United Airlines has announced new direct flights between Washington Dulles Airport and Cape Town, becoming the first airline to provide a nonstop round-trip service from its nation’s capital to South Africa. The U.S. Department of Transportation granted the airline three weekly direct flights, which will commence on November 17, 2022 (subject to approval by the South Africa Government).
United started seasonal service from New York/Newark to Cape Town in 2019 and expanded to year-round service in 2022. United will soon offer a total of 19 weekly flights to Africa – in addition to these new flights to Cape Town, the airline has launched nonstop flights from New York/Newark to Johannesburg and Washington D.C. to Accra, Ghana and Lagos, Nigeria in 2021.
