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Article: SAA and EgyptAir plan to pair up to fill gap in continent.(Business Report)
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- The Star (South Africa)
- Article date:
- October 29, 2009
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BYLINE: Slindile Khanyile
SAA and EgyptAir are considering forming a joint venture company that would see them work together to reach the routes that are not well-covered in Africa.
The two airlines will meet next month to discuss how to best enhance their code sharing beyond Cairo. If an agreement is reached, SAA and EgyptAir passengers will have access to more than the 35 African destinations that the airlines currently fly to.
The possibility of establishing a new company was just an idea and no final decision had been taken, Hussein Massoud, the chief executive of EgyptAir, said on Tuesday.
Massoud was speaking on the sidelines of ...