{
  "id": 15607055,
  "title": "Cape Town–Johannesburg air route beats New York–LA with 3.4 million passengers",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/cape-town-johannesburg-air-route-beats-new-york-la-with-3-4-million",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-19T12:56:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/business/2026-10-19-cape-townjohannesburg-air-route-beats-new-yorkla-with-34-million-passengers/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Cape Town–Johannesburg route was Africa’s busiest airport connection in 2025, carrying 3.4 million passengers, according to IATA data.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "IOL",
        "title": "Light aircraft crash-lands in Cape Town field; pilot reportedly unharmed",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/light-aircraft-crash-lands-in-cape-town-field-pilot-reportedly",
        "published": "2026-10-19T11:10:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}