Question NW482 to the Minister of Public Enterprises

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28 March 2017 - NW482

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Carter, Ms D to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises

With reference to SA Express’ frequent use in 2016 of chartered planes provided by Solenta Aviation and SKA Aircraft Leasing, amongst others, to cover its route between (a) Bloemfontein and Johannesburg, (b) George and Johannesburg and (c) Kimberley and Johannesburg, (i) what is the reason for making use of chartered flights and (ii) how often were flights chartered for the (aa) Bloemfontein-Johannesburg route, (bb) George-Johannesburg route and (cc) Kimberley-Johannesburg route; which (a) other routes also make use of chartered flights and (b) companies, besides Solenta Aviation and SKA, are being used to operate the chartered flights?

Reply:

SA Express lease charters in order to maintain the schedule, protect market share as well as revenue. The airline also charter aircraft due to aircraft constraints.

Charter Airline Operation
Jan 2016 - Jan 2017

(aa)

JNB-BFN

(bb)

JNB-KIM

(cc)

JNB-GRJ

       

Solenta

180

115

64

Golden Wings/SKA

26

8

4

  • The number of flights chartered between JNB-BFN, JNB-KIM and JNB-GRJ are 397 from Jan 2016 – Jan 2017

Total Number of Charter Airline Operation Jan 2016 2017
Jan 2016 - Jan 2017

 

Solenta

3,032

StarAir Cargo

1,728

CemAir

314

Global Aviation

138

Golden Wings/SKA

46

Flyfofa- Sahara

54

Africa Charter Airline

460

Charter Airline Operation
Jan 2016 - Jan 2017

JNB-BFN

JNB-KIM

JNB-RCB

JNB-HDS

JNB-GRJ

JNB-PLZ

JNB-ELS

JNB-FBM

JNB-GBE

JNB-WVB

JNB-NTY

JNB-MBD

                         

Solenta

180

115

 

12

64

26

33

 

228

 

43

122

StarAir Cargo

384

141

 

86

399

18

94

235

100

245

   

CemAir

26

32

 

6

8

4

13

 

36

2

4

39

Global Aviation

86

   

1

23

3

11

 

2

4

   

Golden Wings/SKA

26

8

 

2

4

2

2

 

2

     

Flyfofa- Sahara

10

10

4

         

2

 

6

22

Africa Charter Airline

54

4

 

2

148

   

228

24

     
  • Break-Down of all charters

Charter Airline Operation
Jan 2016 - Jan 2017

DUR-PLZ

DUR-ELS

DUR-CPT

DUR-HRE

DUR-LUN

           

Solenta

1025

564

269

36

8

StarAir Cargo

1

2

1

4

1

CemAir

20

14

6

2

 

Global Aviation

 

 

 

 

 

Golden Wings/SKA

 

 

 

 

 

Flyfofa- Sahara

 

 

 

 

 

Africa Charter Airline

 

 

 

 

 

Charter Airline Operation
Jan 2016 - Jan 2017

CPT-BFN

CPT-ELS

CPT-PLZ

CPT-HDS

CPT-NTY

CPT-WVB

             

Solenta

38

122

137

 

10

 

StarAir Cargo

 

4

12

   

1

CemAir

15

41

22

4

8

12

Global Aviation

         

8

Golden Wings/SKA

           

Flyfofa- Sahara

           

Africa Charter Airline

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mogokare Richard Seleke Lynne Brown, MP

Director-General Minister of Public Enterprises

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