Pricey flights and a weekend ticket crunch: The state of SA airlines | Business

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An expert says there is currently a surplus seat capacity on weekdays, but a shortage on weekends, Friday afternoons and Monday mornings. | Cartjoff News24_Business

There is more than enough competition in the market - with five domestic airlines currently flying, says an aviation expert.As recently as 2019, there were eight local airlines which competed against each other, often resulting in price wars to keep, or try to increase, market share.

Domestic travellers could choose among state-owned South African Airways , its subsidiary Mango, state-owned regional airline SA Express , and private airlines FlySafair, kulula.com, British Airways , Airlink, and CemAir. In December 2020 - in the middle of the pandemic - LIFT bravely entered the market.

"The [pre-pandemic] situation was never sustainable, especially at the sub-economic fares some airlines were charging, and as we have seen, four of those carriers have ceased operating," says Rodger Foster, CEO and Managing Director of Airlink.Get 14 days free to read all our investigative and in-depth journalism. Thereafter you will be billed R75 per month. You can cancel anytime and if you cancel within 14 days you won't be billed.

 

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Cartjoff _Business Whose that expert we are just cruesing nicely with Ethiopian Airways🤣🤣🤣.

Cartjoff _Business Surplus means flights are overpriced

Cartjoff _Business dodgy dangerous and expensive

Cartjoff _Business Prices are absurd by anyone's standards - need competition. Ridiculous

Cartjoff _Business No shit Sherlock. They needed an 'expert' to figure that out? 😂

Cartjoff _Business That would make me an expert if I would take a guess to say there is a surplus of seats when it’s not holiday season and a shortage when it’s holiday season

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