Restructured SAA will boost aviation sector and act as a vital lifeline
National airline can fly high again and ensure affordable air travel and better connectivity
We live in a world in which facts sometimes appear to no longer matter. Often fact, fiction or fallacy all seem to carry the same weight and meaning at the expense of the truth. In the case of SAA, we have seen exceptional levels of zeal from certain quarters of our society that seem intent on persecuting the airline and prosecuting those who are determined to ensure its restructuring and sustainability.
While I believe that freedom of expression is an important resource of our times and that it should be nurtured without marginalising and trivialising the facts, cobbling issues without a central theme has often created false impressions and misunderstandings about why the government is committed to the emergence of a competitive, commercially viable and sustainable national airline for SA...
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