Turkish Cargo has launched a scheduled freighter flight to Johannesburg and Madagascar.

The new flight is operated once a week with an Airbus A330-200F and will have a triangular routing.

Turkish expects the flight to carry South African exports such as machinery, electrical-electronic equipment, chemicals and automotive parts, as well as Madagascan exports such as vanilla, tropical fruits, textile products and live seafood.

The schedule for the new flight is as follows.