Articles tagged “south african airways”

Airlines

Star Alliance’s 26 Brands, Explained

We take a look at every member of the Star Alliance, the world’s first airline alliance.

Joey Tyson, Skift | 1 year ago

News Blog

African Airlines Take New Steps Towards Open Skies Vision

Momentum is building behind the Single African Air Transport Market, or SAATM, a flagship project designed to create a single unified air transport market in Africa, organized by the International Air Transport Association. New routes should be easier to launch without the need for reciprocal services, and 17 African countries have now agreed to test…

Matthew Parsons | 1 year ago

Airline Weekly

South Africa’s Airlink Buys Stake in FlyNamibia to Strengthen Global Service to Region

South Africa's Airlink wants to create a Southern Africa leader with a deal for Namibia's only domestic airline. Can the carrier take up the mantle from struggling South African Airways?

2 years ago

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

Airline Weekly

Kenya Airways and SAA Hope New Pan-African Partnership Will Save Them

Will a new Pan-African Airline Group save two loss-making state-owned carriers? Both Kenya Airways and South African Airways hope so, but significant obstacles remain in their path to the new group. And meanwhile, powerhouses like Ethiopian Airways aren't sitting still.

2 years ago

Airline Weekly

South African Airways Emerges From 18-Month Hiatus With Just 6 Routes to Fly

3 years ago

Airlines

South African Airways Flights Could Resume This Summer

South African Airways may restart flights this summer if it can reach a deal with its pilots. But even if flights resume, will travelers be there to fill them?

Alexander Winning, Reuters | 3 years ago

Airlines

Leaner South African Airways Can Stay Independent: Government Official

Officials in South Africa seem committed to having the national airline stay independent. Well, as independent as a flag carrier can be. Let's see in the coming months if there is a change of heart.

Promit Mukherjee, Reuters | 4 years ago

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

Airlines

British Airways Is Filling In Where South African Airways Is Fading

To the delight of local tourism authorities, British Airways has been only too happy to fill the gap left by an ever-shrinking South African Airways. This week, Durban was the latest African city to welcome a direct route to the United Kingdom.

Richard Holmes, Skift | 5 years ago