South African Airways SAA has announced that it will launch its first-ever direct service between Cape Town and Mauritius in December.
The flight will launch on Tuesday, 9 December 2025, and will be a three-weekly service operating every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday.
There will be two flight times:
The outbound flight departs Cape Town at 09h25, arriving in Mauritius at 16h30, with a total flight duration of approximately five hours.
The return leg departs Mauritius at 17h20, arriving back in Cape Town at 21h30.
A temporary adjustment will be made between mid-January and mid-March 2026, when the service will operate twice weekly, in line with seasonal demand.
SAA said that services mark a strategic expansion for the group and its network, particularly for travellers in the Western Cape.
Connecting Cape Town with Mauritius is a fascinating achievement that our team has been aspiring towards for quite some time, it said.
The introduction of this route demonstrates SAAs role in promoting leisure travel across the region and supports the broader tourism objectives for both South Africa and Mauritius.
