ALL THE RAGE BACK HOME

Some readers of CAR will have spent their childhood summer holidays rattling about in the back of a Kombi as it laboured through the heat of the Karoo, on their way to the beach or, for coastal folk, upcountry to the Kruger National Park and other destinations.

This idea is a bit outdated, though. In recent years, modern families have been far more likely to fly to their far-flung Southern African haven but this has all changed over the past year. The final figures aren’t in yet but at the time of writing, the Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) reckons passenger numbers fell by two-thirds in 2020 and predicts volumes to recover to pre-pandemic levels only in 2024.

We all understand COVID-19