Outrage as FlySafair admits to overbooking flights

Citing an article by Forbes, FlySafair explained why overbooking is necessary.

“Aircraft have a fixed number of seats, and once the flight takes off that seat ‘spoils’ and can no longer be sold. Every ticket sold is not a guarantee that the passenger will actually show up. People no-show for a lot of reasons. They could arrive late, get caught in the bar and hear the wrong ‘last call’ announcement, or be caught in the security lane. 

“The industry knows people don’t show up all the…