Jet Airways to reduce Johannesburg service from Oct 2010
Sep 23, 2010, 7:59 am
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Jet Airways to reduce Johannesburg service from Oct 2010
Sep 24, 2010, 7:32 pm
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i guess that was always on the cards....they cashed in on the world cup & now its time to pull things back a little....
Sep 25, 2010, 5:30 am
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Sep 25, 2010, 10:23 am
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Sep 25, 2010, 10:30 am
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They were advertising in BOM for a bit, but that has died down now...
The fact of the matter is that SAA would have to do more than advertise - Jet has more loyal elites and also flies more often, so SAA better ramp up to daily departures, and only then they might impact Jet!
Sep 25, 2010, 10:51 am
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The unfortunate reality of doing business in South Africa is that it is not a level playing field when you are competing against a state-owned or appropriately connected "empowered" company. I won't go into specifics on a public forum, but there is bad blood between Jet Airways and SAA already because of some disputes regarding the A340 lease deal and I don't doubt that the various SA agencies are making life difficult for 9W as a result.
The entire business environment in SA is very much an old boys club (two different clubs available depending on race though!) rather than a meritocracy. Corruption is not just rife, but it is often the only way to get even simple transactions completed. And heaven help you if you have to deal with the bureaucracy.
The entire business environment in SA is very much an old boys club (two different clubs available depending on race though!) rather than a meritocracy. Corruption is not just rife, but it is often the only way to get even simple transactions completed. And heaven help you if you have to deal with the bureaucracy.
Sep 25, 2010, 1:03 pm
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Sep 25, 2010, 1:04 pm
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Sep 28, 2010, 7:08 pm
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I flew HKG-DEL twice in the last six week and J loads were rather good. On the August trip there wasn't a single empty seat, while 10 days ago it seemed about 2/3 full. Y was full on both flights.
Sep 29, 2010, 2:04 am
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i'm on a couple of jet flights every week....always traveling in j....most of them are about 3/4th full....but i've also come across a couple of flights over the last few months were i was the only passenger in j....the first one was from del-ixc & the other bom-cok....also, a couple of months ago, on a flight from lhr-del i was the only passenger in f....