Mango is to commence scheduled services between Johannesburg and George, starting November 18. The flights opened for booking on August 19.
The flights will operate from Fridays, Sundays and Mondays with an initial frequency of one flight a day in each direction. Johannesburg to George is the airline’s third new domestic route in the past 12 months.
“The route between Johannesburg and George as well as its frequencies and scheduling were designed particularly with the leisure market in mind,” said Mango CEO, Nico Bezuidenhout. “As the midway point in the Garden Route with spectacular natural beauty, George provides access to close-by destinations such as Knysna, Plettenberg Bay and Wilderness, among others. It represents a totally new market for Mango with traveller volumes expected to show sustained growth over the next 12 months.”
Mango launched two routes in early December last year – between Port Elizabeth and Johannesburg and Port Elizabeth and Cape Town. “The routes have been performing particularly well, indicating that there is a strong demand for value-driven air travel along the Eastern Cape and lower Western Cape seaboard,” said Nico. “The Johannesburg-George route’s potential commercial value is concomitant to research measuring demand along our coastline.”
