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South Africa: strike puts the State carrier on its knees

Today meeting with the Minister of Public Enterprises

The South African Public Enterprises Minister will meet the South African Airways (SAA) carrier unions on strike for five days. The purpose of the meeting is to resolve the protests that caused the cancellation of hundreds of flights from Friday with a cost of 3.36 million dollars a day. The interruption of work that is putting at risk the survival of the air company, which does not make profits since...

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Cape Town, South Africa, 11/19/2019 10:10
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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