SARU were able to source better flights for the Bulls at the last minute

“The playing squad will arrive in London before 08h00 local time on Wednesday having travelled overnight in business class on two airlines: British Airways (24 players and management) and Lufthansa (4 players and management). The coach and CEO also flew directly to London overnight on Virgin in business class. The balance of eight of the tour squad (four management and four players) travelled via Zurich, Doha, and Dubai.”

The new travel arrangements are a far cry from the initial list that caused such an uproar, which had 8 players on an overnight BA flight,six players fly out on Lufthansa, five on Air France, five on KLM, five on Qatar and four on Emirates.