SA / SAA SA airline code: South African Airways
SA is the IATA airline code for South African Airways, based in South Africa. Its ICAO airline code is SAA.
South African Airways codes
| IATA code | SA |
|---|---|
| ICAO code | SAA |
| Airline | South African Airways |
| Country | South Africa |
| Status | Listed as operating (data checked 1 October 2026) |
Source: the airline database behind Easy PNR Converter (Wikidata and OpenFlights), checked against Wikidata and Wikipedia on 1 October 2026. IATA codes of airlines that stop flying can later be given to another airline.
How SA appears in a PNR
In an Amadeus, Sabre, Galileo or Worldspan flight segment the two-character airline code comes first, directly before the flight number, so every flight sold under this code starts with SA. Codeshare flights carry the marketing airline's code, so the airline operating the aircraft can be a different one. Paste a PNR into the free PNR converter and SA is shown as South African Airways with its logo, next to local times and the true flight duration.
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