Franchise partner Airlink steps in to retain four axed SAA routes
FlightGlobal | February 07, 2020
Airlink is to continue operating in its own right four of the routes being axed by its franchise partner South African Airways at the end of the month. The business rescue practitioners appointed to lead cash-strapped SAA – after it was placed in formal restructuring in early December – announced on 6 February that the Star Alliance carrier would drop a string of flights as part of a wide-ranging streamlining of its network.