Global airline execs believe in SAA – with a few caveats

Daily Maverick | 14.06.2026 21:36
“I don’t think privatisation is the answer. You need to have an open market,” was the frank assessment from Irishman Willie Walsh, the outgoing director-general of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), when asked what the turnaround strategy should be for South Africa’s embattled national carrier, SAA.