Johannesburg - SAA will host two special flights from South Africa to Heathrow Airport in London on Wednesday morning, the airline said.
"SA3236 will depart from Johannesburg at 09:00 with SA3220 departing from Cape Town at 08:30," said SAA spokesperson Fani Zulu in a statement on Tuesday.
He also said the airline would operate its normal schedule of flights which included three flights from South Africa to London and three flights from London to South Africa.
"This follows the decision by the decision by the authorities in London to reopen the airport."
The special morning flights will be dedicated to SAA passengers who have been grounded since Saturday following the cancellation of flights.
On December 18, Heathrow informed travellers that snow and adverse weather conditions had resulted in many cancelled flights and a build-up of delays.
Agence France Presse reported on Tuesday that Colin Matthews, chief executive of British aviation authority BAA, apologised to people whose holiday plans had been ruined by the delays at Heathrow.
"It's absolutely distressing and heart-breaking to have been in the terminals and confronted with individuals, each with their stories of really sad and disappointing outcomes," he is reported to have told BBC radio news.
"I couldn't be more sorry."
He said they would "crawl" over what happened and might have to buy more equipment to cope with the effects of freezing weather.
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