Comair
SA Airlink, Qatar Airways sign deal to expand operations in SA
Airlink CEO and managing director, Rodger Foster, said that the deal was a significant development for South African travellers.
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Discovery Bank takes off with SAA in new partnership following Comair grounding
Bruce Whitfield interviews Discovery Bank CEO, Hylton Kallner.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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'.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
