Delta Air Lines and United Airlines each will begin new
service to Cape Town, South Africa, this year, the companies announced this
week.
The two carriers had been at odds with each other as both
had made requests for three of the four remaining weekly frequencies between
the United States and South Africa allowed under the U.S.-South Africa Air
Transport Agreement. The Department of Transport of the Republic of South
Africa in June agreed to allow the addition
of two frequencies, and…