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Airline veteran Gidon Novick explains why SA's era of subsidised flights is over; the challenge for SAA; Lift's success and demise of the 'family busi..

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His family's half century of involvement with the bankrupt Comair ended 10 years ago, but as you'll hear in this podcast, former CEO Gidon Novick is still smarting at the demise of the 'family business'. The qualified chartered accountant has moved on, however, helping to cofound the successful Jhb/CT route specialist airline Lift, and a key participant in the consortium that's acquiring South African Airways. Novick updates us on the latest at these two airline, on conditions in the sector and takes a flyer at where it will be heading in this interview with Alec Hogg of BizNews.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
30 Jun 2022 10AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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