Miles vd Molen of CemAir, SA’s #3, shares insight on BP divesting, pricing tips and managing during turbulence
Founder and CEO of CemAir, Miles van Der Molen, speaks to BizNews on BP divesting, pricing tips and managing turbulent times.
Founder and CEO of CemAir, Miles van Der Molen, speaks to BizNews on BP divesting, pricing tips and managing turbulent times.
Cemair now has five flights daily from Joburg to Cape Town – it is the third largest airline, moving more passengers than (slimmed down) SAA.
Numerous prominent passengers have traveled in recent years on charter flights that allegedly ran afoul of laws governing private air travel.
Given my experience of trying to cancel a booking with LIFT, I would dispute that it is a “great airline” (BizNews, November 21).
Van der Molen explains how Cemair waited seven years for the market to normalise and is now expanding into the vacuum left by the demise of Comair.
Like any business, airlines love filling order books early. Also, it’s best to travel on Tuesdays and Saturdays, which are traditionally less popular.
Despite already being at a less-than-ideal size for a national carrier, it appears that SAA is once again at a crossroad.
The Takatso Consortium is committed to concluding the acquisition of a 51% interest in South African Airways from the government.
The impending demise of Comair (unless a late-stage miracle investor intervenes) is a long, winding story of multiple crises.
For Cemair founder Miles van der Molen, today’s reality was unthinkable when the independent airline launched 15 years ago.