While the SAA says it’s doing everything possible to stay afload ahead of any further capital investment, major travel agencies, among them Flight Centre Travel Group (FCTG) and FCM Travel Solutions, are taking steps to allay growing clients’ anxiety and new consumer fear over the situation.
This follows the national carrier’s announcement on Tuesday that it had cancelled 28 domestic and 10 international flights – between January 20 and 24 – in a bid to cut costs and ‘optimise the airline’ ahead of the planned R2bn cash injection from National Treasury.
The shock news comes over a month after several travel agencies and insurers, including FCTG, Hollard Group and Travel Insurance Consultants, took the decision to cut ties with SAA.
In a statement issued to NOWinSA Tuesday, FCTG said its customers remain their top priority, and as such are “working through the night to advise, assist and re-accommodate any affected passengers where possible.”
The Group said it is monitoring the situation, “while awaiting official confirmation from SAA with regards to its flight situation.”
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