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Old Aug 20, 2007, 9:38 am
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Originally Posted by aristoph
An interesting development from BA's South African franchisee.

(Bloomberg) -- Comair Ltd., British Airways Plc's franchise operator in southern Africa, applied to the International Air Services Licensing Council to begin flying between South Africa and London.
Comair is ``investigating various options to acquire wide-body aircraft that would be required to operate the long-haul route,'' the Johannesburg-based carrier said in an e-mailed statement today.
This would be a very welcome development IMHO, Comair's service is leaps and bounds ahead of BA on equivalent shorthaul routes.
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