South African Airways
Fleet history
South African Airways previously operated the following aircraft:

South African Airways

Section Title: Fleet history
Table Section Text: South African Airways previously operated the following aircraft:

Aircraft	Total	Introduced	Retired	Notes

Airbus A300B2	4	1976	2001

Airbus A300B4	4	1981	2001

Airbus A300C4	1	1982	2000

Airspeed AS.6 Envoy	4	1936	1938

Avro 685 York	8	1945	1947

Boeing 707-300	11	1960	1980

Boeing 727-100	6	1965	1982

Boeing 727-100C	3	1967	1982

Boeing 737-200	29	1968	2006

Boeing 737-200F	2	1981	2013

Boeing 737-800	7	2000	2019

14	Transferred to Mango Airlines.

Boeing 747-200	5	1971	2003

1	2004	Named Lebombo, is donated to the South African Airways Museum Society at Rand Airport

Boeing 747-200F	1	1998	1999

Boeing 747-200M	1	1980	1987	Crashed as South African Airways Flight 295 due to in-flight fire.

1	1980	2000	After retired from passenger service, it converted into a freighter

Boeing 747-300	6	1983	2004

1	Once repainted in a special livery in 1997 to take the Olympic team to the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

Boeing 747-400	8	1991	2010

Boeing 747SP	5	1976	2003

1	2006	Named Maluti, is donated to the South African Airways Museum Society at Rand Airport

Boeing 767-200ER	3	1993	2004

de Havilland DH.60 Gypsy Moth	1	1934	1937

de Havilland DH.104 Dove	2	1947	1952

de Havilland DH.106 Comet	2	1953	1954	Leased from the British Overseas Airways Corporation for charter flights. One aircraft written off as South African Airways Flight 201.

Douglas DC-3	8	1946	1970

Douglas DC-4	7	1946	1967

Douglas DC-7	4	1956	1967

Hawker Siddeley HS 748	3	1970	1983

Junkers F.13	4	1934	1940

Junkers Ju 52/3m	15	1934	1940

Junkers Ju 86	18	1937	1940

Junkers W.34	1	1934	1937

Lockheed Constellation	4	1950	1964

Lockheed L-18 Lodestar	21	1944	1955

Vickers VC.1 Viking	8	1947	1951

Vickers Viscount	8	1958	1971

Sentence(s)

The eight Boeing 747-400s arrived in South Africa in 1991.

final_sentence: The eight Boeing 747-400s arrived in South Africa in 1991.