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South African Airways is cutting back the number of its local flights‚ while also reducing trips to major African countries from Johannesburg.
The troubled state-owned airline announced its new adjusted schedule‚ which will be effective from October 29‚ on Wednesday and said that it was part of the company’s turnaround plan.
According to the schedule‚ daily flights from Johannesburg to Port Elizabeth have been slashed in half to only two a day‚ while domestic flights to East London from Johannesburg have been reduced from three to two each day.
Flights to Angola’s capital Luanda and Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo were also trimmed‚ while routes to the cities of Brazzaville‚ Pointe-Noire and Libreville - with connections onward to Cotonou and Douala - are under review.
https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south- ... nd-drive2/This is painful. An airline makes money by flying people from one point to another. The extremely long and bad patch SAA is going through has nothing to do with routes but all to do with theft and corruption. Paul Sullivan has already exposed the Chairperson Myeni as corrupt. Why does a chairperson overshadow the CEO and COO ? Is there any other company on this planet that has such an active Chairperson ? It is like she is the alpha and omega at SAA more powerful than Airline captains with masters degree.
The saddest part is other airlines are raking it in. Qantas achieved a record
$1.4 bilion (R18 billion) profit last financial year. Delta managed
$1.2 billion. Closer to home Kenyan airways managed
$8 million and state shielded Ethiopian airlines made a whopping
$270 million. Given SAA's reputation
i) As the most on time airline in 2013
https://www.flysaa.com/pl/en/flyingSAA/ ... nours.htmlii) Africa's best airline 14 years running from 2002-2016
https://tinyurl.com/ydfypym2iii) One of two 4 star airlines in Africa
http://www.news24.com/Travel/Flights/SA ... g-20140120At least profits of $400 million should be the norm.