The South African aviation industry is under pressure, with members of parliament calling for an inquiry into high ticket prices. Parliament Portfolio Committee on Trade, Industry and Competition said that the Competition Commission should investigate South African airlines for their exorbitant ticket prices. Committee chairperson Mzwandile Masina said that local airlines, including FlySafair, Lift, and CemAir, have increased prices to levels that make travel unaffordable for South Africans. The committee noted that some budget airlines have displaced the embattled South African Airways as budget airlines. That said, their costs are seen as exorbitant and unaffordable for South Africans. Thabiso Tema spoke with Donald Selamolela, Parliament's portfolio Committee on Transport Chairperson and, Linden Birns, aviation expert and MD of aviation consultancy Plane Talking .