South African Airways Cargo Wins the African Cargo Airline of the Year Award

SA Airways Cargo has just won the award for ‘African Cargo Airline of the Year’ at the STAT Times International Awards for Excellence in Cargo.

4 March 2015, Johannesburg.  SA Airways Cargo has bagged yet another international award.  They have been named the ‘African Cargo Airline of the Year’ at the STAT Times International Awards for Excellence in Air Cargo, presented at a glittering Gala Award ceremony held at the Barnyard Theatre in Rivonia, north of Johannesburg.    

The STAT Times International Award for Excellence in Air Cargo is awarded every two years as part of the Air Cargo Africa event. The award was instituted by the STAT Trade Times, the flagship publication of STAT Media Group, an international multimodal transport media house based in India.  The publication has been recognising and awarding excellence in the air cargo industry since 2006, placing special emphasis on excellence in performance by air cargo operators.  

The International Award for Excellence is instituted in various sectors of the air cargo industry.  The award recipients were decided by the worldwide readers of STAT Times via an online poll that ran from 1 January to 31 January 2015.  

Mr Tleli Makhetha, SAA Cargo’s GM said, “It is an honour to be the winner in this category and we are humbled by the recognition received from the air cargo industry.  The award will encourage us to work even harder to ensure that all our customers’ needs are met. We are grateful to our customers who have shown loyalty towards our business for many years.  We remain resolute to provide them with excellent service”.    

About SAA:  

South African Airways is a Star Alliance member that offers flights to 38 destinations worldwide. Domestically, SAA operates 544 flights a week between Johannesburg – Cape Town, Durban, East London and Port Elizabeth. Regionally SAA offers 24 destinations across the African continent and its international network creates links to all major continents from South Africa through 10 direct routes. In the regional category, SAA has received the Skytrax ‘Best Airline in Africa’ Award for 11 consecutive years.   

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