I'd like to see where I gave any kind of denial of anything. I'd also like to see where the SAA or any other party denied anything in relation to these flights except for possibly some random posters on here.
Personally, I stand by my only comment on the Santa flights where I stated it was a good
PR move . It generated great
PR for the airport in the mid west and beyond and opened a lot of peoples eyes to the new routes this year. As a marketing tool, it was a very very good one.
However, making claims that "they" paid for the flights, when you have no idea who paid for them, what was the cost, whether it was shared by more than one party, what part of whose budget it came from or even what the purpose of the flights were.. is OTT. As is casting doubt on their financial reporting based on your claim of questionable passenger numbers.
But do carry on.