Mango Airlines SOC Ltd, known as Mango, is a state-owned South African low-cost airline, founded in 2006 as a subsidiary of South African Airways, that operates domestic scheduled budget services. Mango's main base is OR Tambo International Airport near Johannesburg.
History
Mango was launched on 30 October 2006, with bookings going on sale at midnight on the same date. Mango's first flight took place on 15 November 2006.
As a low cost airline, Mango features a uniform fleet of aircraft with high seating density. Mango also offers online ticketing.
Mango operates eight Boeing 737-800 aircraft. Each aircraft carries 186 passengers between Johannesburg and Cape Town, Johannesburg and Port Elizabeth, Durban and Cape Town, Port Elizabeth and Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban and Bloemfontein and Cape Town as well as Lanseria and Cape Town and Bloemfontein and Johannesburg.
Corporate affairs
Ownership and associates
Mango is 100% owned by South African Airways, which is itself owned by the government of South Africa. All its aircraft are serviced and maintained by SAA Technical, also an SAA subsidiary.
Business trends
Some key trends made available for Mango over recent years are (as at year ending 31 March):
The financial figures for Mango are not published separately, but are incorporated within the SAA Group figures. Mango's CEO, Nico Bezuidenhout, said in 2009: "I am not releasing our financial statements as that is sensitive information. We've always said we would report on the results and tell the taxpayer how we have performed. We have never promised to publish the audited financial report." The figures above therefore include those quoted in 2012 by the South African Minister of Public Enterprises Malusi Gigaba (the 2011-12 loss was stated as "approximately R58 per passenger"). Other details have since been made public, and the SAA 2013 Annual Report gave the fullest account to date of Mango's performance.
Head office
Mango's head office is at OR Tambo International Airport in Kempton Park, Ekurhuleni, Gauteng, on the mezzanine level of the Domestic Departure Terminal.
Destinations
Mango operates services on the following routes:
- Bloemfontein - Bloemfontein Airport
- Cape Town - Cape Town International Airport Focus city
- Durban - King Shaka International Airport
- George - George Airport
- Johannesburg
- OR Tambo International Airport Hub
- Lanseria International Airport
- Port Elizabeth - Port Elizabeth Airport
- Zanzibar - Zanzibar International Airport
Voyager Miles
South African Airways Voyager members can now redeem SAA Voyager miles with Mango, but are not yet able to earn SAA Voyager miles with Mango. No other SAA Voyager benefits, such as additional baggage, upgrades or lounge access are applicable when using SAA Voyager miles to pay for a Mango flight.
Fleet
The Mango fleet includes the following aircraft with an average age of 13.6 years as of November 2014:
Inflight Services
A standard booking does not include food and drinks. Mango offers a buy on board programme offering food and drinks for purchase.
Mango provides an in-flight magazine Mango Juice along with Mango TV, a daily in flight entertainment programme viewable on the drop-down televisions placed throughout the aircraft.
In-flight Wi-Fi is also available on all flights for a fee, except on ZS-VDB as this is an older aircraft . Wi-fi services are provided by G-Connect, a local internet broadband provider.
See also
- South African Airways, the parent company of Mango
- Kulula.com, another South African low cost airline
References
External links
- Official website
- Mango at ATDB: profile, history and events, contacts and management, historical/current/planned aircraft in fleets
Interesting Informations
Looking products related to this topic, find out at Amazon.com
Source of the article : here
EmoticonEmoticon