Articles tagged “comair”

Airline Weekly

South Africa’s Airline Market Resets After Comair Failure

Comair, South Africa's second-largest airline, ceased operations earlier this month and is being liquidated. Its failure leaves a vacuum in the country's airline market, Africa's largest, that other airlines will struggle to fill.

2 years ago
South Africa’s Airline Market Resets After Comair Failure

Airlines

South African Airline Comair Closes Shop After Failing to Secure Funding

It was going to be a tall order for Comair to survive the double whammy of restrictions enacted after the first wave of Covid and the emergence of Omicron. The airline's inability to obtain funding made its decision inevitable.

Promit Mukherjee, Reuters | 2 years ago

South African Airline Comair Closes Shop After Failing to Secure Funding

Airlines

South African Comair Grounded Just As Travel Rebounds

This unfortunate pause comes just as South Africa reopens fully to greater regional and international travel.

Wendell Roelf, Reuters | 2 years ago

South African Comair Grounded Just As Travel Rebounds

Business Travel

What South Africa’s Virus Protocols Tell Us About Balancing a Travel Economy With a Nation’s Health

South Africa is understandably cautious as it approaches winter, and doing all it can to stave off a health crisis. But its strict and prolonged protocols might end up doing more harm than good.

Matthew Parsons, Skift | 4 years ago

What South Africa’s Virus Protocols Tell Us About Balancing a Travel Economy With a Nation’s Health

Airlines

The Secret to 72 Years of Profit at South Africa’s Comair

Do airlines need non-airline businesses to survive? If one company’s unbroken 72-year run of profits is anything to go by, the answer is a resounding yes.

Richard Holmes, Skift | 5 years ago

The Secret to 72 Years of Profit at South Africa’s Comair

Airlines

African Aviation Has Many Complications Including a Lack of Volume

Despite an enormous pool of potential passengers, Africa’s low-cost market has yet to take off. Are restrictive bilateral agreements to blame, or is something else going on here? For many airlines, the numbers just don’t add up.

Richard Holmes, Skift | 7 years ago

African Aviation Has Many Complications Including a Lack of Volume