In a decade the airline has taken 60% of the market, while SAA needed R16.5bn to stay afloat
14 May 2024 - 17:59
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In it, Theobald says things like “FlySafair has left me impressed”. And he says “dredging up an apartheid-era piece of legislation to fight off an agile, effective competitor doesn’t look good — yet that’s what Global Airways and Airlink are doing”.
Well done, Mr Theobald.
But he does not mention the huge dozing elephant in the room: SAA. This past weekend, the press mentioned that within only 10 years, FlySafair has become the holder of more than 60% of the local market. That’s smart and effective work. Hats off to them. And against that, the press mentions that over that 10-year period, the state had to cough up R16.5bn to keep SAA afloat.
To those in the airline industry: pull up your socks.
Don MacRobert Cape Town
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LETTER: Theobald is spot on about FlySafair
In a decade the airline has taken 60% of the market, while SAA needed R16.5bn to stay afloat
Your article by Stuart Theobald (Apartheid-era law used against FlySafair, April 13) makes very good sense.
In it, Theobald says things like “FlySafair has left me impressed”. And he says “dredging up an apartheid-era piece of legislation to fight off an agile, effective competitor doesn’t look good — yet that’s what Global Airways and Airlink are doing”.
Well done, Mr Theobald.
But he does not mention the huge dozing elephant in the room: SAA. This past weekend, the press mentioned that within only 10 years, FlySafair has become the holder of more than 60% of the local market. That’s smart and effective work. Hats off to them. And against that, the press mentions that over that 10-year period, the state had to cough up R16.5bn to keep SAA afloat.
To those in the airline industry: pull up your socks.
Don MacRobert
Cape Town
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