Flights between the cities will operate Fridays through to Mondays with an initial frequency of one daily air lift in either direction. Johannesburg-George is the airline's third new domestic route in the past twelve months.
"The route between Johannesburg and George as well as its frequencies and scheduling was designed particularly with the leisure market in mind," says Mango CEO, Nico Bezuidenhout. "As the midway point in the Garden Route with spectacular natural beauty, George provides access to close-by destinations such as Knysna, Plettenberg Bay and Wilderness among others. It represents a totally new market for Mango with traveller volumes expected to show sustained growth over the next twelve months."
Mango launched two routes in early December last year; between Port Elizabeth and Johannesburg and Port Elizabeth and Cape Town. "The routes have been performing particularly well indicating that there is a strong demand for value driven air travel along the Eastern Cape and lower Western Cape seaboard," says Bezuidenhout.
"The Johannesburg-George route's potential commercial value is concomitant to research measuring demand along our coastline."
Bookings for flights departing 18 November 2013 onwards between Johannesburg and George will be available today across all the airline's distribution channels.
