South Africa Air’s Savior Is In Ethiopia, Study Says

  • South African Airways would be hard to replace, study says
  • Ethiopian Airlines shares similar pan-African vision: study

A passenger jet, operated by South African Airlines, flies above a construction site during take-off from O.R. Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg.

Photographer: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg
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South Africa should act to preserve its insolvent national airline and seek to partner the carrier with Ethiopian Airlines Group, according to a study commissioned for ruling-party lawmakers.

The assessment, seen by Bloomberg, was prepared by African Aviation Services Ltd. and dated Oct. 4. It was presented to a group of African National Congress lawmakers on Monday, according to an ANC official who asked not to be identified because the information isn’t public.