Question NW92 to the Minister of Public Enterprises
28 February 2017 - NW92
Figg, Mr MJ to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises
(a)What was the total number of scheduled South African Express Airways flights between South African cities for the past financial year; (b) how many of these in terms of the (i) number and (ii) percentage were delayed and (c) what was the reason for the delay in each case?
Reply:
SAX’s Reply:
(a) The number of scheduled domestic flights for SA Express for the year to date was 32 976.
(b) The number of delayed flights, year to date, are 4 766 and this represents a total of 12.7% of total flights.
(c) 8.4% (3161) of the flight delays were as a result of technical difficulties, 1.7% (635) were due to service provider errors and 0.93% (349) was due to flight operations delays and a further 0.8% (309 flights) was due to airport operation delays. 312 of these are due to other minor causes like commercial delays, IT issues, industrial action delays, damages to equipment, cargo delays and other.
Mogokare Richard Seleke Lynne Brown, MP
Director-General Minister of Public Enterprises
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