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What we compareSouth African AirwaysSafair
Country in archiveSouth AfricaSouth Africa
FoundedFebruary 1, 19341969
FounderAllister Miller—
HeadquartersJohannesburg, Gauteng, ZAKempton Park, South Africa, ZA
Name originThe 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.The sources used for this short profile do not explain the origin of the Safair name.
HighlightsSpringbok Service, Boeing 747SP, Star Alliance membershipOR Tambo International Airport
Earliest archived brand logo1934—
Latest archived logo2019undated
Archived logo assets72

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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