One point John Fairwell (“Kgathatso Tlhakudi will not ask about SAA as answers are too dire to accept”, August 20) did not mention is important: the loud call for our own national flag-carrier claims that the state must own the flag carrier, and that’s not true.
Many airlines bear the titles of flag carrier for their home nation, British Airways being a prominent example, but they are not owned by the state. They are privately owned. ..
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