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SA Airlink and Qatar Airways have signed a deal to expand operations in South Africa. Picture: @qatarairways/Twitter

Comair

SA Airlink, Qatar Airways sign deal to expand operations in SA

By Masechaba Sefularo

Airlink CEO and managing director, Rodger Foster, said that the deal was a significant development for South African travellers.

  • FILE: SAA plane at O.R. Tambo International Airport. Picture: 123rf

    Discovery Bank takes off with SAA in new partnership following Comair grounding

    Bruce Whitfield interviews Discovery Bank CEO, Hylton Kallner.

    51 days ago
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    Tourism council warns Comair closure could further decimate aviation sector

    Tourism Business Council CEO Tshifhiwa Tshivhengwa says the liquidation of Comair could prove a major blow for the sector.

    56 days ago
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    Disgraced Comair in desperate bid for liquidator to take control

    Airline operator Comair has expressed an urgent need for a liquidator to take control of the company's assets.

    56 days ago
  • Comair offices in Kempton Park. Picture: Xanderleigh Dookey Makhaza/Eyewitness News

    Comair's application to be placed under provisional liquidation granted

    In court papers, Comair, which operated Kulula and British Airways, said that it no longer had access to capital to fund its operational costs.

    57 days ago
  • Comair offices in Kempton Park. Picture: Xanderleigh Dookey Makhaza/Eyewitness News

    DA blames Comair liquidation on govt’s ‘inconsistency’ and ‘careless manner’

    The DA has blamed the liquidation of airline company Comair on what is calls 'government's inconsistency and careless manner in the closing and opening of the country's borders'.

    59 days ago
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    Numsa: Comair workers now paying price for mismanagement at company

    The airline operator announced its been grounded for good as business rescue practitioners launched a court bid to have Comair liquidated.

    61 days ago
  • FILE: Tourism Minister Lindiwe Sisulu. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/Eyewitness News

    Tourism Minister Lindiwe Sisulu regrets indefinite grounding of Comair

    The airline announced on Thursday that its business rescue practitioners no longer believed that there was a reasonable prospect that the company could be rescued.

    61 days ago
  • Kulula.com aircraft. Image: Kulula travel

    Unions to meet with Comair following liquidation announcement

    The airline announced its decision to close shop on Thursday afternoon after failing to find a solution to its liquidity problems.

    62 days ago
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    Comair collapse a blow for tourism recovery - 40% of local seat capacity lost

    Bruce Whitfield interviews Oz Desai, General Manager of business travel specialists Corporate Traveller.

    62 days ago
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    'It's a sad day' mourns Comair as it closes shop

    Last week Comair which is an operator of British Airways and the domestic low-cost airline- Kulula grounded flights citing financial difficulties.

    62 days ago
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    Comair grounded indefinitely after failing to raise funds to stay operational

    The airline operator had been on the cusp of liquidation due to cashflow challenges.

    62 days ago
  • Comair offices in Kempton Park. Picture: Xanderleigh Dookey Makhaza/Eyewitness News

    Workers worried about livelihoods as fate of Comair in the balance

    Numsa leaders held a meeting with the company’s management and business rescue practitioners on Tuesday and told workers that the company was yet to secure an investor and could face liquidation in a matter of weeks.

    63 days ago
  • FILE: Numsa affiliated workers protest outside Comair's offices in Kempton Park on 15 March 2022. Picture: Xanderleigh Dookey Makhaza/Eyewitness News

    Numsa to begin talks with Labour Dept to secure income for Comair workers

    Numsa, along with Solidarity and the Comair Pilots’ Association, met with the company’s CEO and business rescue practitioners (BRPs) for an update on the process to secure funding for the airline to resume operations.

    63 days ago
  • Comair offices in Kempton Park. Picture: Xanderleigh Dookey Makhaza/Eyewitness News

    Comair is weeks away from liquidation - Numsa tells workers

    This follows a tense stakeholder meeting with unions, Comair’s CEO Glenn Orsmond and the business rescue practitioners at the airline’s Kempton Park offices on Tuesday afternoon where the struggling airline’s fate was discussed.

    64 days ago
  • FILE: Numsa affiliated workers protest outside Comair's offices in Kempton Park on 15 March 2022. Picture: Xanderleigh Dookey Makhaza/Eyewitness News

    Numsa to meet with Comair management, BRPs over airline's financial problems

    Tuesday’s meeting comes amid fears of a jobs bloodbath after Comair announced the indefinite suspension of all Kulula and British Airways flights due to liquidity issues.

    64 days ago
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    Still no clarity on whether Comair will resume operations soon

    Comair suspended its British Airways and Kulula flights earlier this week, citing liquidity problems.

    68 days ago
  • FILE: Comair said its business rescue practitioners have raised optimism that the airline will be able to secure the funding it needs and resume operations. Picture: Facebook.com/Comair

    Airlines committed to not inflate prices in response to Comair grounding flights

    Comair which has about 40 percent of South Africa's domestic aviation market has cited financial difficulties for its decision to ground flights.

    69 days ago
  • FILE: Numsa spokesperson Phakamile Hlubi-Majola said a meeting with Comair management on Thursday left them with more questions than answers.  Picture: Xanderleigh Dookey Makhaza/Eyewitness News

    Numsa frustrated by lack of clarity from Comair

    Numsa spokesperson Phakamile Hlubi-Majola said a meeting with Comair management on Thursday left them with more questions than answers.

    69 days ago
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