Editing South African Airways (section)

===Former fleet===
South African Airways has previously operated the following aircraft:<ref name="ReferenceA"/>

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em auto; text-align:center"
|+ South African Airways historical fleet
|-
!Aircraft
!Total
!Introduced
!Retired
!Notes
|-
|[[Airbus A300B2]]
|4
|1976
|2001
|
|-
|[[Airbus A300B4]]
|4
|1981
|2001
|
|-
|[[Airbus A300|Airbus A300C4]]
|1
|1982
|2000
|
|-
|[[Airbus A319-100]]
|10
|2004
|2023
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Airbus A320-200]]
|7
|1991
|2002
|
|-
|11
|2013
|2020
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Airbus A330-200]]
|5
|2002
|2004
|Leased from [[British Midland International]] and [[TAM Airlines]].
|-
|6
|2011
|2020
|
|-
|[[Airbus A340-200]]
|6
|2003
|2014
|
|-
|[[Airbus A340-600]]
|9
|2002
|2021
|
|-
|[[Airbus A350-900]]
|4
|2019
|2020
|2 delivered to [[Air Mauritius]]<br>2 delivered to [[Avolon]]
|-
|[[Airspeed Envoy|Airspeed AS.6 Envoy]]
|4
|1936
|1938
|<ref name="ReferenceA">{{Cite book|title=50 Golden Years of Flight First Edition 1984}}</ref>
|-
|[[Avro York|Avro 685 York]]
|8
|1945
|1947
|
|-
|[[Boeing 707-320]]
|11
|1960
|1980
|ZS-EUW crashed as [[South African Airways Flight 228|Flight 228]].
|-
|[[Boeing 727-100]]
|6
|1965
|1982
|
|-
|[[Boeing 727-100C]]
|3
|1967
|1982
|
|-
|[[Boeing 737-200]]
|29
|1968
|2006
|
|-
|[[Boeing 737-200F]]
|2
|1981
|2013
|
|-
|[[Boeing 737-300|Boeing 737-300F]]
|3
|2007
|2020
|
|-
|[[Boeing 737-800]]
|21
|2000
|2018
|Sixteen aircraft were transferred to [[Mango Airlines]].
|-
|[[Boeing 747-200B]]
|5
|1971
|2004
|ZS-SAN preserved at the [[South African Airways Museum Society]] at [[Rand Airport]]
|-
|[[Boeing 747-200M|Boeing 747-200M]]
|2
|1980
|1994
|ZS-SAS crashed as [[South African Airways Flight 295|Flight 295]].
|-
|[[Boeing 747-200F]]
|2
|1995
|2000
|ZS-SAR (re-registered as 9G-MKJ after being sold) was later written off while operating with [[MK Airlines]] in the crash of [[MK Airlines Flight 1602|Flight 1602]].
|-
|[[Boeing 747-300]]
|6
|1983
|2004
|
|-
|[[Boeing 747-400]]
|8
|1991
|2010
|
|-
|[[Boeing 747SP]]
|6
|1976
|2003
|ZS-SPC preserved at the [[South African Airways Museum Society]] at [[Rand Airport]].
|-
|[[Boeing 767-200ER]]
|3
|1993
|2004
|
|-
|[[de Havilland DH.60 Moth|de Havilland DH.60 Gypsy Moth]]
|1
|1934
|1937
|
|-
|[[de Havilland Dove|de Havilland DH.104 Dove]]
|2
|1947
|1952
|
|-
|[[de Havilland Comet|de Havilland DH.106 Comet]]
|2
|1953
|1954
|Leased from [[British Overseas Airways Corporation|BOAC]].<br />G-ALYY crashed as [[South African Airways Flight 201|Flight 201]] due to in-flight break up.
|-
|[[Douglas DC-3]]
|8
|1946
|1970
|
|-
|[[Douglas DC-4]]
|7
|1946
|1967
|
|-
|[[Douglas DC-7]]
|4
|1956
|1967
|
|-
|[[Hawker Siddeley HS 748]]
|3
|1970
|1983
|
|-
|[[Junkers F.13]]
|4
|1934
|1940
|
|-
|[[Junkers Ju 52|Junkers Ju 52/3m]]
|15
|1934
|1940
|
|-
|[[Junkers Ju 86]]
|18
|1937
|1940
|
|-
|[[Junkers W.34]]
|1
|1934
|1937
|
|-
|[[Lockheed Constellation]]
|4
|1950
|1964
|
|-
|[[Lockheed L-18 Lodestar]]
|21
|1944
|1955
|
|-
|[[Vickers VC.1 Viking]]
|8
|1947
|1951
|
|-
|[[Vickers Viscount]]
|8
|1958
|1971
|
|-
|}