South African Airways is being saved with new private investors. The government has agreed to sell 51% of the stock in the flag carrier.
Under the agreement, SAA will now be majority owned by the Takatso Consortium (meaning “aspire” in SeSotho) with a 51% control of the shares.
The South African government will hold the remaining 49% of the shares.
The Takatso Consortium is composed of Harith General Partners (which owns Lanseria Airport) and Global Aviation, which will together control 51% of the national carrier.
SAA through reorganization, has cut its workforce by almost 80% and cut its liabilities to around N$2.6 billion.
Global Aviation partially owns Lift, the new South African airline which launched operations on December 10, 2020.
Lift is a joint venture between former Kulula.com CEO Gidon Novick, former Uber executive Jonathan Ayache, and aircraft leasing company Global Airways, a South African-based ACMI (Aircraft, Crew, Maintenance, and Insurance) company operating a fleet of Airbus A320 and A340 aircraft.
Lift currently operates three Airbus A320s.
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Source: https://worldairlinenews.com/2021/06/14/south-africa-to-sell-its-51-share-of-saa-to-takatso/
