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What we compareSafairSouth African Airways
Country in archiveSouth AfricaSouth Africa
Founded1969February 1, 1934
Founder—Allister Miller
HeadquartersKempton Park, South Africa, ZAJohannesburg, Gauteng, ZA
Name originThe sources used for this short profile do not explain the origin of the Safair name.The airline was formed on 1 February 1934 when the South African government acquired Union Airways and renamed it South African Airways. The name is simply the country's name plus Airways. Its Afrikaans name is Suid-Afrikaanse Lugdiens.
HighlightsOR Tambo International AirportSpringbok Service, Boeing 747SP, Star Alliance membership
Earliest archived brand logo—1934
Latest archived logoundated2019
Archived logo assets27

Logo dates are archive labels; symbols dated before a brand's founding are excluded from its earliest-logo date. Asset counts include all archived variants, not just redesigns. A dash means a value is unavailable.

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