Well done to Emirates on reducing its CO2 emissions & attaining efficiencies better than global averages (they attained 26% efficiency).
Cruise news: R13280 for 4 adults to cruise on SI003, the 11 Nov Sinfonia cruise to Portuguese Island.
SAA most on-time
This is a fantastic initiative by ACSA where they publish which airline was the most on-time in July 2011. I'm not sure why they didn't include Velvet Sky though. Congratulations to ACSA and to South African Airways on coming up trumps.
Flights from JNB O.R. Tambo International Airport
Airline |
Airport Target |
15 Min on Time Performance |
15 Min on Time Performance |
85% |
84% |
90% |
|
85% |
90% |
90% |
|
85% |
83% |
85% |
|
85% |
72% |
78% |
|
85% |
91% |
87% |
|
85% |
81% |
86% |
|
SAA |
85% |
92% |
95% |
TOTAL |
85% |
86% |
88% |
Flights from CPT Cape Town Airport
I wonder why Cape Town Airport has a higher target of on-time performance than JNB!
Airline |
Airport Target |
15 Min on Time Performance |
15 Min on Time Performance |
1time |
89% |
85% |
89% |
Airlink |
89% |
94% |
95% |
British Airways Domestic |
89% |
84% |
87% |
Kulula.com |
89% |
77% |
84% |
Mango.com |
89% |
91% |
87% |
S.A. Express |
89% |
87% |
88% |
South African Airways |
89% |
91% |
90% |
TOTAL |
89% |
86% |
88% |
Flights from DUR King Shaka International Airport
Durban's had the best July performance.
Airline |
Airport Target |
15 Min on Time Performance |
15 Min on Time Performance |
1time |
89% |
85% |
92% |
Airlink |
89% |
93% |
95% |
British Airways Domestic |
89% |
85% |
88% |
Kulula.com |
89% |
71% |
84% |
Mango.com |
89% |
89% |
86% |
S.A. Express |
89% |
85% |
90% |
South African Airways |
89% |
94% |
96% |
TOTAL |
89% |
85.65% |
90% |
Hotels
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The Purple shall rule! A reader wrote about Kumba not reimbursing: "I think it really disgusting that Kumba air was flying from Joburg to Bulawayo and then without notice stopped flights and have not paid up on tickets purchased for that last flight."
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