Crash and Burn
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Crash and Burn

A CEO's crazy adventures in the SA airline industry

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Crash and Burn

A CEO's crazy adventures in the SA airline industry

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In the cut-throat world of low-cost airlines, competition is the name of the game. Not only up in the air but also on the ground.Crash and Burn is an insider's tale of the South African airline industry over the past thirty years and the dramatic collapse of Comair in 2022, as told by Glenn Orsmond, twice CEO of Comair and the founder CEO of 1time. Orsmond takes the reader on a wild ride through the ultra-competitive sector of low-cost airlines that boomed after South African Airways' stranglehold on the skies was loosened in the 1990s. Comair – which operated both Kulula and British Airways – and 1time were at the forefront of this new wave of airlines that saw domestic flying and tourism take off.But after some incredible highs and lows, Comair crashed under Orsmond's watch despite the company's 75-year unblemished profit history. The pandemic's impact, the grounding of aeroplanes after a questionable regulator investigation and poor management decisions all contributed to its downfall.Expect tales of industry legends and innovation, but also of competitors trying to gut each other, battles between pilots and accountants, unions and bosses at loggerheads, and warfare between shareholders and directors in boardrooms. You'll never think of flying in South Africa in the same way again.

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Publisher
Jonathan Ball
Year
2024
ISBN
9781776194513
Topic
Technology & Engineering
Subtopic
Aviation
Index
Technology & Engineering

Table of contents

  1. Title page
  2. Contents
  3. Prologue
  4. 1. Chance encounter
  5. 2. Bop-along sunny days
  6. 3. Comair round one: the early days
  7. 4. Nationwide: a lesson in reading the signs
  8. 5. Sun Air: blood on our hands
  9. 6. Leaving Comair
  10. 7. 1time: the glory days
  11. 8. Turbulent skies
  12. 9. Safair encounters
  13. 10. The politics of Mango
  14. 11. Comair round two: a marriage made in hell
  15. 12. The rot has set in
  16. 13. Divorce
  17. 14. Business rescue
  18. 15. Comair round three: Covid blues
  19. 16. Dysfunctional leadership
  20. 17. False dawn
  21. 18. Out of the blue
  22. 19. ‘Voetsek, Glenn!’
  23. 20. The end is near
  24. 21. The last day
  25. 22. Aftermath
  26. 23. Airlink and Comair: a tale of two airlines
  27. 24. Calamitous chain
  28. 25. Reflections
  29. Acknowledgements
  30. About the Book
  31. About the author
  32. Imprint page