Airlink (South Africa) has filed an urgent interdict and order with the South African High Court to prevent South African Airways and its personnel from using or disclosing confidential commercial information allegedly obtained unlawfully by a former executive manager who subsequently joined SAA.
The application by Airlink also seeks a court order declaring the confidential information as Airlink’s property, instructing SAA personnel possessing the information to return it, and delete or destroy any electronic copies or derivatives of the stolen files.
The confidential information reportedly includes details on Airlink’s contracts with travel agencies and financial values of these relationships, with allegations pointing to SAA’s former marketing and sales general manager, Carla da Silva, sharing sensitive information with colleagues before joining SAA.
Additionally, SAA is separately involved in legal action against its former pricing analyst, Thanusha Chiba, over the alleged theft of confidential historical fare data, leading to concerns about the potential negative impact on the business if the information falls into unauthorised hands.
