Airlink

Airlink is an independent South African regional carrier flying under the 4Z/LNK codes, based at Johannesburg's O.R. Tambo International Airport with a second hub at Cape Town. Its network covers roughly 45 to 50 destinations across about 15 African countries, spanning domestic South African routes plus Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda and Madagascar, along with St Helena Island in the South Atlantic and newer Indian Ocean leisure markets such as Zanzibar and Mauritius. The fleet is now all-Embraer, with more than 70 jets including the ERJ135 and ERJ140, Embraer 170, and Embraer 190 and 195 families; the BAe Jetstream 41 turboprop and Avro RJ85 were flown in earlier years. Airlink belongs to no global alliance, though Qatar Airways holds a minority stake and it codeshares widely.