South African Airways (SAA) is set to reduce its Eastern Cape flights in the hope of regaining financial stability, with Mango to step in.
Mango General Manager Commercial, Pumla Luhabe, said: “Mango is a subsidiary of SAA and has been approached to step in and fill the gap when SAA curtails capacity.”
Luhabe said Mango was ready to step in when the time came, however the implementation date had not yet been confirmed.
Tourism Update contacted SAA Head of Media Relations, Tlali Tlali, however he did not comment on the situation but referred to SAA’s press release last week, August 31.
“The changes are part of the airline’s implementation of its newly developed five-year corporate plan that seeks to return the company to financial sustainability in the shortest time possible,” it reported.
SAA confirmed that it planned to introduce network changes as it implemented a five-year plan to improve efficiencies. This comes days after the announcement that Airlink is likely to take over SAA’s Johannesburg-Brazzaville route.
