SAA and TAAG Angola Airlines in deal to share ticketing
SAA says the issue of repatriation of funds from Angola has nothing to do with the commercial decision
South African Airways (SAA) and TAAG Angola Airlines have reached a code-share agreement on their direct flights between Johannesburg and Luanda and Cape Town and Luanda, despite a long-overdue debt of more than R1bn for airline tickets between SAA and a number of southern African countries, including Angola. Under a code-share arrangement, each airline sells tickets and schedules flights under its own brand and flight number. Although a ticket is bought from either airline, it is operated by only one of the two. SAA spokesman Tlali Tlali said the issue of repatriation of funds from Angola had nothing to do with the commercial decision taken by SAA because it saw value in expanding its relationship with TAAG. He said networks played an important role in the operations of any airline in that they furthered their mandate and commercial interests. "In response to customer demand to reach destinations of their choice for business or leisure travel, airlines deploy aircraft from their fl...
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