Ethiopian Airlines are offering to operate long haul flights for SAA, but aren’t going to get involved in a rescue plan. Ethiopian have an extensive route network already and could easily extend the Addis - JNB flights onwards or base a few aircraft in SA. They already employ contract pilots so there might be some jobs going but they won’t be on SAA T&Cs.
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