Kenya Airways PLC and Airlink (PTY) Ltd. signed an interline agreement that extends Kenya Airways’ reach in the Southern Africa region. The new agreement offers customers seamless travel to over 40 cities across Africa. Kenya Airways continues to diversify its…
South African government has begun the rescue of state-owned SAA as the carrier begins the transition from business rescue to full operation
Elmar Conradie is CEO at FlySafair, based in South Africa. We discussed the challenges of doing business there, with pandemic and the collapse of the national carrier and growing competition from other private airlines. It’s not an easy business and…
A dust-up has been building between SAA’s pilots’ union and the national airline’s owner, the national government. The story below was first published in South Africa a few days ago and attracted quite a lot of attention locally. It is…
Our video conversation series keeps finding support for the theme that the recovery in air travel will start at the bottom. Regional flying is likely where it starts. In South Africa, Miles van der Molen’s privately owned airline has to…
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.22″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.4.7″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” hover_enabled=”0″ text_font=”Montserrat||||||||”] News out this morning says a South African court ordered the release of an Air Tanzania A220 that had been impounded in Johannesburg. …