Thirty-two South African Airways (SAA) flights had been cancelled by noon on Wednesday ahead of the May Day long weekend due to the cabin crew strike. This is up from the six that were reported by SAA on Wednesday morning when aircraft departing from coastal cities were affected. SAA said the cancelled flights included 28 domestic‚ three regional and one international flight. The airline said the required number of cabin crew members were currently not available to enable SAA to operate all its flights.

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