British Airways’ South African Carrier to Keep Flying Amid Probe
- Pretoria High Court grants Comair interdict to keep license
- Airline accused of breaching S. African foreign ownership laws
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Comair Ltd., the South African operator of British Airways flights, won a court ruling to continue flying in the country amid a legal investigation into whether the company breaches airline foreign-ownership limits.
The High Court of Pretoria granted an interdict to the Johannesburg-based carrier that ensures its license won’t be withdrawn by the Air Services Licensing Council before the probe is completed, Comair said in a statement on Tuesday. The ASLC argues Comair isn’t compliant with a ruling that airlines can’t be more than 25 percent owned by international entities. Comair says it’s not in breach of the law.