Mango (airline)
Mango Airlines SOC Ltd, trading as Mango, is a South African low-cost airline based at the OR Tambo International Airport, and a subsidiary of South African Airways.
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. Mango planned to join Star Alliance as a Connecting Partner in the third quarter of 2016 but the plan has been put on hold due to South African Airways' financial state.Corporate affairs
Ownership
Mango is 100% owned by South African Airways, which is itself owned by the government of South Africa, but operates independently as a low-cost airline with its own Board and balance sheet.Business trends
Financial and operational figures for Mango are fully incorporated within the SAA Group figures.Not all the results in the Group reports are broken down to subsidiary level, however, and therefore some figures below are from press reports. As of March 2020, no results for Mango have been released for 2018 and 2019 because SAA has not itself released its Group results.
| 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | |
| Turnover | 1,360 | 1,942 | 2,200 | 2,300 | 2,143 | |||||
| Net Profit/Loss before tax | 40.3 | 38.0 | ||||||||
| Net Profit/Loss after tax | 10.9 | 13.7 | 0.3 | 39.1 | 12.5 | |||||
| Number of passengers | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 2.9 |
| Passenger load factor | 86 | 77 | 81.3 | 82.4 | 81.0 | 83.2 | ||||
| Number of staff | 598 | 713 | ||||||||
| Number of aircraft | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 |
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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.Destinations
Mango serves the following destinations:| Country | City | Airport | Notes |
| South Africa | Bloemfontein | Bram Fischer International Airport | |
| South Africa | Cape Town | Cape Town International Airport | Focus City |
| South Africa | Durban | King Shaka International Airport | |
| South Africa | George | George Airport | |
| South Africa | Johannesburg | OR Tambo International Airport | Hub |
| South Africa | East London | East London Airport | |
| South Africa | Port Elizabeth | Port Elizabeth Airport | |
| Tanzania | Zanzibar | Zanzibar International Airport |
Fleet
, the Mango fleet consists of the following aircraft:Services
In-flight services
As a low-cost airline, Mango features a uniform fleet of aircraft with high seating density. Mango also offers online ticketing. A standard booking does not include food and drinks. Mango offers a buy on board programme offering food and drinks for purchase.Mango provides an in-flight magazine Mango Juice and used to offer Mango TV, a former daily in flight entertainment programme viewable on the drop-down televisions placed throughout the aircraft. In-flight Wi-Fi is also available on all flights for a fee, except on ZS-VDB as this is an older aircraft. Wi-fi services are provided by G-Connect, a local internet broadband provider.