South Africa: South African Airways to resume domestic services! [update]

update (27 May 2020): The business rescue practitioners (BRP) of South African Airways (SAA), Les Matuson and Siviwe Dongwana, said that the airlines statement, in which the resumption of domestic servies from mid-June 2020 was announced, was not authorised by them. They rejected the statement and announced that the airline is not preparing to resume flights. SAA has been placed into business rescue in December 2019, and all media statements have to be approved by the BRPs.

South Africa's flag carrier, South African Airways (SAA), today announced that it is currently retaining its domestic schedule, as published between Johannesburg and Cape Town, with effect from mid-June 2020. Accordingly, the airline is focusing on ensuring operational readiness to resume flights once permissible. This position will be reviewed on an ongoing basis.
At the same time, South African Airways is cancelling all planned scheduled flights on regional and international services until the end of June 2020 with immediate effect. Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and its impact on the aviation industry, the airline is limiting its service to domestic flights in South Africa.
Travellers holding unused tickets for flights with South African Airways do not need to contact the airline at this time. All customers will be able to use their ticket's full value as a credit for travel on any service by South African Airways up to an including 24 March 2022. The airline will also permit a free name change if any individual customer no longer wishes to travel.

South Africa moves to alert level three of its risk-adjusted strategy to manage the spread of COVID-19 with effect from 01 June 2020. During level three domestic air travel will be allowed, but only for business travel.