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South Africa looks to merge state airlines, sell minority stake

FurtherAfrica by FurtherAfrica
February 28, 2016
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South Africa is considering merging two state-owned airlines and selling off a stake in the enlarged carrier to private investors, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said.

The government will “explore the possibility of merging South African Airways and South African Express, under a strengthened board, with a view to engaging with a potential minority equity partner,” Gordhan said in his budget speech in Cape Town on Wednesday. The aim would be “to create a bigger and more operationally efficient airline.”

South African Airways is technically insolvent and has been relying on 14.4 billion rand ($940 million) in government guarantees to raise debt and continue operating. While the airline is seeking to reduce plane leasing and other costs, Gordhan said it could take two or three years to come up with a financially credible plan for SAA.

SA Express  started operations on 24 April 1994. Although the airline is operationally independent of South African Airways, its flights are incorporated within the strategic alliance with South African Airways.
SA Express started operations on 24 April 1994. Although the airline is operationally independent of South African Airways, its flights are incorporated within the strategic alliance with South African Airways.

The National Treasury, which is responsible for South African Airways, is busy drafting proposals for a new board for the airline to submit to the Cabinet and hopes to conclude the process within the next few weeks. South African Airways is one of a number of state-owned companies that have turned to the government for support to fund new infrastructure and cover operating expenses, reliance Gordhan said was unsustainable.

“Hopefully the word bail-out will be removed from our vocabulary as far as state-owned enterprises are concerned,” he told reporters. He indicated that minority stakes in other companies could also be sold off, without specifying which ones.

“There is often the view within government and outside as well that all state-owned companies are sacrosanct, they can’t be touched, everyone is absolutely essential,” the minister said. “There’s evidence now that there are not sacrosanct. We’re willing to take a tougher look at each of these entities.”

Source: Aviation Tribune

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