LETTER: SAA plays into Ethiopian Airlines’ hands
The East African airline aims to establish Addis Ababa as the pre-eminent African hub, in competition with Johannesburg
After reading that the department of public enterprises is in discussions with Ethiopian Airlines, among other companies, to offer support to our perpetually bankrupt flag carrier, I cannot help but be reminded of Martin Luther King Jnr, who once said that “nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity”.
Much is made of Ethiopian Airlines’ relative success compared with SAA, but commentators often fail to mention that Ethiopian Airlines operates in a regulated market in the absence of any competition, similar to the SA market before 1991. Ethiopian faces no direct competition in its domestic and international markets. Its management is incomparable to the dross that has been appointed at SAA over the years. ..
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