Is now the time to form an SA Aviation advisory board in a bid to save the remnants of the industry. It is going to take a concerted harmonised effort to put the industry back on track and consequently also help to rescue tourism to some extent. Consisting of solid experienced aviation buffs from all disciplines. I am pretty sure that they are out there and at this time have the space to put in some effort.
The overall brief could be "How to reactivate a healthy aviation industry in Southern Africa within the envelope of major pandemic and economic distress". Examples of the questions needing to be covered (in no particular order) would be airport distancing, charter permissions, private flying, subsidies, capacity caps, role of government, open skies, temporary relief of non-safety related regulations.
An example of the crazy current scenario is that Gautrain can operate but airlines cannot. It appears to be a function of the airports rather than the aircraft.
Another crazy is that government wants to ceate a new national carrier from the ground up whilst being unwilling to support existing successful entities.
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