The role of air transport in employment creation and inclusive growth in the Global South: The case of South Africa

ET Njoya, A Nikitas - Journal of Transport Geography, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the claim that air transport development may be an engine for
inclusive economic growth and poverty reduction in developing and emerging countries …

Airline preference and choice factors in the South African domestic passenger market: an exploratory study.

N Fuyane, ME Xaba, MM Sikwela - 2023 - hungu-mut.figshare.com
For airlines to deliver quality services, they must understand customers' expectations.
However, the variations of airline service attribute lists in the available literature suggests a …

What shapes international air transportation in Southern Africa?− The evidence considering the impact of Covid-19

Y Zhang, M Abate, T Cheung, A Zhang - Transportation Research Part A …, 2024 - Elsevier
The lack of intra-continental air connectivity in Africa has long been criticized. This paper
aims to understand the factors determining intra-regional air transportation in the Southern …

The relationship between resilience and organisational control systems in the South African aviation industry

E Serfontein, KK Govender - Journal of Transport and Supply Chain …, 2021 - jtscm.co.za
Background: Organisational control systems, such as quality assurance and corporate
governance, configure an organisation's internal environment to manage the velocity of …

Factors impacting airline efficiency in southern Africa: A data envelopment analysis

O Mhlanga - GeoJournal, 2019 - Springer
The airline industry in southern Africa has a notoriously high failure rate. The purpose of this
study is to identify factors impacting airline efficiency in southern Africa. An extensive data …

The airline industry in South Africa: drivers of operational efficiency and impacts

O Mhlanga, J Steyn, J Spencer - Tourism Review, 2018 - emerald.com
Purpose The airline industry is structurally challenged by its very nature, because of high
overhead and capital costs. This is further exacerbated by macro-predictability and micro …

Political patronage on the competitiveness of SAA against privately owned airlines.

TR Motswaledi, JO Maseng - African Renaissance (1744-2532), 2023 - journals.co.za
The nature, foundations, and objects of both state-owned and privately-owned entities are to
meet the commercial mandate of being profitable. Be that as it may, state-owned entities …

Between external forces and internal factors: The geography of domestic airline services in South Africa

J Charlier, F Dobruszkes - Journal of transport geography, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the changes and current patterns of domestic passenger airline
networks in South Africa, considering routes operated and volumes of seats supplied by …

Drivers of efficiency and their influence on airline performances in South Africa: a bootstrapped meta-frontier approach

O Mhlanga - International Journal of Culture, Tourism and …, 2020 - emerald.com
Purpose This paper aims to identify drivers of efficiency and their influence on airline
performances in South Africa. Unfortunately, the methods currently used to measure airline …

Can We Just Let a Giant Fall? Government Interventions and the Impact of Covid-19 on South African Airways

D Makumbe - Journal of Public Administration, 2021 - journals.co.za
A tempestuous economic environment pushed South African Airways to the brink,
compelling it to enter into a bankruptcy protection arrangement with the government. The …