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‘The meeting was very frustrating because the CEO was at times evasive or unwilling to respond directly to certain questions,’ said NUMSA.

Tourism minister Lindiwe Sisulu says the latest data from Statistics SA relating to tourist accommodation for March 2022, released on Thursday, shows that tourism continues its strong recovery.

Comair’s shoddy handling of crisis has further dented its reputation, cementing passenger perceptions it is unreliable and beyond salvation.

Competition watchdog the Competition Commission has met with local airlines Lyft, Flysafair, Airlink and South African Airways in a bid to prevent price gouging while Comair flights are grounded.

The Competition Commission has intervened in the plight of commuters who have found themselves at the mercy of other airlines following the voluntary suspension of Comair's Kulula and British Airway flights earlier this week.

Comair workers affiliated to the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) intend to picket outside the offices of Comair in Kempton Park on Friday morning.

The airline operator made the announcement on Tuesday night, saying that its business rescue practitioners were raising the necessary capital.

Comair said late on Tuesday that its flights on Kulula and British Airways would be voluntarily suspended from 1 June.

Comair introduced late on Tuesday night that it needed to droop all its kulula.com flights in addition to the British Airways flights it operates below a

Comair made the announcement on Tuesday night.The airline said its Business Rescue Practitioners (BRP) are trying to raise the necessary capital.“Once received, the airline will be ab...