SOUTH AFRICA: Direct Flight From Wonderboom To Cape Town

The first commercial flight from Wonderboom airport will take to the sky enroute to Cape Town today.

Wonderboom airport, initially opened in 1937, is situated about 15km north of Pretoria.

The airport first opened its doors to commercial planes in the early 1990's and again in 2010 but that only lasted three months.

However this time around management is confident that the project will be a success.

The City of Tshwane hopes that reopening the airport for commercial use will boost local tourism.

This as the direct route offers passengers from Tshwane, Limpopo and North West provinces the convenience of shorter travel times, without the need to commute to airports like OR Tambo, especially during peak-hour traffic.

SA Airlink will operate the flights. The flights will depart from Wonderboom for Cape Town at 06:45 in the morning with a second morning flight at 09:45, then in the afternoon departing Wonderboom at 17:45.

Flights from Cape Town to Wonderboom depart at 06:45 with afternoon flights at 15:00 and 17:30. Airlink will operate the three times a day return air-service between the two cities.