat capacity
Percentage of seats on all direct and selected connecting routes* Percentage of selected UK-inbound seats 14,350 served by direct routes BritishAirways South African Airways Virgin Atlantic Airways Thomas Cook Airlines*** 9,812 2,127 2,109 302
4% 3% Glasgow Edinburgh 2% Newcastle 17% Manchester Weekly <1% flight departures Weekly flight departures per aircraft type 8% Birmingham Boeing 747 Airbus A380 Airbus A330 Boeing 787 1% 65% 14 10 8 8 Cardiff London British British South African Virgin Atlantic Airways Airways Airways Airways 12% Boeing 777 Airbus A340 1 1 44 Thomas Cook British 1 1 Airlines*** Airways British South African Airways Airways Note: Direct routes from South Africa only serve London and Manchester.
Weekly departing seats on direct routes to the UK Weekly departing seats on connecting routes to the UK*
London Heathrow airport**