Can Air Botswana survive SAA’s Gaborone Gambit?

In a move poised to shake up Botswana’s already fragile national carrier, South African Airways (SAA) announced it will launch a new twice-daily service between Johannesburg and Gaborone starting November 4, 2025 — a development that may place Air Botswana under mounting commercial pressure.

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