FlySafair’s future up in the air: Bid to keep airline flying

Budget airline FlySafair is fighting to hold on to its operating licence and will next week challenge an Air Licensing Council ruling last year that it had contravened foreign ownership laws.

The council governing domestic flights found that Irish-based ASL Aviation Holdings effectively owns 74.86% of FlySafair, which is in violation of South African laws that limit foreign ownership to 25%.

In November, the…