Comair action on SAA bailouts in court this week
Private airline Comair’s legal action against government bailouts for South African Airways (SAA) is set down for three days in the Pretoria High Court starting on Tuesday.
Comair brought the challenge in February 2013‚ “following the then-latest government bailout of R5-billion in 2012”‚ said a statement by the Free Market Foundation (FMF) on Monday.
“In 2015‚ total government bailouts now amount to over R 30-billion.”
The FMF release said: “Comair seeks to challenge the constitutionality of government bailouts to a state owned airline competing with private operators in SA’s domestic aviation sector.”
The airline contends that the bailouts do not comply “with either the Domestic Aviation Transport Policy or the law (the Constitution; the Public Finances Management Act (PAJA); the Promotion of Administration Act and the SAA Act)”.
In April‚ Business Day reported that a state attorney appeared to have gagged Comair CEO Erik Venter from speaking publicly about the court action at an event hosted by the FMF in Bryanston on Thursday.
Venter had‚ the paper said‚ intended to provide background detail about the economic and market-related circumstances which led to the legal challenge against SAA rather than legal arguments‚ but he acceded to the request.
Comments
Press Office
Announcements
What's On
Subscribe to improve your user experience...
Option 1 (equivalent of R125 a month):
Receive a weekly copy of Creamer Media's Engineering News & Mining Weekly magazine
(print copy for those in South Africa and e-magazine for those outside of South Africa)
Receive daily email newsletters
Access to full search results
Access archive of magazine back copies
Access to Projects in Progress
Access to ONE Research Report of your choice in PDF format
Option 2 (equivalent of R375 a month):
All benefits from Option 1
PLUS
Access to Creamer Media's Research Channel Africa for ALL Research Reports, in PDF format, on various industrial and mining sectors
including Electricity; Water; Energy Transition; Hydrogen; Roads, Rail and Ports; Coal; Gold; Platinum; Battery Metals; etc.
Already a subscriber?
Forgotten your password?
Receive weekly copy of Creamer Media's Engineering News & Mining Weekly magazine (print copy for those in South Africa and e-magazine for those outside of South Africa)
➕
Recieve daily email newsletters
➕
Access to full search results
➕
Access archive of magazine back copies
➕
Access to Projects in Progress
➕
Access to ONE Research Report of your choice in PDF format
RESEARCH CHANNEL AFRICA
R4500 (equivalent of R375 a month)
SUBSCRIBEAll benefits from Option 1
➕
Access to Creamer Media's Research Channel Africa for ALL Research Reports on various industrial and mining sectors, in PDF format, including on:
Electricity
➕
Water
➕
Energy Transition
➕
Hydrogen
➕
Roads, Rail and Ports
➕
Coal
➕
Gold
➕
Platinum
➕
Battery Metals
➕
etc.
Receive all benefits from Option 1 or Option 2 delivered to numerous people at your company
➕
Multiple User names and Passwords for simultaneous log-ins
➕
Intranet integration access to all in your organisation