Local airlines struggle with restrictions
Jul 05, 2020
3 minutes
ANTOINETTE SLABBERT business@citypress.co.za
PHOTO: ALON SKUY / GALLO IMAGES
No airline can provide a service and stay in business with the current travel restrictions applicable in South Africa, says transport economist Joachim Vermooten.
Elmar Conradie, chief executive of FlySafair, agrees. This airline’s operations are currently only around 20% of what they were before the Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak in March. Flights between Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban resumed last month, but with strict restrictions.
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