SAA to have fewer domestic flights, as Mango’s increase
As part of the South African Airways Group’s turnaround strategy and ‘rationalisation programme’, the revised schedules officially take effect on January 15 2018
State-owned South African Airways (SAA) Group has set in motion its September announcement that it would rationalise the route networks of national carrier SAA and its low-cost subsidiary Mango.The exercise will see more Mango flights scheduled and the number of SAA’s domestic flights reduced. An industry expert said this may result in some inconvenience to SAA passengers who have, for instance, booked business-class seats, which are not available on Mango.SAA spokesperson Tlali Tlali said passengers would be "assisted" and presented with options in such an event. The preferred option would be to accept an economy-class seat on Mango, but if that proved unacceptable, they would be offered an alternative SAA flight."Business-class passengers tend to fly in the morning, while others usually take later flights," he said. "But if that is not acceptable, ticket refunds would be a possibility." He said a seamless booking change was expected.The announcement was made on Thursday, though th...
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