South African LCC Mango (JE) are to launch daily return flights between Johannesburg and the coastal city of Port
Elizabeth as well as Cape Town and Port Elizabeth effective 5 December. Johannesburg - PE bookings will be available from Tuesday 20 November.
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Port Elizabeth will be the second new airport in the Mango stable in
15 months with Johannesburg's Lanseria launched in mid-2011.
Source [Mango]“There is a requirement for a low cost carrier on the Johannesburg Port Elizabeth and Cape Town Port Elizabeth route and with the recent exit of capacity Mango has brought forward its plans by a few months in order to accommodate market demand,” said CEO Nico Bezuidenhout.
The new route is one
of several planned for the next 18 months with a focus on the
east-African seaboard.