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===Head office=== [[File:SAA-Airways Park-002.jpg|thumb|Airways Park, the head office of South African Airways]] South African Airways is headquartered in Airways Park on the grounds of [[O. R. Tambo International Airport]] in [[Kempton Park, Gauteng|Kempton Park]], [[Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality|Ekurhuleni]], [[Gauteng]].<ref>"[http://www.flysaa.com/Utility_Navigation/Policies_And_Disclaimer/policies_and_disclaimer.html POLICIES & DISCLAIMER]." South African Airways. Retrieved 23 June 2010. "Physical address for receipt of legal service: Airways Park, 1 Jones Road, OR Tambo International Airport, Kempton Park, Gauteng, South Africa." [http://wayback.vefsafn.is/wayback/20091117214211/http%3A//www%2Eflysaa%2Ecom/Utility_Navigation/Policies_And_Disclaimer/policies_and_disclaimer%2Ehtml Archived copy] at the Icelandic Web Archive (17 November 2009).</ref><ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20220624214126/http://www.ekurhuleni.com/component/option,com_docman/task,doc_download/gid,428/ Background]." [[Ekurhuleni]]. 3 (3/8). Retrieved 30 September 2009. {{dead link|date=May 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> The building was developed by Stauch Vorster Architects.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Beaver |first=Robyn |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aXIitnyo5C4C&pg=PA504 |title=1000 Architects |publisher=Images Publishing |year=2004 |isbn=9781876907914 |volume=1 |page=504 |access-date=23 June 2010 |via=[[Google Books]]}} {{ISBN|1-876907-91-6}}, {{ISBN|978-1-876907-91-4}}</ref> Completed in March 1997 for [[South African rand|R]]70 million, the {{convert|27000|sqm|sqft|adj=on}} current head-office building links to three older buildings.<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20040612231814/http://www.svarchitects.com/SV.pdf Printable version of the site]." Stauch Vorster Architects. 10/18. Retrieved 23 June 2010.</ref> South African Airways moved its head office from [[Durban]] to [[Rand Airport]] in [[Germiston]] on 1 July 1935.<ref>{{cite web |title=South African Airways β A Brief History |url=http://www.saamuseum.co.za/saa-history.html |access-date=12 June 2012 |publisher=saamuseum.co.za |archive-date=11 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221011010453/https://www.saamuseum.co.za/saa-history.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Before the head office moved to its current location, the airline's head office was in the Airways Towers in Johannesburg.<ref>"World Airline Directory." ''[[Flight International]]''. 3β9 April 1996. [http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1996/1996%20-%200817.html?search=%22South%20African%20Airways%22 81] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170710042534/https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1996/1996%20-%200817.html?search=%22South%20African%20Airways%22 |date=10 July 2017 }}.</ref>
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