Embattled South African Airways (SAA) set to resume domestic flights mid-June.

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South African Airways (SAA) is making preparations for the resumption of domestic air flights, between Johannesburg and Cape Town,with effect from mid-June 2020.

This position will be reviewed on an ongoing basis, it said.

At the same time, SAA said it is cancelling all planned scheduled flights on regional and international services until the end of June 2020 with immediate effect.

This decision has been taken as a result of the continuing global impact of the coronavirus pandemic, the airline said.

“Everyone at SAA is looking forward to welcoming and serving our customers once again,”affirms SAA chief commercial officer Phillip Saunders.”Our operational preparedness is underlined by the significant role the airline has played in global repatriations to and from South Africa and by our desire to serve the domestic market.”

The airline is committed to restarting its operations incrementally. It would issue regular updates on its progress.

Any SAA customers in possession of unused tickets for these flights currently do not need to contact the airline. All those with SAA tickets will be able to make use of the full value of these tickets as credits for flying on any service by SAA up to and including March 24, 2022,said the airline.

Meanwhile the business rescue practitioners of South African Airways are allowed to appeal a recent Labour Court judgment which found that, in the absence of a business rescue plan, the issuing of Section 189 notices commencing a consultation process over proposed retrenchments was procedurally unfair.

The original application was brought by the National Union of Metal Workers of SA (Numsa) and the SA Cabin Crew Association (Sacca) – which together represent the majority of union members at the state-owned airline.

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