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Mango are way cheaper

23 January 2008 flights
surveyed on 28 Dec 2008

Mango Airlines are way way cheaper than anybody else on the Durban to Cape Town flight route (R569). I'm surprised that they pitched their price at such a low level, as they could have charged R400 more and still have been cheapest - guess that I should just be happy for getting something back for my tax rands which feed it. However, I'm not sure how the new airline on the route next year - Airtime Airlines - is going to be able to compete against these types of airfares.

1-way flights from Durban to Cape Town
bus trips from Durban to Cape Town

BA - British Airways : economy class
flight BA6306 departs DUR 1800 arrives CPT 2005

1348

Baz Bus (7 day pass)

1200

Kulula Air : economy class
flight MN6306 departs DUR 1800 arrives CPT 2005

1009

Citiliner bus

390

Mango: economy class
flight JE333 departs DUR 1600 arrives CPT 1810

569

City to City bus

390

1time Airline : economy class

no flights

Greyhound bus

495

South African Airways : economy class
flight SA627 departs DUR 1945 arrives CPT 2155

961

SA Roadlink bus

No buses

BA business class
South African Airways business class

3255
2776

Translux bus

510

Flights surveyed leave Durban between 1349 & 2146.

Mango Airlines plane

Some stats on how cheap the Mango flight is

To put it into perspective how cheap this Mango flight is, the last time they had a cheaper flight from Durban to Cape Town was in our 30 Jun 2007 survey (R477). Well done to Hein Kaiser and the rest of the Mango team.

Enjoy your next spin around the sun!

This is our last flight survey of 2008, and I'd like to take this opportunity to wish you all well for 2009, and that we all take up the opportunities that the year offers us. Have a good spin around the sun. God Bless. Blue Skies & Tailwinds!

Blog of the week
Vanessa & Mary do South Africa

Paul & Jessica blogged about their family (Vanessa & Mary) visiting southern Africa. After flying in to O.R. Tambo International Airport, they made their way to their village in Seleka, where they braaied, ate "voers" (wors?), bathed in a bucket and had dung spitting competitions. After this baptism into South African culture, they moved on to Malealea lodge in Lesotho. Here's a photo of them in Lesotho on their way to the village of Riboneng. A great blog entry packed with photos of their adventure.

Lesotho mountains on the way to Riboneng

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