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Kulula challenges rivals on Cup prices

12 Feb 2010

Since the World Cup draw, at the beginning of December 2009, kulula.com claims to have consistently offered the lowest airfares during the tournament and is now challenging other airlines to similarly reduce prices.

The airline has added 28 000 seats, mostly on its new Boeing 737-800 aircraft, and undertaken to provide an additional 15 000 seats if demand for World Cup seats grows.

Many of the additional flights are to and from Lanseria, which has proved to be a popular choice for World Cup travellers for its ease of use and low cost flights, where flights from that airport during June 2010 are still being sold from as little as R419. "It's our policy to rather add more flights than push prices up. If you compare the prices of domestic flights during the tournament, our prices are the lowest,” said kulula executive Heidi Brauer.