Airline Receives Five Distinguished Magellan Awards Fort Lauderdale, FL (October 31, 2017) – South African Airways (SAA), Africa’s most awarded airline, has been honored with five premier Magellan Awards from Travel Weekly, one of the leading travel trade publications in the U.S. The Magellan Awards commemorates the best in travel, honoring an array of travel providers based on their design, creativity, and inspirational messaging in the development and execution of their advertising and marketing platforms. The awards distinguish a broad range of companies within the industry, including airlines and airports, cruise lines, destination tourism boards, tour operators and travel agencies. For 2017, South African Airways has received recognition from a panel of travel industry professionals with the following Magellan Awards: Gold: Airline Marketing - Promotional Video South African Airways Next Beginnings Video Gold: Tour Operators - Marketing-Consumer Collateral 2017 South African Airways Vacations Product Brochure Silver: Tour Operator Marketing 2017 South African Airways Vacations Product Brochure Silver: Airline –Overall-International Carrier South Africa Airways Vacation South Africa Travel Planner Silver: Tour Operator – Marketing-Trade Collateral 2017 South African Airways Vacations Product Brochure “It is a great compliment to receive these awards and be recognized by travel industry experts on the value of our marketing collateral that is developed to promote our products through travel trade and consumer channels,” said Todd Neuman, executive vice president of North America for South African Airways. [caption id="attachment_41371" align="alignright" width="300"] Todd Neuman, Executive Vice President of North America for South African Airways.[/caption] “This is the third year that South African Airways has been recognized by the Magellan Awards. This serves to reaffirm that our teams’ commitment in providing quality products and marketing material for our valued travel partners for the promotion of travel to Africa is being recognized by travel professionals from around the world.” “This year’s winners represent the most talented and creative people in not just the travel industry but of any industry,” said Arnie Weissmann, editor in chief of Travel Weekly. “We congratulate South African Airways, as they continue to raise the bar, to inspire travel and enhance the travel experience. Their work leaves a lasting impression on our expert judges and readers.” South African Airways offers the most daily flights from the U.S. to South Africa with daily nonstop service from New York-JFK Airport and daily nonstop service from Washington, DC-Dulles Airport to Accra, Ghana or Dakar, Senegal, with continuing service to Johannesburg. Via our Johannesburg hub, SAA links the world to over 75 destinations across the African continent and Africa’s Indian Ocean islands. Onboard, SAA provides an in-flight experience designed for pure comfort for longhaul travel. Our customers enjoy a spacious Economy Class cabin, gourmet cuisine and a selection of complimentary spirits and award-winning South African wines and generous checked baggage allowance. Also included are individual audio / visual entertainment systems that deliver an extensive menu of first-run movies, music choices, and games. South African Airways (SAA), South Africa’s national flag carrier and the continent’s most awarded airline, serves over 75 destinationsworldwide in partnership with SA Express, Airlink and its low cost carrier Mango. In North America, SAA operates daily nonstop flights from New York-JFK and direct flights from Washington D.C.-IAD (via Accra, Ghana and Dakar, Senegal) to Johannesburg. SAA has partnerships with United Airlines, Air Canada and JetBlue Airways, American Airlines and Virgin America, which offer convenient connections from more than 100 cities in the U.S. and Canada to SAA’s flights. SAA is a Star Alliance member and the recipient of the Skytrax 4-Star rating for 15 consecutive years.