Zambian airline Proflight has expanded its Cape Town to Lusaka route, adding additional capacity, just seven months after the introduction of the route.
The 3.5 hour flight is the only direct air connection between the two cities. First introduced as a twice-weekly flight in July 2023, Proflight launched its three-times weekly offering at an event at Cape Town’s Taj Hotel last week. It now flies on Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays.
In an interview with Tourism Update ahead of the event, Director of Flight Operations for Proflight Zambia, Josias Walubita said: “When we launched twice a week, there were lots of queries and questions about why we couldn’t do more. So from the seven months we’ve been operating, we’ve seen the route doing well.”
He said load factors on the 50-seater flight were “very impressive”. The airline also operates flights to Johannesburg and Durban.
Walubita said that the new route was a reflection of the growing numbers of travellers between…
