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Old 9th May 2011, 17:03
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Shrike200
 
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...but I wouldn't hold my breath.

New flights from Durban to London with Comair? (thanks for the link)

Some quotes:

While Comair has held the second traffic right from SA to the UK for a while now, they have not moved on exercising the option which they took over when Nationwide Airlines closed. (my emphasis)...

...Comair CEO Gidon Novick said it had not been decided which of the group’s two airline brands would be used for the London route. There was "still a huge amount of work we need to do", he said." (Massive understatement)

Coupled with Comairs incredibly cautious nature (What? Base crew in outstations?!? Never!..wait...maybe) I just can't see this happening anywhere in the near future. Maybe one of these decades....
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