A South African Airways plane is towed at O.R. Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, January 18, 2020A South African Airways plane is towed at O.R. Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, January 18, 2020
Mojapele says it is the council’s prerogative to give routes to a South African registered company or airline that wants to operate on them because the routes need to be maintained. Mojapele says Takatso probably did not foresee some of the challenges it would face with such a transaction when it acquired SAA.
SAA will have to submit proof that its business model with Takatso Consortium will be able to secure the licensing conditions.