SWAZILAND Airlink continues to reschedule flights following suspension of about 14 of its aircraft by the South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) last week.
Swaziland Airlink General Manager Teddy Mavuso said customers, especially those from overseas, were the ones largely affected as they could not trace them once they were in the country.
He urged these customers to contact the local Airlink office with immediate effect to get more information with regards their flights.
“It is quite difficult for us to track passengers from overseas once they are in the country. We, therefore, urge them to stay in contact with the office so that it will be easy to re-arrange their flights,” he said. Swaziland Airlink is a subsidiary of SA Airlink, which is also experiencing similar problems.
SA’s Sunday Times reported yesterday that talks between the airline and the manufacturer of its aircraft about the plane’s engine problems resumed yesterday, as revealed by Spokeswoman Karin Murray.
“It’s business as usual with accommodating rerouting where we can. We are in contact with passengers and where they have opted for refunds and wanting to make their own travel arrangements, we assist them with that,” she said.
The plane’s airworthiness status was retracted following a series of accidents and near-accidents over the past few months. The other aircraft types operated by SA Airlink, the BAE 146 and Embraer 135 continue to operate.
Source: Swazi Observer (http://www.observer.org.sz/index.php?news=10029)
