Loss-Making CAAB Carries Fat Wage Bill

Appearing before the Committee on Statutory Bodies and State Enterprises, the CEO said this has been the case even though the government’s subvention has been going down yearly as the responsibilities pile. “We have nothing to lean on as running aviation is expensive. It is difficult to weigh compliance by financial stability,” he said.

Mosinyi said they have strategic airfields across the countries that are beneficial to other departments but have been failing to make money out of them. In addition, he said traffic is still low at all the local major airports that are in Gaborone, Maun, Kasane and Francistown. “We have to comply to the international standards as to when you run an airport, but when you look at the usage in our airports, our traffic is still very low and it doesn’t help much as covering the costs that you must incur to be able to remain compliant for the airport to stay in that relevant category,” he said.