The national carrier told parliament that a final draft external audit report is expected at the end of May this year
The national carrier’s ability to monopolise the market has been seriously undermined by more threatening competitors, experts say
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It will take lot more that a director’s resignation to clear conflict of interest concerns, a competing airline suggests
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Local ticket prices have risen by at least 35% to 40% as a result of Comair’s collapse
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The beleaguered national carrier resumed flights between Johannesburg and Cape Town last September after exiting business rescue
Sipho Makhubela assures that the private equity firm has what it takes to raise the capital to get SAA flying again
The airline’s outstanding government guaranteed debt is R6.4-million and the treasury says there are no new guarantees to mitigate future risks to the fiscus
After 18 months under administration, the loss-making airline has been cleared for takeoff
Mango’s spokesperson would not disclose the low-cost airline’s debt — which led to a brief suspension of flights — but described it as ‘huge’
The minister is also expected to announce talks with unions towards a new airline after the shut-down of the cash-strapped national carrier
Practitioners inform staff that the government’s rejection of R10-billion bailout last week almost guarantees that the prospect of rescue is now impossible
Employees at the embattled state-owned airline have been forced to take leave as SAA cancels all flights during South Africa’s lockdown
A man held captive at the urinal is much more likely to grunt, snort and think to himself ‘Fuck, time to go to Mavericks’
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Jarana said there is now a “date in the future” where SAA will break even
The Competition Commission has raided the offices SAA, Mango and the Airlines Association of Southern Africa, it said on Tuesday.
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Low-cost airline Mango on Tuesday announced the launch of its internet offering, G-Connect.
Travel agent Flight Centre said it was ”blindsided” by the sudden closure of Nationwide Airlines and had gone into a crisis meeting to decide how to deal with the matter, with no information forthcoming from the airline, a spokesperson said. ”We were absolutely blindsided, we were completely unaware,” said Amanda Hardy.
Passengers at Durban International Airport, some of them heading for the Two Oceans Marathon in Cape Town, were so enraged when a Mango flight was cancelled on Saturday that one of them smashed a glass door and armed riot police were called, the Cape Argus has reported.
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Trade union Solidarity has served court papers on South African Airways Technical (SAAT) division to stop its retrenchment process on the grounds that it is procedurally unfair. Last week SAA announced that it had support from trade unions on restructuring plans that would lift the airline out of massive financial losses.
South African online retail is turning into a healthy and attractive business as more consumers access broadband and become more comfortable with online shopping, internet research firm World Wide Worx reported on Monday. By the end of this year, online spending on retail goods is expected to have grown by more than 35%.