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Routes — FlySafair Network

Base Airports

Airport	IATA	ICAO	City
O.R. Tambo International	JNB / ORT	FAOR	Johannesburg (primary hub)
Cape Town International	CPT	FACT	Cape Town (secondary base)
King Shaka International	DUR / DBN	KSIA	Durban (secondary base)
Lanseria International	HLA	FALA	Johannesburg (secondary - LCC preferred)

Airport	IATA	City	Country
O.R. Tambo International	JNB	Johannesburg	South Africa
Cape Town International	CPT	Cape Town	South Africa
King Shaka International	DUR	Durban	South Africa
Lanseria International	HLA	Johannesburg (west)	South Africa
George Airport	GRJ	George (Garden Route)	South Africa
East London Airport	ELS	East London	South Africa
Chief Dawid Stuurman (Port Elizabeth)	PLZ	Gqeberha	South Africa
Bram Fischer (Bloemfontein)	BFN	Bloemfontein	South Africa
Kruger Mpumalanga International	MQP	Nelspruit/Mbombela	South Africa
Hoedspruit Airport	HDS	Hoedspruit	South Africa
Robert Gabriel Mugabe International	HRE	Harare	Zimbabwe
Victoria Falls Airport	VFA	Victoria Falls	Zimbabwe
Zanzibar Airport	ZNZ	Zanzibar	Tanzania
Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International	MRU	Mauritius	Mauritius
Hosea Kutako (Windhoek)	WDH	Windhoek	Namibia
Kenneth Kaunda International	LVI	Livingstone	Zambia
Maputo International	MPM	Maputo	Mozambique

Route	2026 Flights	Distance (km)	Type
CPT-JNB	3,093	1,271	Domestic trunk
DUR-JNB	2,841	478	Domestic trunk
CPT-DUR	1,191	1,279	Domestic trunk
CPT-HLA	1,176	1,264	Domestic trunk
GRJ-JNB	699	1,039	Domestic
JNB-PLZ	694	906	Domestic
DUR-HLA	635	515	Domestic
ELS-JNB	597	766	Domestic
CPT-PLZ	508	648	Domestic
CPT-ELS	333	863	Domestic
HLA-PLZ	154	919	Domestic
HRE-JNB	154	955	International
GRJ-HLA	154	1,042	Domestic
CPT-MQP	153	1,537	Domestic
BFN-JNB	153	379	Domestic
DUR-PLZ	153	711	Domestic
BFN-CPT	152	909	Domestic
ELS-HLA	130	787	Domestic
DUR-ELS	110	492	Domestic
JNB-MRU	88	3,070	International
CPT-GRJ	66	349	Domestic
JNB-VFA	66	925	International
JNB-ZNZ	66	2,494	International
JNB-MQP	44	299	Domestic
CPT-WDH	44	1,278	International
CPT-HDS	35	1,609	Domestic

34 route pairs with great circle distances. Source: route_distances.json

Route	km	Route	km	Route	km
BFN-CPT	909	CPT-HLA	1,264	DUR-HLA	515
BFN-GRJ	660	CPT-JNB	1,271	DUR-JNB	478
BFN-HLA	385	CPT-MQP	1,537	DUR-PLZ	711
BFN-JNB	379	CPT-PLZ	648	ELS-HLA	787
BFN-PLZ	546	CPT-WDH	1,278	ELS-JNB	766
CPT-DUR	1,279	DUR-ELS	492	ELS-PLZ	231
CPT-ELS	863	DUR-GRJ	959	GRJ-HLA	1,042
CPT-GRJ	349			GRJ-JNB	1,039
CPT-HDS	1,609			HLA-PLZ	919
				HRE-JNB	955
				JNB-LVI	954
				JNB-MPM	433
				JNB-MQP	299
				JNB-MRU	3,070
				JNB-PLZ	906
				JNB-VFA	925
				JNB-ZNZ	2,494

Routes normalised alphabetically: CPT-JNB and JNB-CPT both stored as CPT-JNB.

Data	Source	Granularity
Pax, LF, Revenue, Yield per route	`SummaryRoute.xlsx`	Daily / Weekly / Monthly
Market share vs competitors	`ACSA Monthly Data.xlsx`	Monthly
Competitor capacity by route	`Capacity\reports\*.xlsx` or FlightAware DB	Monthly
Stage lengths	`route_distances.json`	Per route pair
Fuel burn per route	`Fuel Burn\Fuel Burn YYYY.xlsx`	Per flight leg

Route data uses IATA 3-letter codes throughout
Fuel Burn uses JNB (not ORT) and DUR (not DBN) - QlikView convention
SummaryRoute format: XXX-YYY or XXX - YYY - always normalise before grouping