FlySafair grounded for now

Comair and Skywise yesterday claimed victory in their efforts to keep FlySafair grounded when the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria issued an interdict against the new low-cost airline. Comair’s argument was that the airline’s ownership exceeded the permissible 25% stockholding allowed to be held by a foreign owner and that it should therefore not have been granted a licence by the SA Air Service Licensing Council. The airline – which was due to launch in two weeks’ time - has been prevented from flying pending a review of the licence.

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