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S. African airlines look to restart operations, see slow recovery

Two of South Africa’s biggest private airlines will start flying between local airports this month after the government eased lockdown restrictions aimed at containing coronavirus, but they said a recovery could take at least three years.

Airlink has started taking bookings on its website for flights from June 8, while Safair is taking bookings for flights resuming on June 15.

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