Maintenance division is first SAA subsidiary to declare hardship to staff as travel ban effects grow at the state-owned airline

As SAA subsidiaries declare hardship to staff, business-rescue practitioners urge them to sign agreements to save severance payouts

The business rescue practitioners say 29 of the fleet of 48 planes, various routes and inefficient services also need to go in the state-owned airline is to survive

The airline’s employees in Durban have been told to join the unemployment queue on March 1 because the city’s route will be closed at the end of February

The struggling national carrier’s business rescue practitioners say the move to restructure the airline is a bid to return to profitability and to attract equity partners

SAA is working to accommodate customers on its sister airlines after it cancelled flights due to low demand

Three unions in the middle of negotiating wage increases say the airline had not told them of its decision to retrench staff

Jarana said there is now a “date in the future” where SAA will break even

South Africa has been abuzz with the potential consequences of merging Mango Airlines with SA Express and South African Airways

And questions remain about whether taxpayers are funding not just one but two loss-making airlines.

SAA acting chief executive says his colleagues at Mango Airlines and SAA knew he did not have a degree and they supported him.

Mango Airlines says the academic credentials of South African Airways acting chief executive Nico Bezuidenhout is accurate, contrary to media reports.

Former chief financial officer of Mango Airlines, Headman Manziya, has failed in a last-ditch attempt to get his job back, according to a report.

South African Airways has appointed seasoned corporate leader Monwabisi Kalawe as its new chief executive, says the state-owned airline.

A toad, nicknamed Jack B Nimble, has miraculously survived many weeks and thousands of kilometres of travel from China to South Africa.

Airlines are being forced to think beyond the traditional because of the large fixed costs, writes Lisa Steyn.

The Competition Commission is probing major airlines for allegedly colluding on prices and pricing strategies ahead of the Soccer World Cup.

Low-cost airline Mango said on Monday that it would not increase its fares, despite an escalation in the fuel price this year.

Low-cost airline Mango on Thursday warned South African travellers that fraudsters are offering airline bookings at discounts via SMS and email.

The state-owned airline has received R20-billion in bail-outs in the past five years, reports Lynley Donnelly.