Mango

Mango Airlines is based in Johannesburg, South Africa, and is owned by South African Airways. The airline competes with Kulula and FlySafair in South Africa’s low-cost market.

Trading simply as Mango, Mango Airlines is a state owned entity headquartered at OR Tambo in Johannesburg. It is a subsidiary of national carrier South African Airways, operating a fleet of 10 aircraft flying to 8 destinations across South Africa. Flights from Cape Town to Johannesburg is a key offering for the airline.

Mango’s first flight took place on November 15th, 2006. A subsidiary of SAA, the budget airline is backed by the same standards of safety and customer service that SAA passengers have enjoyed for decades, while offering low prices for a number of domestic air routes within South Africa. Passengers may opt to fly Mango between Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban and Bloemfontein.

The airline joined the Star Alliance as a Connecting Partner in the third quarter of 2016. The airline recorded a turnover of R2.3 million during the same year, having transported over 3 million passengers along its various domestic flight routes.

The airline offers SAA Voyager members the ability to redeem miles with Mango, however no other benefits, such as additional baggage, lounge access or cabin class upgrades are applicable.

In 2012, Mango was the first airline in South Africa to launch an in-flight WiFi service, yet had to stop advertising the service it due to erratic service levels in 2013. Since the latter half of the year, the airline has also had to deal with ongoing salary related strikes by pilots. Thanks to effective contingency plans, these labour relations issues have not materially affected the airline’s services.

As a subsidiary of South African Airways, the airline has also been coming under sporadic fire for its uncompetitive pricing behaviours, which led to the demise of another low cost carrier, 1Time Airlines.

Mango Airlines (flymango.com) operate daily flights between OR Tambo International Airport and Lanseria Airport, both located in Johannesburg. From these two destinations, passengers can fly to Bloemfontein Airport, King Shaka Airport in Durban, and Cape Town International Airport. Flights are also available from Cape Town to Bloemfontein and Durban.

Passengers on Mango airlines domestic flights can unwind and enjoy an in-flight entertainment programme called Mango TV. As with most budget airlines, food and drink is not included in the ticket price but may be purchased during the flight through a buy on board system. Considering that most flights last less than 2 hours, passengers will find this system convenient, offering a range of options depending on the time of day and each passenger’s taste.

Next time you’re planning a domestic trip, visit Mango’s website (http://www.flymango.com). With great ticket prices and reliable service, you have every reason to fly Mango.

All Mango flights scheduled for departure on the 28th April have been cancelled. We are awaiting further information from the airline regarding the affected bookings for the 28th April.

Mango advised that flights on the 29-30 April will continue to operate as scheduled. Keep checking your booking status on Mango’s website and make use of Mango’s online check in service.

Please have your Mango reference number (check your E-ticket under airline reference) and passenger date of birth at hand when checking on the website.

Mango airlines flights are on sale! Flights booked before 18 April 2021 for travel until 30 November 2021 are on sale with flights starting from only R469*. Here are some of the incredible airfares that are up for grabs on our booking engine above: Joburg – Durban from R469*, Cape Town – Joburg from R 649*, Cape Town – Bloem from R769*, Joburg – PE from R669*, Joburg – George from R599* & Cape Town – Durban from R769*. Book before midnight on the 18^th of April 2021 to save on your domestic flights. *Fares are based on one way flights*

Mango Airlines have announced that they will be launching flights again on the 15th of June 2020. Under lockdown level 3 the airline will be operating a limited service, only operating services on the Johannesburg – Cape Town & Johannesburg – Durban routes. South Africans are only allowed to travel for business purposes and will need to have the correct documentation to be allowed to board the plane. Bookings are open and tickets can be booked through the booking engine above.

Mango has announced that it will start operating a twice daily flight between Lanseria, Johannesburg & Port Elizabeth from the 11^th of July 2019. The airline is working on building a large route network that will operate out of Lanseria. Flights JE575 and JE591 will depart Lanseria, Johannesburg at 08:40 and 15:45, arriving in PE at 10:20 and 17:25. The return flights, JE576 and JE592, departs PE at 10:55 and 18:00, arriving in Lanseria at 12:35 and 19:40 respectively.

Mango will no longer be flying between Cape Town and Port Elizabeth. The airline recently announced that they will cancel their flights on this route from the 15th of October 2015.

Passengers who have already booked flights on the route after the 15th will be given SA Express tickets at no extra cost.

• Mango will be launching flights to Mauritius within the next 12 months. The airline is looking to expand their leisure network in Africa. The airline’s Zanzibar – Johannesburg route has been highly lucrative and the airline is hoping that the planned Mauritius route will also show great returns.
• Nico Bezuidenhout, CEO of Mango, says that the domestic market is oversaturated. Mr. Bezuidenhout believes that some Low Cost Carriers will soon be exiting the market because the market is not large enough to support them all.
• The airline is also planning to launching flights to Kilimanjaro from Johannesburg in the near future.