South African Airways (SA, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo) is self-funding its operations and fleet growth and is no longer reliant on government guarantees, according to South African Transport Minister Barbara Creecy.

Speaking during her 2025/26 budget vote speech in Parliament in Cape Town on July 2, Creecy said: “The airline has concluded three out of four outstanding audits and reported a profit of ZAR252 million rands (USD14.3 million) for the 2022/2023 financial year for the first time since 2012. Now operating independently and no longer reliant…

Source: ch aviation
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