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Nationwide are back! We looked at flight prices from Durban to Cape Town on the 22nd February 2008, and Nationwide are the cheapest. Nationwide flight 628 leaves Durban at 1700 and arrives in Cape Town at 2015, costing R691 for the one-way flight.
Flights from Durban to Cape Town |
Bus trips from Durban to Cape Town |
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British Airways |
1100 |
Baz Bus (7 day pass) |
1020 |
Kulula Airline |
sold out |
350 |
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Mango Airline |
733 |
350 |
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Nationwide Airlines |
691 |
465 |
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1time Airline |
699 |
sold out |
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South African Airways |
1450 |
399 |
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460 |
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Nationwide and Mango are neck and neck
On the Durban to Cape Town flight route, Nationwide are in a neck and neck tussle to be the cheapest airline. With it being the cheapest airline this week, Nationwide airlines have now been cheapest on the Durban to Cape Town flight route in 4 of our surveys, and Mango Airlines have been cheapest in the 3 surveys. However, Mango Airlines holds the record for the cheapest ever flight price from Durban to Cape Town (R477, surveyed on the 30th June 2007).
What about Nationwide's solvency?
Nationwide must have suffered losses whilst it was grounded, and the concern is that they go insolvent, leaving airline tickets purchased worthless. Nationwide are also the only airline in South Africa which doesn't publish its balance sheet - I would like them to publish their balance sheet, so that potential passengers can be reassured that there is little chance of them going solvent.
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