JOINT chairperson of cash-strapped Skywise Airlines, Javed Malik, is a frontrunner to fill the position of CEO of Mango Airlines, South African Airways’ low-cost subsidiary.This is the first time that Mango has had to find a new CEO since it was founded in 2006, following the resignation of its long-time head, Nico Bezuidenhout.Bezuidenhout effectively resigned from the position at the end of July to head up Fastjet, the London-listed low-cost carrier that focuses on Africa. He has twice been the acting CEO of SAA and clashed repeatedly with SAA chairwoman Dudu Myeni, who is a close friend of President Jacob Zuma.Last month, Business Day reported that Myeni was lobbying to place former Business Unity SA CE Jerry Vilakazi as CEO at Mango, as a precursor to him becoming the next CEO of SAA. However, Vilakazi denied this.Newcomer and low-cost airline Skywise was launched in February last year, but was grounded by Airports Company SA in December for failure to pay R4m in airport fees re...
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