New Codeshare Between SAA and TAAG Angola Airlines Expands Tourism Opportunities Across Africa, Europe, and South America

Published on December 3, 2025

South African Airways (SAA) and TAAG Angola Airlines are now in a new codeshare partnership that is set to change the travel arrangements in Africa, Europe, and South America. Selling tickets now, travel arrangements may start on December 01, 2025. The partnership will allow travel to and between key Southern African countries like South Africa and Angola, South Africa’s major travel hubs in Europe like Lisbon and São Paulo, and Angola’s capital, Luanda.

The partnership will enhance travel for South African and international tourist travellers to new plugged destinations. Coupled with new developed routing, the codeshare agreement will greatly increase unbarred international travel with an integrated and arranged travel routing between continents.

Increased connectivity and convenience for tourists

In contrast to other airlines, the codeshare partnership guarantees a synchronized travel journey whereby travelers obtain a single airline ticket with a local currency and have all travel-related services seamlessly convenient with integration, including check-in, baggage services, and travel assistance. Travelers who had experienced the frustration of coordinating travel across multiple airlines and the absence of sinkable travel assistance services will be able to travel to and from regional and international destinations with integrated assistance services.

Flying to and from any destination in Southern Africa, together with the new and expanded flights destined for Southern Africa, Europe, and South America, and the flexibility to choose dates of travel will be a breeze for tourists. Africa’s international tourism will have an adjacent rival in South Africa’s long-haul travel hubs for Africa. Africa’s long-haul travel hubs in Johannesburg, Cape Town, and Luanda will have an adjacent rival in South Africa’s international tourism.

Expanding tourism opportunities across continents

It will be easier for tourists to travel to Luanda and from Luanda to other popular destinations, including Lisbon in Portugal, São Paulo in Brazil, and even São Paulo in Lisbon. Luanda’s new travel opportunities make it easier for tourists, particularly those interested in safaris, nature parks, and cultural experiences in South Africa, Angola, and surrounding countries, to travel to Southern Africa.African countries have recently been focused on moving past the global disruptions that have impacted the travel and tourism industry, and thus, this collaboration comes at an appropriate time. Increasing the seamless travel of potential tourists, particularly from countries in Europe and South America, is an effective way of drawing in travelers. The recently developed travel corridors provide opportunities to access economically and touristically important cities in the Southern Africa region (Cape Town, Durban, Gqeberha, Harare, Lusaka) that are preciously waiting for travelers.

Enhancing Inter and Intra-African Travel

The potential of the travel of Southern Africa to the rest of the world is greatly enhanced with this codeshare agreement for South African Tourism Boards and Destination Management Companies (DMCs). The focus of this collaboration is to target major economic hubs in the world such as São Paulo and Lisbon, in order to increase the flow of tourists to Africa, thus, expanding the Southern Africa travel region. Consequently, the South Africa region and the Southern Africa countries will experience economic benefit to the hospitality, transportation, and entertainment industry.

More and complicated travel arrangements have been made by SAA and TAAG Angola Airlines, thus these travel arrangements will unlock Southern Africa for tourists and further improve the tourism services in the region. In the Southern Africa region, the SAA partnership with TAAG Angola Airlines is particularly important in relation to the increased focus of African countries to benefit economically from the intra-African travel and the international tourism market.

Easier Travels for Business and Vacation Travellers

There are more options when booking flights for a specific location when traveling for business or leisure. Potential clients are never able to book flights on the same ticket for more than one with a different airline for a long distance flight in the Southern Africa, Europe, and South America itinerary zone. With the new alliance, Africa and Southern Africa get a more diverse flight itineraries and bookings. Their world famous and loved places in Southern Africa are now more accessible to leisure travelers as integrating flights via one airline served to reduce the costs, making leisure traveling more attractive. This sets more leisure and vacation travelers to South Africa on to explore the famous places and the world loved spots. For the travel professionals in Africa, the new agreement means that they can now coordinate and organize travel for to people for leisure or business and create a customised for multi-destination travel packages for vacation travelers.

Giving the opportunity to travel professionals to combine flights that span different regions with more flexible travel and flight dates. With more options provided to travel professionals, this will appeal more to tourists people who want more efficiency on their travel routes with less travel spending. More Efficient Travel and Collaborations. This partnership is the start of an new beginnings for Africa and U.S air travel connections as people traveling on without routes from Africa to Europe and Southern Consequently, tourists traveling from Africa and Southern Europe to Southern South America and vice versa can now travel without having to make multiple stops. With the combined efforts, both SAA and TAAG Angola Airlines are boosting their global competitiveness. The expectation of this partnership is the beginning of more collaborations for African airlines, enhancing the global tourism.

In the light of the codeshare agreement and the expectations of the African Aviation Market, more and more airlines understand the value of partnerships across borders. African airlines can work together to optimize their networks, integrate operational facilities, and provide tourists with better and more seamless travel options.

Conclusion

The codeshare agreement with SAA and TAAG Angola Airlines is going to change the travel options available to tourists traversing Africa, Europe, and South America. The convenience, operational seamlessness, and additional destinations will expand the travel options available. The partnership will facilitate travel to and from these continents, immensely improving the opportunities available to the Toursim sector. The collaboration will create room for more developement in the regional tourism.