The old adage of throwing aircraft at the problem. SAA should have been acquiring more aircraft, more routes to operate them on, more crew to operate the aircraft
I 100% agree, BUT you have to get the costs down first. If not, the cost increase quicker than the revenue increases. SAA have tried this approach before.
We have a problem in SA and that an unfortunate geographic position. To overcome this it would be necessary to create new opportunities. India-SA-Brazil is an ideal opportunity as, for the first time, SA is a gateway and not the end of the line
Again, an awesome grasp of the work, sure your not DJ under another name? As you say, SA is stuck at a spoke tip and not a major hub. EK already has god knows how many Indian destinations and have launched the Sao Paolo flight. SAA, with its current cost structure, could never compete.
SAA needs to get leaner and meaner before it can look to expand. But lets hope by then it will have shareholders not taxpayers.