South African Airways (SAA) will offer flights on a 24-hour basis during the World Cup tournament to meet the expected demand.

There is expected to be a shortage of accommodation during the soccer world cup and in light of this, SAA are expecting a greater demand for people flying regularly between the main world cup host cities.

SAA currently flies about 15 hours a day but it is anticipated that, together with a shortage of accommodation, some of the late kick-off times will create a demand for late night flights.

SAA will work with FIFA’s Match to organise the additional planes to cater for the increased demand. Match will also provide the pilots.

Reported by Fin24