New planes for Mango

South African low-cost airline Mango will receive two new Boeing 737-800s in August. The fleet additions will sport the first set of new-look, environmentally friendlier seats.

Additional flights are scheduled for the Johannesburg-Durban, Durban-Cape Town and Cape Town-Johannesburg routes.

Mango is currently investigating both new domestic routes and regional destinations.

“We have applied for a schedule operation to two East African destinations and are presently in the final planning stages for a seventh domestic port,” said CEO Nico Bezuidenhout.

Mango currently operates charter flights to Zanzibar on behalf of tour operator AfricaStay.

The new seats will save approximately 820 kilograms in aircraft weight, resulting in overall emission reductions of up to 1,7 million tonnes of CO₂ annually, upon completion of the seat replacement programme. The existing fleet will be added to the programme once the new planes are in operation.

Mango has already reduced fleet weight by 270 kilograms per aircraft, with overall weight savings of the new fleet additions amounting to 1,090 kilograms each.

Mango will also launch a Durban base later this year, with permanently stationed aircraft enabling the airline to provide an improved schedule to and from the city.

EgyptAir adds more direct flights between Cairo and Doha

 According to breakingnewstravel, EgyptAir will operate two more direct flights between Cairo and Doha starting the beginning of June, using Boeing 737-800 aircraft. T
his will increase the total number of weekly flights to 14 flights a week, in a double daily operation to Doha. The new timetable between Egypt and Doha will see the Cairo flight depart at 10h00 and arrival in Doha at 14h10.
 Departure from Doha will then take place at 15h10 and arrival in Cairo will be 17h25. Thereafter, a flight will depart Cairo at 23h15 and arrive in Doha at 03h25. That will be followed by a Doha departure at 04h25 and arrival in Cairo at 06h40.