PAXboy
If they decided to acquire their own airframes, the lead time would be longer so they will lease them from someone else.
Interestingly Aer Lingus didn't have enough A320 aircraft so they had to get 2 from Italy I-EEZF and I-EEZG. Previously operated by Meridiana, neither of these two 'frames have ever worn Aer Lingus "green".......
if you fly British Airways internally in South Africa
You're flying on Comair - an independent local operator flying as a franchisee - like SUN-AIR in Denmark.