Johannesburg - South African Airways (SAA) said on Friday it had cancelled flights to Washington DC, USA due to bad weather in that country.
"In the interests of safety of our passengers and crew, we took a decision to cancel both outbound and inbound flights between Johannesburg and Washington DC for travel on Friday, 22 January and Saturday, 23 January respectively," said SAA spokesman Tlali Tlali.
"This decision was based on weather reports that predict extremely unfavourable conditions for take-off and/or landing in Washington DC."
A winter storm, bringing with it heavy snowfall was expected to hit Washington DC over the weekend.
Tlali said flights between Johannesburg and New York were not yet affected.
"Whilst the service between Johannesburg and New York City remains unaffected, SAA is monitoring the situation on a continuous basis in liaison with the airports authorities in New York and will issue another travel advisory should the need arise," Tlali said.
SAA operates daily flights between Johannesburg, New York City and Washington DC.
African News Agency (ANA)