{"id":6439,"date":"2026-06-29T17:37:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T15:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/?p=186281"},"modified":"2026-06-29T17:37:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T15:37:09","slug":"airlinks-on-the-wing-as-the-official-domestic-airline-for-rugbys-greatest-rivalry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/mail\/airlinks-on-the-wing-as-the-official-domestic-airline-for-rugbys-greatest-rivalry\/","title":{"rendered":"Airlink\u2019s on the Wing as the Official Domestic Airline for Rugby\u2019s Greatest Rivalry"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Rugby_FQI-scaled.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>Johannesburg \u2013 Airlink, South Africa\u2019s premier airline, will be the official domestic carrier of Rugby\u2019s Greatest Rivalry 2026 that will see South Africa Rugby and New Zealand Rugby face off this August and September in a series of men\u2019s and women\u2019s blockbuster Test matches and four elite provincial matches played in South Africa ahead of a landmark final Test in the USA.<\/p>\n<p>As the Tour\u2019s exclusive domestic airline, Airlink will fly the player squads, coaches, management and support staff of the competing national teams between their various South African matches.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Date Match Venue<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>07 Aug 2026 DHL Stormers vs All Blacks DHL Stadium, Cape Town<\/li>\n<li>11 Aug 2026 Hollywoodbets Sharks vs All Blacks Hollywoodbets Kings Park, Durban<\/li>\n<li>15 Aug 2026 Vodacom Bulls vs All Blacks Loftus Versveld, Pretoria<\/li>\n<li>22 Aug 2026 Springboks vs All Blacks Ellis Park, Johannesburg<\/li>\n<li>25 Aug 2026 Lions vs All Blacks Ellis Park, Johannesburg<\/li>\n<li>29 Aug 2026 Springboks vs All Blacks DHL Stadium, Cape Town<\/li>\n<li>05 Sep 2026 Springbok Women vs Black Ferns FNB Stadium, Johannesburg<\/li>\n<li>05 Sep 2026 Springboks vs All Blacks FNB Stadium, Johannesburg<\/li>\n<li>12 Sep 2026 Springboks vs All Blacks M&amp;T Bank Stadium, Baltimore, USA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cRugby\u2019s Greatest Rivalry is set to produce thrillers for the competing teams and thousands of attending fans. Airlink will be providing them with memorable travel experiences, great value fares, onboard hospitality and convenient flights to the match cities among the 48 destinations we serve throughout Southern and Eastern Africa as well as St Helena island,\u201d said Airlink\u2019s CEO, de Villiers Engelbrecht.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/contact\/featured\/\">CLICK HERE to submit your press release to MyPR.co.za<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Author<\/strong>: Franco D\u2019Onofrio from <strong><a title class=\"aalmanual\" href=\"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/directory\/a\/twiga-communications\/\">Twiga Communications<\/a><strong> on behalf of <strong>Airlink<\/strong>.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/p>\n<h3>Track Your Press Release HERE:<\/h3>\n<p><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"mypr-visibility-box\" readability=\"4.2608695652174\">\n<h4>Check Online Visibility<\/h4>\n<p>Verify where this release is currently indexed:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-pagination pagination\">Pages: <span class=\"post-page-numbers current\" aria-current=\"page\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Page <\/span>1<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/airlinks-on-the-wing-as-the-official-domestic-airline-for-rugbys-greatest-rivalry\/2\/\" class=\"post-page-numbers\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Page <\/span>2<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/airlinks-on-the-wing-as-the-official-domestic-airline-for-rugbys-greatest-rivalry\/\" target=\"_blank\">CLICK HERE to Read the Original Press Release on MyPR<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Johannesburg \u2013 Airlink, South Africa\u2019s premier airline, will be the official domestic carrier of Rugby\u2019s Greatest Rivalry 2026 that will see South Africa Rugby and New Zealand Rugby face off this August and September in a series of men\u2019s and women\u2019s blockbuster Test matches and four elite provincial matches played in South Africa ahead of &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[{"did":"did:plc:revymtt5qssww7e7avbruzic","date":"2026-06-29T16:23:47+00:00","uri":"at:\/\/did:plc:revymtt5qssww7e7avbruzic\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3mpgvl2tgmk26","response":"{\"uri\":\"at:\/\/did:plc:revymtt5qssww7e7avbruzic\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3mpgvl2tgmk26\",\"cid\":\"bafyreia2eyu3a5caxozdxogkfanhd7mh7bgvlhau6pkzmdltyjrllhveia\",\"commit\":{\"cid\":\"bafyreid2ps64s2kfpzlre3jsff3lag6kj5q4husxawhpb3maiclr47gjr4\",\"rev\":\"3mpgvl2togk26\"},\"validationStatus\":\"valid\"}"}],"autoblue_post_url":"","autoblue_publish_document":false,"republication-tracker-tool-hide-widget":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[29],"class_list":["type-post","category-news","tag-mypr-africa","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6439\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}