Battling low cost carrier, 1time airlines is expected to retrench up to 15 percent of their staff and cut out existing routes that are not profitable due to a poor financial situation. Government recently made the unpopular decision of giving South...
South African Airways (SAA) today joined the world’s first internationally benchmarked and transparent carbon offset programme, giving its passengers the opportunity to make voluntary contributions in the global effort to offset the effects of...
Rising costs hurt domestic operators. SAA has provided no guarantee that its latest bail out package of R5bn will not be used to prop up operations in the domestic market. This is precisely the concern of other local airlines forced to operate in...
The CEO of South African Airways (SAA), Siza Mzimela has announced her retirement from the battling airline. She notified SAA employees on Monday morning confirming her resignation via email stating “this is not a random move”. “I have...
Johannesburg, 19 September 2012. The Supreme Court of Appeal today (Wednesday 19 September 2012) threw out procedural objections by former SAA CEO Khaya Ngqula, clearing the way for the North Gauteng High Court to hear SAA’s multimillion rand...
South African Airways’ (SAA) new baggage policy is set to kick in tomorrow. According to the airline, the new check-in baggage policy was introduced in response to varying customer requirements in each of its markets. The policy aligns with most of...
SAA was facing growing competition from foreign airlines on its key African routes and its low-cost division, Mango, would be called on to fly to regional destinations, Siza Mzimela, the national carrier’s chief executive, said in Parliament...
South African Airways (SAA) is preparing to raise its fuel surcharge on flights to and from Europe by between €1.00 and €2.00 per passenger on flights booked from July 1 to comply with the European Union’s Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS). SA...
Claire Bisseker spoke to Wesgro CEO Nils Flaatten about SAA’s withdrawal of direct London-Cape Town flights. What is your reaction to SAA’s move? We’re disappointed and while we accept the case SAA is making — that the price of fuel has increased...
