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South African Airways and its Star Alliance partner United Airlines expanded their codeshare agreement on March 15 to include the following cities: Atlanta, Ga.; Austin, Texas; Charlotte, N.C.; Cleveland, Ohio; Columbus, Ohio; Dallas, Texas; Detroit, Mich.; Houston, Texas; Indianapolis, Ind.; Kansas City, Mo.; Miami, Fla.; Philadelphia, Pa.; Pittsburgh, Pa.; Raleigh-Durham, N.C.; and St. Louis, Mo.

Lufthansa will initiate daily service between Frankfurt, Germany and Cape Town, South Africa at the end of October using A346 aircraft. Lufthansa currently codeshares on the route with Star partner South African Airways, while

LH576 FRA - CPT: 2240 - 1120
LH577 CPT - FRA : 1900 - 545

United Airlines will place its code on LH-operated flights.

United Airlines and South African Airways, both part of the Star Alliance network, have signed a codeshare agreement allowing South African Airways passengers arriving into Washington Dulles from Johannesburg to connect on United’s flights to Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego and Las Vegas.

Once regulatory approvals are obtained, United will place its own flight numbers on SAA’s flights to Johannesburg, as well as intra-African flights and those between Johannesburg and Europe.

It is to be recalled that SAA partnered with American Airlines serving New York and Miami, then with Delta Airlines serving Atlanta and New York. SAA now flies to New York, Atlanta and Washington DC with up to daily flights per destination.