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South Africa denies closure of international airspace announced by TAAG

The South African Government has denied having closed international airspace, announced by the state-owned TAAG Linhas Aéreas Angolanas to cancel its weekly flights to South Africa from this Tuesday.

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"There is no closure of international airspace as part of the level 3 confinement announced last night by President Ramaphosa, airspace remains open until further notice to the contrary," Ministry of Transport spokesman Ayanda Allie told Lusa. Paine.

"The head of state also did not mention any measures to close South African airspace in his speech," he said.

However, the state-owned TAAG Linhas Areas Angolanas, announced Monday the cancellation of flights from the capital Luanda to South Africa, justifying the measure with the "closure of airspace" by the Government of South Africa.

"Unfortunately, the airspace of South Africa was closed due to the appearance of the new strain, so the entire operation of passenger flights to Johannesburg / Cape Town was 'suspended', and there is no provision for its resumption," he told the clients. flag airline, in a communication to which Lusa had access.

The TAAG spokesman explained to Lusa that the cancellation was due to a joint decree by the ministries of Health, Transport and Interior to account for the closure of the air border with South Africa.

"It was as soon as a joint decree came out, TAAG also issued a statement to report the cancellation of flights due to the pandemic, either to Johannesburg or to Cape Town," said Carlos Vicente.

The official stressed that in situations like this, the procedure requires passengers to contact ground services to find alternatives.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced Monday night a new level 3 'adjusted' confinement to contain the new coronavirus pandemic, which has infected 1,011,871 million people since March in South Africa and caused 27,071 deaths.

According to the new level 3 containment rules, published on the South African Government portal, "all international travelers are authorized provided they present a valid and certified covid-19 test carried out up to 72 hours before the departure date" .

The platform flightradar24.com, consulted by Lusa, indicated at 1 pm local time at least four international flights with a stopover at the international airport OR Tambo, in Johannesburg, two to Singapore and Windhoek, in Namibia, and two with origin in Harare, Zimbabwe and Gaborone, in Botswana.

Aviation companies Emirates, Qatar, KLM and Air France also continue to operate all their flights to Johannesburg, a source in the commercial aviation sector in Johannesburg told Lusa.

However, in addition to TAAG, which operates two weekly flights from Luanda to Johannesburg and Cape Town, Turkish Airways, Lufthansa, British Airways and Virgin Atlantic canceled all flights from Europe to South Africa until the beginning of the week. 31 of this month, due to the pandemic of the new coronavirus in the country, the source said.

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