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What we compareSouth African AirwaysFlySafair
Country in archiveSouth AfricaSouth Africa
FoundedFebruary 1, 19342013
FounderAllister Miller—
HeadquartersJohannesburg, Gauteng, ZAJohannesburg, 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 FlySafair name.
HighlightsSpringbok Service, Boeing 747SP, Star Alliance membership—
Earliest archived brand logo19342013
Latest archived logo20192013
Archived logo assets71

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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