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title: "South African Airways seat maps: the aircraft SA flies"
description: "South African Airways (SA) flies 3 aircraft types across 18 airports in 2LNR's schedule data, including the Airbus A320 and Airbus A330-300. See where each one flies."
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url: "https://2lnr.com/seatmaps/sa.md"
date_modified: "2026-10-23T14:17:50Z"
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# South African Airways seat maps: which aircraft SA actually flies

In 2LNR's schedule data, South African Airways (SA) flies 3 aircraft types across 18 airports: Airbus A320, Airbus A330-300, and Airbus A340-300. Knowing which one operates your departure is the first thing to settle before you pick a seat, because cabins differ far more between airframes than between rows. Each aircraft below opens the nonstop routes SA flies it on, with the longest of them and the configuration on file where there is one.

Updated October 17, 2026.

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## The South African Airways fleet, as actually flown

Aircraft types SA currently schedules on its own metal, each with the nonstop routes it operates, how far those routes run and the cabin configuration SA records for it. Regional flying under the SA brand counts as SA metal; flights SA markets but another airline operates don't.

### Airbus A320

Narrowbody · Filed as 320

**Nonstop routes**\
26

**Airports served**\
13

**Typical route**\
750 mi

Longest route: [Cape Town (CPT) to Port Louis (MRU)](https://2lnr.com/routes/cpt-mru.md), about 2,560 miles.

#### Routes it flies most

- [Johannesburg (JNB) to Cape Town (CPT)](https://2lnr.com/routes/jnb-cpt.md)
- [Cape Town (CPT) to Johannesburg (JNB)](https://2lnr.com/routes/cpt-jnb.md)
- [Durban (DUR) to Johannesburg (JNB)](https://2lnr.com/routes/dur-jnb.md)
- [Johannesburg (JNB) to Durban (DUR)](https://2lnr.com/routes/jnb-dur.md)
- [Johannesburg (JNB) to Port Elizabeth (PLZ)](https://2lnr.com/routes/jnb-plz.md)
- [Port Elizabeth (PLZ) to Johannesburg (JNB)](https://2lnr.com/routes/plz-jnb.md)

[The other 20 routes on the SA route map](https://2lnr.com/routes/airlines/sa.md)

### Airbus A330-300

Widebody · Filed as 333

**Nonstop routes**\
12

**Airports served**\
6

**Typical route**\
2,860 mi

Longest route: [Sao Paulo (GRU) to Johannesburg (JNB)](https://2lnr.com/routes/gru-jnb.md), about 4,620 miles.

#### Routes it flies most

- [Accra (ACC) to Johannesburg (JNB)](https://2lnr.com/routes/acc-jnb.md)
- [Johannesburg (JNB) to Accra (ACC)](https://2lnr.com/routes/jnb-acc.md)
- [Lagos (LOS) to Johannesburg (JNB)](https://2lnr.com/routes/los-jnb.md)
- [Abidjan (ABJ) to Accra (ACC)](https://2lnr.com/routes/abj-acc.md)
- [Johannesburg (JNB) to Lagos (LOS)](https://2lnr.com/routes/jnb-los.md)
- [Cape Town (CPT) to Johannesburg (JNB)](https://2lnr.com/routes/cpt-jnb.md)

[The other 6 routes on the SA route map](https://2lnr.com/routes/airlines/sa.md)

### Airbus A340-300

Widebody · Filed as 343

**Nonstop routes**\
10

**Airports served**\
6

**Typical route**\
2,810 mi

Longest route: [Perth (PER) to Johannesburg (JNB)](https://2lnr.com/routes/per-jnb.md), about 5,160 miles.

#### Routes it flies most

- [Perth (PER) to Johannesburg (JNB)](https://2lnr.com/routes/per-jnb.md)
- [Johannesburg (JNB) to Perth (PER)](https://2lnr.com/routes/jnb-per.md)
- [Johannesburg (JNB) to Lagos (LOS)](https://2lnr.com/routes/jnb-los.md)
- [Johannesburg (JNB) to Port Louis (MRU)](https://2lnr.com/routes/jnb-mru.md)
- [Johannesburg (JNB) to Accra (ACC)](https://2lnr.com/routes/jnb-acc.md)
- [Port Louis (MRU) to Johannesburg (JNB)](https://2lnr.com/routes/mru-jnb.md)

[The other 4 routes on the SA route map](https://2lnr.com/routes/airlines/sa.md)

Route counts are distinct directional nonstop city pairs in 2LNR's schedule data. Where an airline files a family code without naming a variant, the card reads as the family: that's what was filed, and guessing the airframe would be worse than saying so.

Distances are great-circle miles between the two airports, rounded to the nearest ten, not the track a flight actually files. A longest route is shown only where every one of that aircraft's routes could be measured, and a typical route only where most of them could; where the measurement was too thin, the figure is left out rather than estimated.

## How to see the seat map for your SA flight

The useful version of this question is per flight, not per aircraft type.

### Add the flight, then open its live map

On Pro, 2LNR reads the seat map for the specific SA flight and date you're looking at, scores the open seats inside your own cabin and marks paid seats as paid. It's read at the moment you ask rather than stored, so an aircraft swap shows up as a different map instead of a wrong one.

### Then let it watch

Cabins churn in the last days before departure as blocked rows release and upgrades clear. Seat monitoring re-reads the map on a cadence that tightens as departure approaches and tells you when a better seat opens, or when the seat you hold changes underneath you.

More on that in [seat monitoring](https://2lnr.com/lp/seat-monitoring.md).

### If you want a cabin diagram instead

2LNR doesn't publish stored cabin drawings or per-seat comfort ratings for SA aircraft, and this page won't pretend otherwise. For browsing a layout on an aircraft you haven't booked, a maintained diagram library such as [AeroLOPA](https://www.aerolopa.com/) is the right tool.

## More on South African Airways

- [Where SA flies: the South African Airways route map](https://2lnr.com/routes/airlines/sa.md)
- [Seat maps by airline and aircraft](https://2lnr.com/seatmaps.md)
- [How to read an airline seat map](https://2lnr.com/guides/airline-seat-maps.md)
- [What replaced SeatGuru](https://2lnr.com/compare/seatguru.md)

## Frequently asked questions about South African Airways (SA) aircraft

**What aircraft does South African Airways fly?**

Three aircraft types appear on South African Airways' own metal in 2LNR's schedule data, reaching 18 airports, including Airbus A320, Airbus A330-300, and Airbus A340-300. The full list is on this page, with the nonstop routes each one operates and the recorded cabin configuration where there is one. Regional flying under the SA brand is counted as SA metal; flights SA markets but another airline operates are not.

**Does 2LNR publish SA seat maps by aircraft type?**

Not as static diagrams. 2LNR reads the LIVE seat map for a specific SA flight and date, which is a different thing from a stored cabin drawing: an aircraft swap shows up as a different map rather than a wrong one. If you want to browse a cabin layout for an aircraft you have not booked, a maintained seat-map library such as AeroLOPA is the right tool, and this page says so rather than pretending otherwise.

**How do I see the seat map for my SA flight?**

Add the flight to 2LNR and open it. Pro plans pull that departure's live seat map, score the open seats inside your own cabin, and mark paid seats as paid. 2LNR can then keep watching the map for a better seat, which is the part a static SA cabin diagram was never able to do.

**Where does this SA fleet information come from?**

From the schedules 2LNR collects continuously and uses to build its own route map: every aircraft listed here is one SA has filed against a nonstop route it operates, and the counts are the routes in that data. It is a picture of what is scheduled, not an aircraft register, so a type SA owns but is not currently scheduling will not appear. Route lengths are great-circle distances between the two airports rather than flown track miles.

**What is the longest route South African Airways flies?**

Of the routes in 2LNR's schedule data, the longest SA operates on its own metal is Perth (PER) to Johannesburg (JNB), about 5,160 miles great-circle, flown on the Airbus A340-300. That is the distance between the two airports rather than the track the flight actually takes, and it is the routing rather than the aircraft that decides it: SA schedules more than one type on many of its routes.

## See the seats on your SA flight

Free to start. Pro adds the live per-flight seat map and seat monitoring.

[Get started free](https://2lnr.com/login) [See pricing](https://2lnr.com/pricing.md)