Travellers get new flight option between Cape Town and Johannesburg

Airlink

Cape Town – Regional airline Airlink will introduce direct flights between Cape Town International Airport and Lanseria International Airport from 4 December 2026, offering travellers an alternative to Johannesburg’s busy OR Tambo International Airport.

The new route will initially operate twice daily in each direction, connecting Cape Town with Lanseria, which serves communities and businesses in western Gauteng and parts of North West province.

Airlink chief executive de Villiers Engelbrecht said the service would provide passengers with another travel option between the two regions.

“Travel options on this route have been limited, and our intention is to give passengers a comfortable and enjoyable alternative for travelling between the two regions, while also complementing our existing services to O.R. Tambo,” Engelbrecht said in a statement published by Airlink.

The service will be operated using Embraer E190 aircraft, each accommodating 98 passengers. The aircraft configuration provides window and aisle seats, with no middle seats.

The morning flight from Cape Town will depart at 09:20 and arrive at Lanseria at 11:35. The afternoon service will depart Cape Town at 13:30, arriving at 15:45.

Flights from Lanseria will depart at 09:10 and 13:00, arriving in Cape Town at 11:35 and 15:25, respectively.

Airlink plans to expand the service to four daily return flights from 22 March 2027, with an updated schedule to be published closer to the date.

The launch marks Airlink’s first scheduled domestic service to Lanseria and is intended to improve connectivity for passengers travelling between Cape Town and the northern and western parts of Gauteng.

The new route highights its potential to offer travellers a more convenient option when accessing Johannesburg’s western side without using OR Tambo International Airport.

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