Air Botswana faces �financial meltdown�

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he Ministry of Transport and Communications says the national carrier, Air Botswana is facing financial meltdown and runs the risk of high schedule disruptions as well as an inability to fund its daily operations going forward.

“It is recording financial losses and faced with customer dissatisfaction resulting from schedule disruptions,” the ministry said in the draft 2014/15budget estimates currently before legislators.

“As a result of the foregoing, a management consultant has been engaged for the provision of consultancy and implementation services for turnaround in certain areas of operations.”

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