1Time Johannesburg to Harare Route
After posting some impressive stock results in 2009, owing to increasing passenger numbers despite the recession and not being able to operate from Lanseria (like Kulula), 1Time are planning on aggressively growing even more in 2010. They plan on doing this by increasing the flight options they offer to other African countries. The only pre-requisite at the moment is that these destinations need to be within 4 hours of Johannesburg (flight time). At the moment 1Time are flying from Joburg to Maputo and to Livingstone, however if a slot opens up would be wanting to also offer flights to Harare in Zimbabwe.
1Time Directors Resign
New SA Airline On its Way?
Two Directors of 1Time airlines have just resigned, namely Petersen and Harrison. The leaving was apparently not heated or bitter, as the current CEO explains, “there was no bitter boardroom battle… it was negotiated in a few days, we’ve been partners for six year so we shook hands… they’re pilots, they wanted to fly.” That is a strange term to use, that is, “they wanted to fly”. Does this mean that the two of them are planning on launching their own new low-cost airline in the South African market? The two men bought Aeronexus Corporate from 1Time, which for all intensive purposes is just a shell company, as the aircraft assets and charter contracts have been transferred to 1Time. For the sale, no physical cash changed hands, as the previous Directors were owed shareholder loans, canceling out the sale amount.
The two previous Directors have also agreed not to flood the market with 1Time shares that they still own. Interesting times ahead…
Kulula Sale
Kulula are having a sale starting at 6am today and ending on the 28 January at midnight. They will be offering flights for only R299 and R399 (including all taxes and fees).
In order to qualify for these, the flights need to be booked for travel between the 1st February and the 25th June 2010. So these deals are also avaliable during the Soccer World Cup (but be fast). The Kulula Sale is over once seats sell out, or at midnight 28th January.
Here are the deals. For R299 (including all taxes) you can fly:
Johannesburg <–> Durban
Port Elizabeth <–> Cape Town
Port Elizabeth <–>Durban
and for R399 (including all taxes) you can fly:
Johannesburg <–> Cape Town
Johannesburg <–>Port Elizabeth
Durban <–> Cape Town
You need to book directly with Kulula to get these deals. Don’t forget to use our flight comparison tool as well.
1Time pre-soccer flights
1Time are running a promotion they are calling the pre-soccer world cup flight specials. They are offering flights for just R291 (oneway, including all taxes) from Johannesburg to Durban. There are also deals (oneway) from Joburg to Livingstone and various others with the price of R391. As per usual these are first come first serve, and there are only a few seats on certain flights that are avaliable. The only way is to try and check your dates and see if the pre-soccer tickets are avaliable. These need to be book direct with 1time, but you should always also compare flights using our comparison tool.
Mango’s Air Race
Mango’s Air Race
Mango Airlines have launched a new competition called the Mango Air Race. It consists of creating an account (free) online and then flying a digital airplane around to the various Mango destinations. The person with the fastest flight time wins and the grand prize is a trip for you and 10 of your friends to go to all mango destinations for free with car hire, accomodation and spending money included.
It is currently on clickandfly.co.za
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What is a low cost airline
Low Cost Airlines
These cheaper airlines first came to prominence in the US with South West Airlines and in the UK with Ryanair and EasyJet.
Then a few years later South Africa got its first real low cost airline, namely Kulula. Kulula opened up the world of flying to an entirely new demographic many of which had never flown in a plane before.
Swiftly following Kulula.com was Onetime, and then we also got Mango airlines. But what exactly is a low cost airline?
A low cost (sometimes called budget) is an airline that removes the frills from flying in order to decrease the cost. This means that whereas on a typical flight you will receive food and beverages for free, on a lowcost airline, you will need to pay for them. This is not a problem for local flights, but long haul flights would work out to be too difficult and so no budget airline as yet does long haul flights.
These cheap airlines also limit the baggage you can carry, sometimes even charging for hand luggage.
Can they take this cost cutting and revenue generation too far? Well, yes.
Look for example at Ryaniar in the UK. The inside of the place is simply covered in advertising from third parties, and there are rumours that they are apprently considering charging passengers £1 to use the toilet!
Book with our low cost airlines
Kulula.co.za
Mango Flights
1Time