Kenya Airways has started ferrying cargo on behalf of South African Airways with which it signed a pact last year to establish an Pan African airline by 2023.
The pact, inked a few weeks ago, has seen KQ ferry cargo on behalf of the South African carrier on routes that it operates freighter business such as Amsterdam.
The cargo deal comes at a time the two carriers are in talks to jointly expedite the implementation of common business plans to gain a competitive edge over rivals.
“KQ is carrying cargo for us on routes where we don’t operate, as a third-party service provider,” Business Daily quotes South African Airways Acting (SAA) chief executive John Lamola.
The two carriers signed a strategic partnership framework in South Africa last November, in a move that will see them eventually form a Pan-African carrier amid common longstanding financial woes worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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