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Silas Stein/Getty Images The certificate is one of the requirements to be able to operate commercially. SAA has indicated recently that it hopes to take to the skies again in the third quarter of the year. The South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) is conducting an audit at South African Airways (SAA) for the renewal of a certificate allowing the airline to fly commercially. SAA's current Air Operator Certificate (AOC) expires on 30 June 2021, according to SACAA.  An AOC is a certificate authorising an operator to carry out specified commercial air transport operations. It is the app...

SAA has welcomed the decision by the Labour Court to dismiss an application by the SAA Pilots' Association to prevent the airline from engaging replacement pilots.

File The Labour Court in Johannesburg on Monday dismissed an application by the SAA Pilots' Association that sought to prevent the state-owned airline from using so-called 'scab labour'. According to the judge, SAA has a right to prepare to start operating. SAAPA says it wants to apply for leave to appeal. The Labour Court in Johannesburg on Monday dismissed an application by the SAA Pilots' Association (SAAPA) that sought to prevent the state-owned airline from using so-called 'scab labour' in their absence. At issue are vital training functions needed for the airline to kick off operations...

Gallo Images/Jacques Stander The application was mainly to declare the SAA lockout unprotected or unlawful. SAA argued that the matter was not urgent and should not be heard at this time. An urgent application by the SAA Pilots' Association (SAAPA) in the Labour Court in Johannesburg on Thursday has been postponed for hearing until 15 June. The application was mainly to declare the SAA lockout unprotected or unlawful. SAA argued that the matter was not urgent and should not be heard at this time, denying the lockout was unprotected. The court did not make an explicit finding that the matter w...

SAAPA says reports that pilots have rejected a collective settlement offer of close to R1-billion are misleading. The SAA Pilots' Association wants the Labour Court to prevent the airline from using so-called scab labour on an urgent basis. SAAPA members have been locked out by the rescue practitioners since 18 December. The union also recently started a strike to prevent locked out members from being used as replacement labour. The SAA Pilots' Association (SAAPA) intends to bring an urgent application in the Labour Court in Johannesburg on Thursday, 15 April, seeking to h...