Virgin Australia
V Australia Flights
V Australia (www.vaustralia.co.za) is a long haul airline owned by the Virgin Group, and is based in Australia. It specialises in long haul flights to and from Australia. The airline only launched in 2009 and is only starting flights from South Africa in 2010. The name for the airline was decided by a public naming contest, with the runner up being Didgeree Blue going to be used to name their first aircraft.
V Australia Flight Specials
To book a flight on V Australia (v Australia co.za) you need to visit their website (www.vaustralia.co.za). However be sure to use our flight comparison site first to compare all flights and make sure you are getting the best deal.
V Australia Destinations
V Australia will only be having flights depart from Johannesburg Airport. The destinations include Perth, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Gold Coast and Launceston. It has however also partnered up with various other airlines to offer further destinations such as the USA.
Air Mauritius
Air Mauritius Flights
Air Mauritius (www.airmauritius.com) is the national airline for Mauritius. It, along with SAA, is one of the few airlines offering direct flights from South Africa to the island (Mauritius) so frequently. Air Mauritius has taken the step to be branded as ‘An island in the Sky’. To this effect they want you to feel like once you step on-board you are already in Mauritius.
Air Mauritius Flight Specials
To book a flight on Air Mauritius we recommend that you first go to our flight comparison tool and compare all the airlines to make sure they they really are the cheapest option for you. Then, if they are, check a few dates as often it is cheaper booking during the weak and during off-peak hours.
Brief History of Air Mauritius
The airline was established in 1967 and started flying internationally in 1977. The symbol of the airline is a fish-eating tropical bird, called the Paille-en-Queue. Air Mauritius was the first airline in the southern hemisphere to fly the Airbus A340.
Air Mauritius Destinations
Air Mauritius flies to many international destinations in Africa, Europe, Asia and Oceania. In South Africa it flies to/from Durban, Cape Town and Johannesburg. Most travellers from SA will use it to fly to Mauritius from South Africa or to get to Australia.
A few Air Mauritius misspellings:
www.airmauritius.com,www.airmauritius.co.za,air mauritius co.za,air mauritius co za
TTA Airlink Launches
TTA Airlink flights Johannesburg to Maputo
A brand new airline has just been announced that will be called TTA Airlink. It will be offering daily return flights between Johannesburg and Maputo. The morning flight leaves Joburg at 06h25 and the return leaves Maputo at 19h15. TTA Airlink is a partnership between Mozambique airline TTA and SA Airlink. TTA owns the lions share of the new airline. TTA Airlink serves two primary target segments. 1 – the business traveler who wants to travel to and return from Maputo on the same day, and 2 – the Mozambique traveler looking for a link to Joburg to catch an International flight to Europe/USA etc.
There are three other airlines currently offering this route, which are SAA, 1Time and LAM.
Book a flight on TTA Airlink
To book a flight on TTA Airlink, email us your flight requirements at marc (at) travelsupermarket.co.za
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Emirates Special Fares
In Emirates’ newsletter they have a few new specials to Australia as well as an announcement of their new routes. A really great thing with Emirates is that they fly internationally from Johannesburg, Cape Town as well as Durban.
Emirates Specials to Australia
These prices are from Johannesburg. The flights to Australia from Cape Town or Durban will be slightly more expensive. To get these specials you will need to book before the 31st March.
Perth – R7535
Sydney – R8639
Melbourne – R8511
Brisbane – R8665
Emirates also have flights to New Zealand, in particular Auckland for R9185 and Christchurch for R9039
Emirates are always expanding the destinations that they fly to and now include Madrid (Spain), Prague, Amsterdam (The Netherlands), Tokyo (Japan), Luanda (Angola), Maldives, Mauritius, Seychelles, Milan (Italy), Nice (France), Los Angeles (USA), San Francisco (USA), Guangzhou (China), Kozhikode (India), and Sao Paulo (Brazil).
Lufthansa Flight specials valentines
Lufthansa airlines have put together some fantastic Valentines day flight specials. Thee flights are most to Europe and all fly from Johannesburg and Cape Town. The prices quoted below are from Joburg (the Cape Town flights will be slightly more expensive) and are based on the fact that you need to book two tickets at the same time (it’s Valentines day after all)).
Paris R5990
London R6546
Malagna R5755
Hamburg R5800
Nice R5950
Porto R5805
Valencia R5750
To get these flight specials, one needs to book direct with Lufthansa, but you should always also compare flights on our site to make sure you are getting the best deal
SAA
FlySaa
Saa is the national carrier of South Africa. Since the low cost airlines came into the market, such as Kulula.com, flyMango and 1Time, they have had to really lift their game in order to stay competitive. This has resulted in more on-time flights, better service and cheaper deals. However, being that Saa (www.flysaa.com) is such a massive organisation, these things do take time and as such most people still prefer to fly the budget airlines when flying domestically.
Destinations
Saa flies to all domestic locations such as durban, cape town, johannesburg, george, port elizabeth, richards bay etc. They also fly internationally to London (heathrow), europe, and that States.
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Xtra Info
SAA is often referred to as flysaa,flysaa.com,flysaa.co.za,fly saa com,
Mango
Mango Airlines
Mango Airlines is completed owned and managed by SAA. They are a low cost airline. It is the third and last budget airline in South Africa and well known for its bright orange colour.
They have been doing large advertising pushes recently and have very competitive deals. Many people have though questioned how separate they are from SAA and whether our tax money is being used to keep them afloat while the other airlines (namely 1Time) struggle with making the company profitable in its own right.
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Xtra info
Mango Airlines is often referred to as mango.co.za,flymango,fly mango,flymango.com,flymango.co.za,flymango coza
Destinations
Mango airlines flies to and from the following destinations:
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1Time
1Time
1Time (www.1time.co.za) was not the first low cost airline in South Africam but they have managed to really dig into the market share that kulula.com had and grown the airline masively. 1Time are also the only low budget airline in SA that are not owned and run by a larger company (airline). Kulula is owned and managed by Comair (BA) and Mango is owned by SAA. However 1Time is owned by its 4 entrepreneurs who launched it. The company also makes money by having a airplane servicing section.
Destinations:
Onetime flies to and from cape town, durban, johannesburg (joburg), Richards Bay.
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Xtra info
1time is often referred to as 1time.co.za,1time.com,1time coza,onetime.com,one time coza,onetime.co.za,www.1time.aero,www.onetime.co.za
Useful Sites
Wikipedia
Official
Kulula
Kulula.com
Kulula is the original low cost (budget/no frills) airline. When it first launched it took the South African market by storm as South African’s had never heard of no frills air travel before. More than this there was a monopoly at the time with almost every flight being run by SAA – the national carrier. As such prices remained high and service remained low.
Once Kulula (www.kulula.com) launched that all changed. Due to their low cost set up and super low prices many more South Africans were able to fly, and those who were flying already were able to fly even more frequently. Kulula was able to offer such low prices due to the fact that they did not offer any free meals or beverages on the flight and luggage weight was also restricted.
However for such short flight times (cape town to joburg flights etc.) it was not an issue and most people were very welcoming of it, especially since it also meant that prices were so much cheaper.
Xtra info
Kulula.com is often refered to as kulula-air.com,kulula air,kulula air coza,kalula,kalula.com
Kulula.com flies to durban, johannesburg (joburg), cape town (capetown), port elizabeth, pietermaritzberg, richards bay and bloemfontein.