In 1983 SAA began operating Boeing 747-300, the stretched upper deck version. Two aircraft were brought directly from Boeing that year and were later joined, in 1995, by two former Singapore Airlines aircraft, followed by a further two aircraft acquired from Swissair in 2000. These aircraft augmented the fleet of the more modern 747-400 series aircraft on the airlines long haul routes primarily to Europe and India. By end of 2004 most of them had found new owners, but two airframes were stored in Johannesburg seeking new owners and eventually scrapped on 2009.
Boeing 747-300 Fleet
Registration Delivery Date Current Status ZS-SAT 02/05/1983 Scrapped ZS-SAU 14/04/1983 Stored ZS-SAC 09/06/1995 Scrapped ZS-SAJ 12/01/1996 Scrapped ZS-SKA 27/09/2000 Scrapped ZS-SKB 30/09/2000
South African Airways - A Complete History 