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Fleet

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Former South African Airbus A319-100
South African Airbus A340-300

Current fleet

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As of January 2024, 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

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South African Airways has previously operated the following aircraft:[3][4]

South African Airways historical fleet
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

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  1. ^ planespotters.net - South African Airways Archived 14 November 2022 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 18 December 2022
  2. ^ 787config
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference planespotters was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ a b 50 Golden Years of Flight First Edition 1984.
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