Qatar confirms plans for equity investment in unidentified southern African airline

[mylesillidge]

Qatar to buy stake in unnamed airline in southern Africa

Qatar Airways is set to invest in an unidentified airline based in southern Africa in the coming weeks as it looks to expand its footprint in the continent.

"We are in the final stage of an equity investment in an airline in the southern part of Africa," Chief Executive Officer Badr Al-Meer said at the Qatar Economic Forum on Wednesday.

[Bloomberg]

 

[hj007]

Southern? South? same same.

 

[gotaway]

Wakandair ?a.k.a. de-colonized SAA

 

[F1 Fan]

Please let it be SAA, they can have it for free.

 

[Pegging]

Probably Botswana.

More air connections on the cards for Botswana?

Several regional and international airlines are reportedly in talks with the Botswana government to operate flights to the country.  CEO of the Civil Aviation Authority of Botswana (CAAB), Bao

www.travelnews.co.za

Republic of Botswana ♦ Embassy in Stockholm, Sweden ♦

Embassy of Botswana in Stockholm, official webiste. Business, Tourism and Consular services

www.botswana.se

 

[genetic]

Probably Botswana.

More air connections on the cards for Botswana?

Several regional and international airlines are reportedly in talks with the Botswana government to operate flights to the country.  CEO of the Civil Aviation Authority of Botswana (CAAB), Bao

www.travelnews.co.za

Republic of Botswana ♦ Embassy in Stockholm, Sweden ♦

Embassy of Botswana in Stockholm, official webiste. Business, Tourism and Consular services

www.botswana.se

Botswana has the lowest air traffic demand on the Southern African continent. No one flies there... A pointless investment..

Qatar are looking for an air traffic hub - an air traffic corridor, so it has to be SA - it's either SAA or Airlink according to this article;

Al Meer stopped short of revealing which airline Qatar Airways is investing in, though pointed out that there are only two or three airlines in Southern Africa that would be considered, and it should be easy to guess from there.

I could be missing something, but it seems like there are only two potential airlines that this could refer to — either South African Airways or Airlink. There aren’t any other major airlines in the region.

Qatar Airways To Invest In Two African Airlines

Qatar Airways plans to take an equity stake in two African airlines, including RwandAir, and possibly South African Airways.

onemileatatime.com

 

[wingnut771]

Makes sense. Qatar harbors Hamas terrorists.

 

[alternate]

Hopefully its a local airline here that gets forced to join oneworld for those sweet Avios.