South African Airways has taken an important step closer to resuming flight operations. The aviation authority of South Africa granted the company again AOC and operating license.

Both certificates are mandatory for commercial flights. In the course of the bankruptcy proceedings, the license was withdrawn. Now it has regained South African Airways. The schedule currently provides that routes within South Africa will initially be served in September 2021. The reactivation of international line routes is planned for November 2021.

The cheap daughter Mango, which im In contrast to the parent airline, which was able to maintain flight operations for a long time, recently had to announce the grounding for financial reasons. It is currently unclear whether the carrier can withdraw again or whether it will even have to be sent to liquidation. According to the unions, arithmetical wage arrears of up to six months should exist.