Airlines hit hard as Omicron kills festive season tourism to SA for a year

'The ship has sailed and the damage has been done'

16 January 2022 - 00:00

Airlines reported relatively solid domestic travel over the festive period but it was below expectations and not enough to ease the pain of SA losing its international inbound tourism season...

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