South African Airways (SAA) on Wednesday cancelled its scheduled flights to Blantyre, Malawi, after the announcement of the closure of the main runway at Chileka International Airport for maintenance.
"The aircraft size which SAA operates to Blantyre does not fit in the required categories/classes of the secondary runway, which will remain operational. Accordingly, SAA's operations to Blantyre have been cancelled, for Wednesday, 24 April 2019 and Saturday, 27 April 2019," said SAA spokesperson Tlali Tlali.
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