Mango Airlines

Mango Airlines is a low cost airline based in South Africa and owned by South African Airways. Mango Airlines was South Africa’s first low cost airlines being brought into operation on 15th November 2006. Mango airlines are used extensively by South African passengers who enjoy comfortable flights at great prices.

For many passengers, Mango Airlines is definitely the one of the most popular choice of airline, continually launching many specials which appeal to the average traveller. These specials included the popular R1 fare, as well as a bustling daily lunchtime Happy Hour session during the month of June. Since its inception, Mango Airlines has become a firm favourite with the travelers of South Africa across all races, ages, and income brackets.

Providing low cost flights, Mango offers high density seating on its’ fleet of Boeing aircraft. There is an online ticketing service provision. In total, the company operates 6 Boeing 737-800 aircraft. Flights travel between Johannesburg and Cape Town, Durban and Cape Town, Johannesburg and Port Elizabeth, Port Elizabeth and Cape Town, Bloemfontein and Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban, as well as Cape Town to Lanseria and Johannesburg to Bloemfontein.

With Mango Airlines you experience simply what you require – a ticket to catch a plane that is going to take you to where you essentially want to go. However what Mango Airlines also offers is extremely competitive pricing which basically ensures that you are never paying too much for nothing more than a quick little cheap flight to Cape Town or a visit to family in Johannesburg. Aside from offering some of the most competitive prices out there, Mango Airlines also offer some of the best prices moving along some of the major airline routes, so that if you’re just a simple businessman who’s just looking to move between Cape Town and Johannesburg a couple of times a month, then this is definitely the airline you want, at the price they’re offering.

Inflight Services Offered by Mango

A standard booking on a Mango flight does not include snacks, meals, or refreshments, as these have to be purchased separately to the flight booking by way of a buy-onboard programme. There is an in-flight magazine as well as a television service provision named Mango TV. With exception to flight ZS-VDB, all flights offer Wi-Fi services.

Checked baggage allowance with Mango is 20kg per person, and there’s a maximum of only two separate baggage items. Mango Plus Guests, which is the premium service offer, have a more generous 30kg maximum checked baggage allowance, where infants have a 10kg free checked baggage allowance. There is a top limitation of 32kg for any bag that is to be taken on-flight.

Cabin baggage allowance is limited to 7kg for every passenger, and may not exceed the following dimensions: 56 cm + 36 cm + 23 cm. Only a single bag is accepted in the cabin, though allowances are made for handbags and overcoats. Cabin baggage may not contain any of the following items:

•        Knives
•        Cutlery
•        Toy guns
•        Scissors
•        Blades of any form
•        Syringes
•        Nail clippers
•        Any other sharp instrument that may be used as a weapon