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Air Botswana seeks turnaround with focus on efficiency and reliability
via Mmegi1 min read
Aviation veteran Bao Mosinyi is spearheading the latest effort to revitalize Air Botswana, emphasizing a return to fundamental principles of efficiency and reliability to rebuild confidence in the national carrier. This initiative follows numerous past attempts to improve the airline's performance, which included proposals for strategic equity partnerships, privatization, and fleet modernization. These previous efforts achieved limited success, with challenges such as the COVID-19 pandemic and broader economic difficulties further impacting the airline's operations and market share against more prominent competitors.
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