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SAA slapped with R45m fine for abusing its position

It looks like the SAA is hitting the headlines a lot at the moment, between strikes, and now this evidence of corruption.

"SAA has been fined R45 million for abusing its dominant position in the domestic airline market and could be facing a further cost of R200m if the proposed civil action by Nationwide Airlines is successful.

"Yesterday, the Competition Tribunal announced that it was imposing the largest fine in the history of the Competition Act on SAA for the use of what it described as "an objectionable" incentive scheme.

"The scheme was designed to encourage travel agents to sell SAA tickets to their customers regardless of what was being offered by other airlines such as Nationwide and BA/Comair."