We finally get onto MANGO airlines
Welcome Mango – we love nothing more than another low budget airline joining the melee… now when are you guys going to get creative with your routes and head to superfly continental stops like Moz, Malawi, Kenya, Tanz etc??? Don’t mean to be ungrateful . That said, Kulula does fly to Namibia and Zambia – both stunning places to visit.
What we love about low-budget airlines is the fact that a…
s the boys in green say: “Now anyone can fly”. Too right. So tell everyone in the kasi to the city that they can now also afford to fly with a little bit of planning and saving. Now we need creative accommodation solutions and carhire!!!!
So we have been trying to get into Mango airlines for about 3 days since we were alerted of it’s launch just before the public found out – Tues 1 Nov at 7pm is the first time we managed to get all the way through the process. In order to judge just how juicy their prices are, we did a comparison study with Kulula, Nationwide, 1Time, SAA and SAA Airlink. You may think these other airlines are disadvantaged as their cheapest fairs were probably snapped up a while back – but for this exercise we will assume that the hype and huge numbers that have been visiting the Mango site in the last two days more than make up for that time difference.
We requested the following:
A round trip from Johannesburg to Cape Town for a weekend for two people (one must aim high), leaving at 6pm on a Friday evening after work and returning Sunday evening in time to have supper in Joburg.
Here are the results – none of them were phenomenal but they may be because our the parameters of our request…:
1st place: MANGO R2396.00 all in. R1198 per person.
2nd place: 1time R3496.00 all in. R1748 pp.
3rd place: Kulula.com R3596 all in. R1798 pp.
4th place: Nationwide R3682.00 all in. R1841 pp.
5th place SAA and SA Airlink Both R5168.00 all in. R2584 pp.
So there you have it – right now Mango has upped the game. Let’s see how the others respond. We’re sure they have something up their sleeves. Let us know your favourite airline in terms of quality. Happy Flying!
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9 February 2006
One of the rules about living a feng shui life in a megacity like Jozi is that you always have to get away at least once every 3 – 4 months to get a breather – even if that means going home to uMama in Giyani… It refreshes you and refills your energy supply so that you return to Jozi, as the late Thuli Tillies said: STILL READY FOR MORE.
Easter approaches fast and furiously – so at this point you have your usual transport options – hitchhike, car, taxi, bus and train… But if you really want to make the most of your precious time off by moving fast and if you got a coupla bucks on the side to dip into and spoil yourself – then check out the budget flight companies like KULULA and 1time. We compiled a list of last-minute specials still around for Easter to see who was the most chipile – 1time won wings down – for comparison we also checked out SAA and Nationwide.
