Mango (airline)

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Mango
IATA
JE		 ICAO
MNO		 Callsign
TULCA
Founded 2006
Hubs OR Tambo International Airport
Focus cities Cape Town International Airport
Frequent-flyer program None
Airport lounge None
Fleet size 8
Destinations 6
Parent company South African Airways
Headquarters OR Tambo International Airport
Kempton Park, Ekurhuleni, Gauteng, South Africa
Key people Nico Bezuidenhout CEO
Website flymango.com

Mango Airlines SOC Ltd, known as Mango, is a state-owned South African low-cost airline, founded in 2006 as a subsidiary of South African Airways, that operates domestic scheduled budget services. Mango's main base is OR Tambo International Airport near Johannesburg.[1]

History

Mango was launched on 30 October 2006, with bookings going on sale at midnight on the same date. Mango’s first flight took place on 15 November 2006.

As a low cost airline, Mango features a uniform fleet of aircraft with high seating density. Mango also offers online ticketing.

Mango operates six Boeing 737-800 aircraft. Each aircraft carries 186 passengers between Johannesburg and Cape Town, Johannesburg and Port Elizabeth, Durban and Cape Town, Port Elizabeth and Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban and Bloemfontein and Cape Town as well as Lanseria and Cape Town and Bloemfontein and Johannesburg.

Corporate affairs

Ownership and associates

Mango is 100% owned by South African Airways,[1] which is itself owned by the government of South Africa. All its aircraft are serviced and maintained by SAA Technical, also an SAA subsidiary.

Business trends

A Mango Boeing 737-800 at Cape Town International Airport

The financial figures for Mango are not published separately, being fully incorporated within the SAA Group figures. The CEO, Nico Bezuidenhout, said on 30 September 2009: "I am not releasing our financial statements as that is sensitive information. We've always said we would report on the results and tell the taxpayer how we have performed. We have never promised to publish the audited financial report."[2] The financial figures below are mainly those quoted in a statement in 2012 by the South African Minister of Public Enterprises Malusi Gigaba.[3] Some separate business details have also been made available.

Key trends available for Mango over recent years are (as at year ending 31 March):

- style="background:#ff4e00;" | 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Net Profit/Loss after tax (Rm) 0 10.9 13.7 0.3 loss
Passenger load factor (%) 86
Number of passengers (m) 1.5 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.6
Number of aircraft (at year end) 4 4 4 5 7
Notes/sources [3][4] [2][3][4] [3][4] [3][4][5] [3][4]

Head office

Mango's head office is at OR Tambo International Airport in Kempton Park, Ekurhuleni, Gauteng, on the mezzanine level of the Domestic Departure Terminal.[6][7]

Destinations

Mango operates services on the following routes:[1][8]

 South Africa
 Tanzania

Fleet

The Mango fleet includes the following aircraft with an average age of 12.9 years as of September 2013:[10]

Mango Boeing 737-800 on approach to Cape Town International Airport
Mango Fleet
Aircraft In Fleet Orders Passengers Notes
Boeing 737-800 8 0 186
Boeing 737-300 1 0 142 ZS-VDB
Total 9 0

All of Mango's fleet is leased from South African Airways, the parent company of Mango.

Inflight services

A standard booking does not include food and drinks. Mango offers a buy on board programme offering food and drinks for purchase.[11][12]

Mango provides an in-flight magazine Mango Juice and Mango TV, a daily in flight entertainment programme.

In-flight Wi-Fi is available on all flights except on ZS-VDB as this is an old plane with no WIFI.[13]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-10. p. 47. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Mango financial results to 31 Mar 2009". Retrieved 30 May 2012. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 "Statement by Minister Malusi Gigaba on Mango and the South African aviation sector". Retrieved 30 May 2012. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 "SAA Group Annual Report 2012". Retrieved 13 December 2012. 
  5. ↑ "Mango Fleet Details and History". Retrieved 14 December 2012. 
  6. ↑ "Background." Ekurhuleni. 3 (3/8). Retrieved on 30 September 2009.
  7. ↑ "Contact Us." Mango. Retrieved on 27 December 2011. "Mezzanine Level Domestic Departure Terminal OR Tambo International Airport 1627"
  8. ↑ "Mango launches Johannesburg/Port Elizabeth and Cape Town/Port Elizabeth routes. First flights depart 5 December 2012". Flymangonews.co.za. Retrieved 2013-05-30. 
  9. ↑ http://www.flymango.com
  10. ↑ "Mango Fleet Details and History - Planespotters.net Just Aviation". Planespotters.net. Retrieved 2013-05-30. 
  11. ↑ "Spaza Mango 1." Mango. Accessed 30 October 2008.
  12. ↑ "Spaza Mango 2." Mango. Accessed 30 October 2008.
  13. ↑ "Mango welcomes Sixth aircraft to its fleet; live on-board TV planned". Flymangonews.co.za. Retrieved 2013-05-30. 

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