African carriers bank on interline pacts, networks to remain afloat
South African Airways and Kenya Airways are close to establishing a joint African airline next year after the carriers signed a Strategic Partnership Framework in South Africa in November. PHOTO | FLICKR
African airlines are banking on inter airline agreements, expansion of networks, and cargo lines to remain afloat in 2022 even as pandemic restrictions continue to nibble away at their bottom lines.
Kenya Airways (KQ) is banking on its agreement with South African Airways (SAA) to have a better year, as its main competitor, Ethiopian Airline looks at its interline agreement with Airlink (4Z), an airline based in Johannesburg, South Africa, and the revamping of several African airlines as its source of traffic and growth this year.
