After the aviation nightmare, get ready for SAA 2.0. However, aviation experts warn that if private airlines go under as a result of a lack of support from government, SAA 2.0 will be gifted a monopoly 'and the old SAA culture will continue'.
This is the warning that has been issued by independent aviation expert Rennie van Zyl against the background of the state’s plans for an SAA 2.0.
The big question is how the aviation sector could be rebooted after Covid-19 and whether the state will seize “the opportunity” to strengthen its control over it. Even when the number of passengers begins increasing, they will still have to be socially distanced from each other, which will increase the cost per airline ticket and further delay a full recovery.
“This would be a return to the policy before 1990, where SAA was protected against competition. Without competition, service to the consumer will disappear and the old SAA culture will continue to exist, with the airline being little more than a bottomless pit for the taxpayer.”
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