IT IS farewell to Brazilian national air carrier, Varig, for the time being.
A result, said g.m. Paulo Rodrigues, not of poor conditions in SA, but of the slump in the airline's home economy in Brazil.
All our aircraft debts are in US dollars, he said, and with the large depreciation of the Brazilian currency against that of the US, this forced us to look for ways of cutting costs.
One of these was to suspend a number of stations - with SA included.
Varig has a code-share agreement with SAA, but discussions are still going on about the detailed pros and cons in this matter.
We still can say we have no details with regard to cargo, said Rodrigues - although confirming that Aviation GSA still remains cargo agents for the airline.
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