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.

Editor's Comment
BPF should get house in order

Speaker of the National Assembly, Dithapelo Keorapetse, has this week rightly washed his hands of the mess, refusing to wade into a party squabble that has no clear leadership and no single version of the truth.When a single party sends six different letters to the Speaker’s office, each claiming to be the authoritative voice, it is not just confusion, but an embarrassment.Keorapetse is correct to insist on institutional boundaries. Parliament...

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