Editing South African Airways (section)

===Growth: 1946–1952===
On 10 November 1945, the airline introduced its first intercontinental service, the 3-day ''Springbok Service'', operated by the [[Avro York]], which was routed Palmietfontein–Nairobi–Khartoum–Cairo–Castel Benito–Hurn Bournemouth.<ref name=SAAMS/> A weekly service was initially flown, but this later increased to 6 times weekly due to high passenger demand. The [[Douglas DC-4]] Skymaster debuted with SAA in May 1946 between Johannesburg and Cape Town, which coincided with the introduction of the [[Douglas DC-3]] on the Johannesburg–[[Durban]] route.<ref name=SAAMS/>

From 1946, passengers and cargo carried increased, along with the size of SAA's fleet and staff. As the Skymasters arrived, out went the Avro Yorks, back to [[BOAC]].<ref name=SAAMS/> [[Flight attendant|Air hostesses]] were introduced in September 1946: at first on domestic routes, then on ''Springbok Services''. The two [[de Havilland Dove]]s were introduced at the end of the year; these aircraft were utilised on internal services for a short time and were sold within a few years.<ref name=SAAMS/> The 28-seat [[Vickers Viking]] served the airline briefly, before being sold to [[British European Airways]].{{Citation needed|date=September 2017}}

[[Palmietfontein Airport]] replaced [[Rand Airport]] as SAA's hub in 1948. In June 1948, SAA began to show films on its Skymaster aircraft.<ref name=SAAMS/> SAA received four [[Lockheed Constellation]]s, its first pressurised aircraft, in August 1950. They provided scheduled service to London's Heathrow airport. Initially, the route from Johannesburg was flown via Nairobi, Khartoum and Rome. The Constellation's higher speed and longer range enabled fewer stops and greatly reduced the flying time to London.<ref>Marson, 1982, pp. 244-245</ref>