AB targets 6.5 % passenger growth rate

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The new Air Botswana (AB) boss has vowed to transform the parastatal into a profit making entity by next year, with a target of 6.5 percent annual passenger growth rate.

Briefing the media this week, AB general manager, Ben Dahwa said the company has been posting losses for the past years but support from the government will help its turnaround.

From 2009 annual passenger growth rate was above five percent but it has declined to 0.5 percent in 2012.

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