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Mango Flex - cheapest ever

10 Jul 2009 flights
surveyed on 13 Jun 2009

Mango are cheapest (as usual) in this survey of Durban to Cape Town flight prices, but what's interesting are Mango Plus & Mango Flex's record low prices. SAA (lowest since 30 Jun 2007) & BA South Africa also are offering record low flight prices (so low in fact, that we booked our next Johannesburg - Cape Town flight with BA South Africa.

one-way flights from Durban to Cape Town *
bus trips from Durban to Cape Town

Mango: economy class
flight JE387 departs DUR 2115 arrives CPT 2325

620

Shosholoza Meyl economy class
leaves on Wednesdays

350

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

sold out

Citiliner bus coach via Port Elizabeth
departs DUR 1645 arrives CPT 1900

410

1time Airline : economy class
flight 1T647 departs DUR 1800 arrives CPT 2000

653

City to City bus coach
departs DUR 1745 arrives CPT 1830

410

Mango Plus
flight JE387 departs DUR 2115 arrives CPT 2325

999***

Intercape bus coach via Bloemfontein
departs DUR 1030 arrives CPT 1035

450¹

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

781****

Greyhound bus coach via Bloemfontein
departs DUR 1130 arrives CPT 0915

515

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

884**

Translux bus coach
departs DUR 1700 arrives CPT 1745

540

Mango Flex
flight JE387 departs DUR 2115 arrives CPT 2325

879***

Shosholoza Meyl tourist class

670

BA - British Airways : business class/club
flight BA6306 departs DUR 1800 arrives CPT 2005

2907

Baz Bus
7 day pass

1250

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

2548

SA Roadlink bus coach

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* one-way flights from Durban to Cape Town leaving Durban between 1349 & 2146 on the 10th July 2009.
** the lowest surveyed BA British Airways flight prices since our 19 Apr 2008 flight survey from Durban to Cape Town.
*** the lowest Mango Flex price and Mango Plus price we've surveyed.
**** SAA's lowest flight price since the 30 June 2007 DUR-CPT flight survey (yes, 2007!)
¹ the cheapest price we've recorded for the Intercape bus coach

the USA - South Efrikan language barrier

Roger enjoyed a thunderstorm in the Kruger National Park (which reminds him of ones in Montana); after which he hops onto a British Airways flight from Nelspruit to Johannesburg, and then a 1time flight from Johannesburg O.R. Tambo to Cape Town (and cant understand why anybody would want to name an airline 1time...guess he didn't pick up the finer nuances to the South Efrikan lingo). He points out that at Johannesburg O.R. Tambo there is "no seating" [Ed: Not sure why he got that impression, as there is some seating]. Something I found interesting, was his comment that the expression "take Away" is South African for "Take Out" or "To Go" (first time I'd realised it needed explanation). The blogs is well worth reading just for its descriptions of their language difficulties (e.g. them hearing " “how do you technique” for "how do you take it").

elephant in the Kruger National Park

The mother Fokker

"And this, ladies and gentlemen, is the very first Fokker airplane built in the world. The Dutch call it the mother Fokker." Custodian at the former Aviodome Aviation Museum, Amsterdam Schipol Airport

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