Air Botswana (BP, Gaborone) has dismissed what it called “false and irresponsible reporting” about its ongoing aircraft re-fleeting after the Botswana Guardian newspaper, on September 6, claimed the state-owned carrier had been duped by a third-party broker to pay BWP300 million pula (USD22.5 million) for an unairworthy aircraft that remained grounded, and that the country’s security services had improperly influenced the purchase.

In a statement on September 6, the airline, its board, and the shareholder…

Source: ch aviation
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