Originally Posted by
wijibintheair
I know not strictly an African carrier - but one that I think would fit the OW profile and be a great strategic partner for linking Africa to Asia and Australasia would be MK.
Otherwise in Africa the choices are very limited and frankly none of them up to the same standard of any other OW carriers or SA/ET etc
MK are very close to AF ( codeshares / FF programme ) although I guess with KQ already in Skyteam there is probably no room for MK in there . They have a lot of problems currently on their plate ( chronic overstaffing and a 2 year hedging contract for 100% of their fuel at an extortionate price ) They also serve surprisingly few cities in Africa ( CPT , JNB , DUR , NBO on the mainland all of which are already served by Comair , and three of them are also served by BA mainline ) the only new destinations they would offer OW would be Antananarivo , St Dénis de la Réunion and Rodrigues - not exactly a huge contribution to the network .