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Defunct Comair Files $83 Million Fraud Lawsuit Against Boeing Over 737 MAX Crashes

Victor Shalton Odhiambo — Thu, 09 Feb 2023 18:13:12 +0000

Comair, the South African airline that ceased operations in June 2022, has sued Boeing for fraud in a US federal court in Seattle, reports Reuters. The airline is seeking damages of at least $83 million from the American aerospace manufacturer. The suit was filed on February 6, 2023, and accuses Boeing of committing fraud over [...]

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SAA in talks with British Airways to take over Comair franchise

Victor Shalton Odhiambo — Mon, 05 Sep 2022 15:35:44 +0000

South African Airways is reportedly in talks with British Airways about taking over duty-free operations from Comair, which was liquidated last May. This is according to John Lamola, the interim Chairman and CEO of South African Airways, who confirmed on September 2, 2022, with News24 the interest of the carrier based at Johannesburg-OR Tambo airport [...]

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Comair to be Liquidated after Failing to Secure Funding

admin — Thu, 09 Jun 2022 12:42:00 +0000

Comair’s business rescue practitioners have today (9 June 2022) lodged a court application to activate liquidation proceedings for the 76 Year old South African Airline after failure to secure much needed capital required to keep the carrier afloat. One of the BRPs, Richard Ferguson, says with its two airline brands – British Airways, operated by [...]

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South African Airways will increase Available Seats after Comair Grounding

admin — Fri, 03 Jun 2022 18:59:51 +0000

South Africa’s national airline has reacted to Comair’s suspension of operations effective 1 June with an announcement that it will make an effort to cover lost capacity in the country’s air transport market. Comair is one of Southern Africa’s long standing air operators, flying both low cost and full service models via subsidiary Kulula.com and [...]

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Comair Suspends BA, Kulula.com Flights as Funds Run Out

admin — Wed, 01 Jun 2022 07:42:34 +0000

Comair has announced that regrettably it is obliged to suspend all British Airways (operated by Comair) and kulula.com flights from Tuesday evening 31 May 2022 pending successfully securing additional funding. The company’s business rescue practitioners (BRPs) have advised that the process to raise the necessary capital is in progress and that there is reason to [...]

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Comair is Back in Business after Regulator Lifts AOC Suspension

admin — Wed, 16 Mar 2022 20:53:23 +0000

The South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) has reinstated Comair’s Air Operator’s certificate after it concluded the assessment and evaluation of Comair’s evidence to close the Level 1 findings raised during an audit which started on 07 March 2022. South Africa’s domestic travelers will be relieved after the suspension of Comair caused a spike in [...]

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Update: Comair Flights Suspended Indefinitely by South Africa’s Regulator

admin — Sat, 12 Mar 2022 10:42:05 +0000

South Africa’s aviation regulator the SACAA has suspended Comair’s flight operations indefinitely after doing so for precautionary at first for 24 hours The airline has failed to demonstrate to the regulator that safety and quality control systems are satisfactory for flight operations to continue SACAA says it paid a visit to the Operator to investigate [...]

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Comair Partners with Google Cloud to optimise operations

Victor Shalton Odhiambo — Mon, 17 Jan 2022 12:05:10 +0000

British Airways franchisee — Comair Limited has announced a new strategic partnership with Google Cloud to further improve its operational performance. Comair will combine previously disparate systems and data feeds into Google Clouds unified platform by leveraging on its infrastructure and leading machine-learning capabilities. According to a statement released to the media, the airline completed [...]

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Comair Axes its 737 MAX, while Ethiopian sets Return Date for the Aircraft Type

Victor Shalton Odhiambo — Mon, 27 Dec 2021 19:17:35 +0000

Johannesburg-based Comair, which flies franchise services for British Airways has withdrawn its only B737-8 which has been in storage since the type’s global grounding in March 2019. The airline still in business rescue process is reportedly in talks to cancel its remaining order for the aircraft type which it ordered from Boeing in 2013. The ch-aviation [...]

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Kulula.com Announces re-launch of Johannesburg – East London Route

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2021 07:11:31 +0000

South African low-cost airline, kulula.com is re-introducing its Johannesburg – East London route. Effective, 04 September 2021, kulula.com will offer two weekly flights between Johannesburg and East London on Saturdays and Sundays. Brian Kitchin, Executive Head of Sales and Marketing at kulula.com says: “We have listened to our customers who have been eagerly waiting for [...]

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