SAA, Kenya Airways look to create pan-African airline groupAccording to SAA interim CEO Thomas Kgokolo, part of the airline’s broader growth strategy is to become a major player in regional travel.JOHANNESBURG – South African Airways (SAA) and Kenya Airways want to look into a long-term goal of co-starting a pan-African airline group.The two airlines are signing a memorandum of co-operation in this regard, SAA announced in a statement on Tuesday.The view is that such a pan-African airline group could, in time, “enhance mutual growth potential by taking advantage of strengths of the two airlines’ busy hubs.”The agreement does not, however, preclude either of the airlines from pursuing commercial co-operation with other carriers within their route network strategy.The next step is for both parties is to set up a joint working group to further discuss the memorandum and to put in place systems to achieve their joint objectives.SAA, which was in business rescue from December 2019 […]
SAA, Kenya Airways look to create pan-African airline group
