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Airline group Comair says it will begin accepting new bookings for Kulula from Monday (November 9), ahead of its scheduled takeoff again on December 1.
Comair Rescue Consortium representative Glenn Orsmond said a strong and competitive airline sector benefits everyone and that the group will gradually begin to restore its schedule and network.
“The reintroduction of the Kulula flights into the national network is the first phase of Comair’s acceleration to full operations over the next few months. British Airways domestic and regional flights will reopen soon, as will Kulula’s flights from Lanseria, ”he said.
Orsmond said Comair will initially operate a fleet of fifteen aircraft on both brands of airlines, gradually increasing as the rest of the fleet returns to service in the coming months.
Customers who booked tickets before Comair was placed on commercial rescue on May 5 will be able to use the value of their tickets through the Comair Travel Bank for future travel on Comair beginning in mid-January, the group said.
Discovery
Discovery has also announced that Vitality members can now book Kulula flights using their membership.
While the Kulula booking platform has been active for several weeks for accommodation, car rentals and certain international flight bookings, reintroduction of local air travel bookings is now also available.
Discovery said that Vitality members can make new reservations for domestic flights with kulula.com and international flights from Emirates and Qantas through the Kulula website.
Members can save between 10% and 35% with early access to new Kulula domestic flight reservations on the kulula.com website before the platform opens in the country on Monday, November 9.
British Airways flight bookings will open in due course, he said.
Increased competition
The new local airline Lift will also open its website for reservations on Tuesday (November 10) as it prepares to officially begin operations on December 10.
Founder Gidon Novick told the sunday time that the airline plans to offer flexibility to customers as well as competitive prices.
“Anyone who travels with us will have a totally flexible ticket and can change their flight as many times as they want free of charge. Our hypothesis is that with that in mind, people will feel more comfortable booking and less eager to travel, “he said.
However, Novick said the airline does not plan to undermine competitors or start a race to the bottom: “We will focus our efforts on adding value, not cutting prices. We want to redefine the customer journey from start to finish, ”he said.
Novick said customer payments will be kept in a separate structure until after the flights have been made, to prevent them from losing money in the event the airline goes bankrupt. This is a departure from global industry norms, he said.
“It is our basic belief that customers should not finance airlines and neither should governments,” he said. “No rational argument has been made to give anyone the confidence that it is necessary to put money into SAA that should have been invested in social projects and health care.”
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