Nationwide sues South African Airlines

The damages are due to Nationwide claiming that SAA abused its dominant market position to attract customers away from competition.

 

SAA reportedly signed "override incentive agreements" with travel agents where the latter earned a commission of the sale price, with incentives being earned when target were met and trust agreements to reward loyalty.

 

Nationwide’s former chief operating officer Roger Whittle said that the carrier suffered at the hand of SAA’s anticompetitive practices such as an aggressive recruitment drive which lead to he loss of twenty-two Nationwide employees.

 

SAA is yet to make its defence.