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United Airlines Inaugurates Non-Stop Cape Town Service.

Dec 19,2019
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The Points Guy reports that flight UA1122 was the first time that any airline has operated a non-stop service from North America to the South African legislative capital. This seasonal operation currently departs Newark three days a week. It departs at 20:30 on Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays. The journey takes 14.5 hours, arriving in Cape Town at 18:00 the next day. The return journey departs at 20:50 every Monday, Thursday and Saturday, arriving at 05:45 the next day. This is a positive initiative for travelers in the United States looking to travel to South Africa. It had recently reconfigured its 767 aircraft on flights from London to the US to help serve customers within these growing markets.According to Heritage, South Africa’s GDP is $765.6 billion. It also is seeing a 1.3 percent growth, along with a 1.5 percent 5-year compound annual growth. Moreover, shifts in consumer habits within Africa could cause the continent’s aviation market to double in the next 20 years. Therefore, United is making sure to keep ahead of changes in the industry in the new decade.