Comair (South Africa) (MN, Johannesburg Oliver Reginald Tambo International (JNB)) has launched a lawsuit against the government of South Africa in a High Court in Johannesburg. Comair argues that the recent government bailout and previous payments to competitor South African Airways (SA, Johannesburg Oliver Reginald Tambo International (JNB)) would violate the country's constitution and several laws on transportation policies and public finances and should therefore be declared illegal. Comair is South Africa's second largest airline and operates a franchise operation under the British Airways (BA, London Heathrow (LHR)) brand as well low-cost carrier Kulula Air (Johannesburg Oliver Reginald Tambo International (JNB)). It currently operates nine B737-300s, ten B737-400s and nine B737-800s.

Air Malawi (QM, Blantyre Chileka International (BLZ)) has been assigned a liquidator according to the African Aviation Tribune that will now work on behalf of the government of Malawi to settle all debts and liabilities ahead of a privatization of the national carrier. Comair (South Africa) (MN, Johannesburg Oliver Reginald Tambo International (JNB)), Ethiopian Airlines (ET, Addis Ababa Bole International (ADD)) and South African Airways (SA, Johannesburg Oliver Reginald Tambo International (JNB)) are reportedly among the international bidders that have express their interest in the privatization process with the government hoping to sell to a consortium including an foreign airline and a local investor that would keep 51% of the shares in Air Malawi.

Bhoja Air (B4, Karachi Quaid-e-Azam Jinnah International (KHI)) has lost its air operator certificate, at least temporarily, following the crash of its B737-200 Adv. AP-BKC (MSN 23167) at Islamabad Chaklala Benazir Bhutto International (ISB) on April 20. The Pakistani civil aviation authority has revoked its air operator certificate last week on the basis that Bhoja Air currently does not operate the minimum number of aircraft required to hold an AOC for scheduled passenger transportation. According to the CAA's rules at least three aircraft would be required, but Bhoja Air is only left with one B737-200Adv. and one B737-400 at the moment although it had plans to add two more ex-Comair (South Africa) (MN, Johannesburg Oliver Reginald Tambo International (JNB)) B737-200Adv. aircraft at a later stage. Bhoja Air is however still selling flights from June 10 onwards, so is apparently assuming it will be able to resume operations shortly.

Bhoja Air (B4, Karachi Quaid-e-Azam Jinnah International (KHI)) plans to resume domestic scheduled operations in spring 2012 initially deploying a fleet of four ex-Comair (South Africa) (MN, Johannesburg Oliver Reginald Tambo International (JNB)) B737-200s and an ex-Sky Airlines (ZY, Antalya (AYT)) B737-400. It plans to serve Islamabad Chaklala Benazir Bhutto International (ISB), Lahore Allama Iqbal International (LHE), Multan International (MUX) and Sukkur (SKZ) from its Karachi Quaid-e-Azam Jinnah International (KHI) base.