Please address Maun-Johannesburg air route

The impasse over the Maun-Johannesburg route threatens to whittle down the flow of foreign tourists into the Okavango Swamps and the Chobe National Parks.

Both Air Botswana and South African Airways seem unable to agree on how to exploit this highly lucrative route.  A significant number of external tourists come into the country using this route.  Many come from Europe, Asia and North America.

Since last year, South African Airways, together with Air Botswana, had been plying this route, but the former were stopped when the Department of Civil Aviation issued a directive that the route is for exclusive use by Air Botswana. 

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