ALEXANDER PARKER: To fly, SAA needs to shed ballast — its owner
Government has shown it has no business owning an airline
25 November 2024 - 05:00
UPDATED 25 November 2024 - 08:18
Congratulations are certainly due to the management of SA Airways (SAA) for steering the airline to a small profit for the first time since 2012.
SAA and its owners — the government — find themselves in a fleeting moment of great opportunity that is ripe for the squandering. It’s a pity, then, that the state-owned enterprise’s (SOE’s) instincts of opaque communications and misleading messaging seem to live on...
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