Showing posts with label low cost airlines. Show all posts
Showing posts with label low cost airlines. Show all posts

Friday, November 30, 2007

All Nationwide flights grounded

Johannesburg - The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has grounded all Nationwide flights, the airline confirmed on Friday. Nationwide was notified by fax late on Thursday night that the CAA had revoked its aviation maintenance organisation licence, said the airline's sales and marketing manager Charmaine Thome.
"This has led to the grounding of aircraft," she said, adding: "We don't know where we stand at the moment." Thome said the airline had not been given a "solid reason" for the move.
Engine drama. It had not once been told it was linked to the drama at Cape Town International Airport on November 7 when an engine dropped off Nationwide flight CE723.
"We were cleared of that incident," said Thome.

The Johannesburg-bound Boeing 737 lost one of its two engines during take-off from Cape Town airport, yet managed to land safely half an hour later.
The airline said the engine had sucked in "an object" as the plane was taking off.
Following the incident, the CAA ordered a full inspection of all Boeing 737-200s.
Boeing 737-200s belonging to Comair and Kulula and SAA Cargo were later declared safe after engine mount inspections.

For the rest of this News24 article, go here.

NVDL: It may not be justified but even before this incident I had decided never to fly with Nationwide again. I'd had a cellphone stolen out of my bag and when I reported it, their attitude was: 'Ja, it happens all the time.' There was no sense of attempting to find the phone. Although this may be the case with other airlines, it's still a sorry set of standards. On the other hand, I think the service you get from Kulula.com is excellent. That's simply how it works: treat a customer with disdain and he or she will do the same to you.

Tuesday, October 09, 2007

KULULA Special Offer: R200 JHB-CTN


From a KULULA.com press release:
If you're looking to travel to/from Cape Town, Durbs or PE – Kulula Jetsetter has a special deal going. Kulula have increased their flights in and out of Jo'burgs other airport , Lanseria International Airport. If you've already used this easy airport, you'll know that parking is a breeze (and much cheaper!), check-in and your baggage collection is quick, and moving through this convenient airport couldn't be easier, AND, is if that wasn't enough, we've decided to give you some great fares on our three routes:

R199, one way (excluding airport taxes)

Fly between Lanseria Airport and Cape Town, Durbs, PE - book online before these seats sell out to travel between 28 October until 28 November 2007.
To book your tickets - and hurry to avoid missing out - click here.

Friday, September 14, 2007

Benefits of Being on Discovery Vitality


I found a deal on the internet: R505 one way to George.

In the end, the best deals on cheap airlines are simply booking way in advance. I'm paying over 5 times the above amount for 1 person, just because I didn't book well in advance (unfortunately I only received all the necessary info at the last minute).

Can't they start an airline based on last minute bookings that still provide cheap airfares?

Anyway I've already enjoyed some benefits from being on Discovery. Think after being a member for a week I got really sick, and claimed about R400 immediately in terms of a doctor's visit and medication. Also saved something like R400 on the flight I booked.

Other low cost airlines are:

1Time
Mango
South African Express
Nationwide

Online booking services:

Travelstart
iFly
Cheap Fares

Travel Start is actually a great one. You enter your itinerary and it does a global search across all airline platforms.