South African private-sector airline group Comair announced on Tuesday that it was extending its voluntary suspension of scheduled flights by both its brands until August 31. Comair’s brands are British Airways (operated by Comair) and low cost carrier Kulula.com. This decision follows South African President Cyril Ramaphosa‘s announcement on Sunday that the country’s modified Level 4 lockdown, aimed at containing the Delta variant of the Covid-19 disease, would remain in force for at least another two weeks. This lockdown, originally imposed on June 28, banned all unnecessary travel to and from Gauteng province. The result was that business travel demand collapsed, leading Comair to suspend, temporarily, all of its scheduled flights from July 5.
