South Africans are rapidly losing patience with their tax-guzzling national carrier. The FM asked former Comair CEO Erik Venter whether the airline can and should be saved.

I think there are two issues to look at here. The first is the state of SAA in terms of skills sets, IT systems, aircraft age and financial processes, and so on, and that’s what most people seem to be focusing on: just getting the fundamentals of running a business right...

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