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Virgin Atlantic’s Flying Club program is one that I’ve found to be increasingly valuable lately. The first thing to note is that Flying Club is transfer partners with all four major transferable points...
View ArticleSouth African Airways Receives Another Government Bailout
South African Airways has been losing money for years, and their losses keep getting bigger. The airline has an inefficient fleet, an inefficient route network, and there are also reports of a lot of...
View ArticleSouth African Airways To Be Reorganized Into Three Business Units
South African Airways has been losing money for years, and there are no signs of things getting better. South African Airways’ struggles The airline has an inefficient fleet, an inefficient route...
View ArticleMust See: SAA’s Mesmerizing A340 Formation Flying
Yesterday was Presidential Inauguration Day in South Africa, which was the biggest event of its kind in the country in the past two plus decades. Of course that isn’t the focus of this post, though —...
View ArticleFrustrated South African Airways CEO Resigns
Unfortunately this doesn’t come as much of a surprise, but South African Airways’ CEO, Vuyani Jarana, has just announced that he’s resigning as of August 31, 2019. The current CEO has been at the...
View ArticleSouth African Airways Will Lease A350s
South African Airways has major issues. The airline continues to lose massive amounts of money, they have an inefficient fleet and route network, their CEO recently resigned, and the government can’t...
View ArticleSouth African Airways Cuts Washington To Dakar Flights
South African Airways will be mixing up their US route network soon, as they cut flights to Dakar and increase flights to Accra. South African Airways’ current US route network South African Airways...
View ArticleSouth African Airways Reveals A350 Plans
In late June I wrote about an exciting update for struggling South African Airways — the airline would be leasing some Airbus A350s. SAA has been on the brink of liquidation for years, with an...
View ArticleCould A Strike Be The End Of South African Airways?
If you’re scheduled to fly South African Airways on Friday or Saturday, well, you’re probably not anymore. South African Airways Employees Plan Strike South African Airways has canceled a vast majority...
View ArticleSouth African Airways & Unions Reach (Unrealistic) Agreement
South African Airways employees have been on strike for much of the past week. Management and unions have just reached an agreement, though if you ask me it’s not much of an agreement at all… South...
View ArticleSouth African Airways Enters Into “Business Rescue”
South African Airways has been struggling for years (they haven’t turned a profit since 2011), and things have only gotten worse in recent weeks, as the airline has been on the brink of liquidation....
View ArticleSouth African Airways Trying To Sell A340s
South African Airways has been losing money for years, though the severity of the situation increased a few weeks ago, when the company entered “business rescue.” With this, every aspect of the company...
View ArticleSAA Schedules A350 On New York JFK Route
In June 2019 we learned that South African Airways would be leasing some Airbus A350-900s. As we learned soon thereafter, the airline is getting four A350-900s, with the priority being deploying these...
View ArticleSouth African Airways Cancels Flights Last Minute To Conserve Cash
South African Airways has been losing money for years, and in early December 2019 the company entered “business rescue.” What is business rescue? With this business rescue process, a specialist...
View ArticleSouth African Airways Will Fly A350 To Frankfurt
Despite financial woes, South African Airways is in the process of taking delivery of four Airbus A350-900s, which they’re leasing for a period of three years. We’ve known from the beginning that SAA’s...
View ArticleSouth African Airways Massively Cuts Route Network
South African Airways is currently in “business rescue,” meaning that the airline is supposed to restructure due to huge losses that leave the airline on the brink of liquidation. I was skeptical about...
View ArticleSouth African Airways Suspends International Flights
At this point a bunch of airlines are either greatly scaling back flights or suspending operations altogether. Well, there’s something that makes South African Airways’ announcement today interesting,...
View ArticleUh Oh: Government Cuts Off South African Airways
At this point it would appear that South African Airways has no path forward except liquidation… unless South Africa’s government backtracks. SAA is already in business rescue South African Airways has...
View ArticleSouth African Airways Prepares To Fire All Staff, Liquidate
It would appear that the end is finally here for South African Airways, with discussions taking place for how to lay off all 4,700 staff at the airline. This follows the airline entering business...
View ArticleSouth Africa Plans New National Airline
A few days ago we learned that South African Airways is preparing to liquidate, as the government has refused further funding for the airline, and will soon be laying off all staff. The airline has...
View ArticleSouth African Airways Gets Another Bailout?!?!
In mid-April it was announced that South African Airways would begin liquidation proceedings, as the airline started laying off all staff. Well, that didn’t last long… South African Airways gets...
View ArticleSouth African Airways Getting Rid Of Most Planes
Over the past few months we’ve seen airlines around the world ground planes temporarily, and now we’re increasingly seeing airlines get rid of planes permanently. It’s clear that demand won’t fully...
View ArticleEthiopian Airlines Offers Planes & Pilots To South African Airways
Could South African Airways (SAA) make a comeback, but with Ethiopian Airlines planes and pilots? South African Airways is broke While South African Airways has been losing money for about a decade,...
View ArticleFormer South African Airways CEO Loses Bet, Pays Up
South African Airways’ former CEO is now paying up after a bet he made three years ago. The bet SAA’s former CEO lost In 2018, former South African Airways CEO Vuyani Jarana made a bet about the future...
View ArticleSouth African Airways Exits Bankruptcy: Now What?
South African Airways (SAA) is emerging from business rescue, yet oddly the national carrier’s future doesn’t seem any more certain. SAA emerges from business rescue after 17 months In December 2019,...
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