SAA surprises with cheapest Mauritius flight prices

[Hanno Labuschagne]

SAA surprises with cheapest Mauritius flight prices

South African Airways (SAA) will resume flights to Mauritius on 21 November 2021, and a basic comparison revealed that its prices are lower than its competitors.

SAA said flights to Mauritius would initially operate on Wednesdays and Sundays, departing Johannesburg OR Tambo International at 09h45, with return flights departing Mauritius at 16h35.

“Part of our growth strategy is to identify routes where there is demand and which can be profitable to the carrier,” said SAA interim CEO Thomas Kgokolo.

 

[azbob]

97% of this thread will be people who won’t fly SAA “even if you paid us” with the rest having had great service with SAA and not hesitating to support them with the former 97% chastising them for wasting “our money”.

 

[Ghost64]

I flew SAA once (international).
Watched Ratatouille and slept like a baby...
Was good.

 

[supersunbird]

And where is the guarantee that these cheap flights will actually happen and if it doesn't happen the refunds will be snappy, given:

SAA disaster

Less than three weeks after taking to the skies again, South African Airways is already facing a backlash from staff, cancelled flights, and support problems.

mybroadband.co.za

 

[B-1]

Do they offer COD?

 

[supersunbird]

Do they offer COD?

Only the flights to Afghanistan and Somalia.

 

[RonSwanson]

97% of this thread will be people who won’t fly SAA “even if you paid us” with the rest having had great service with SAA and not hesitating to support them with the former 97% chastising them for wasting “our money”.

And I am proudly one of them.
Tsek SAA.

 

[heartbroken]

And where is the guarantee that these cheap flights will actually happen and if it doesn't happen the refunds will be snappy, given:

SAA disaster

Less than three weeks after taking to the skies again, South African Airways is already facing a backlash from staff, cancelled flights, and support problems.

mybroadband.co.za

Buying a ticket on SAA is like giving a bergie R200 and asking him to quickly pop into the shop and bring you back a bottle.

 

[Shadowchaser1]

Not sustainable.

 

[r00igev@@r]

Best flight I ever had was in the 90's on the SAA 747SP. The days when you could walk into the cockpit and have a chat with the pilots.
He showed me that altimeter which was at 47000 feet. You'll never see that again he told me. Closest I've been to space.

 

[RudderVator]

Not sustainable.

Not sustainable? Mauritius is a 4 hour flight costing 5k per person. They have been insane with their prices for years in partnership with Air Mauritius.
In the past it has reached 15-16K per person return on economy!

 

[jeremyc]

With the way SAA currently cannot AFFORD to maintain their aircraft, they couldn't pay me to fly on them, never mind over the sea

 

[supersunbird]

Not sustainable? Mauritius is a 4 hour flight costing 5k per person. They have been insane with their prices for years in partnership with Air Mauritius.
In the past it has reached 15-16K per person return on economy!

Maybe that price is sustainable?

Remember how people moan a lot about Tymebanks and Rains service levels? It's cause the product is cheap.

 

[Kodi]

got to hand it to these clowns... an opportunistic spin on an otherwise shameful situation.

FlySafair CEO Elmar Conradie said it is an exciting milestone for them to expand beyond the South African domestic market.

 

[neoprema]

All the airlines on that list are insane.

You can fly Heathrow to Mauritius return for R15k? But a 4-hr return flight from JHB is (almost) the same?
And that was just a quick Skyscanner search, packaged deals from EU will be even cheaper.

Either taking chances or our Govt is milking the airport taxes.

 

[supersunbird]

got to hand it to these clowns... an opportunistic spin on an otherwise shameful situation.

Why are FlySafair clowns?

 

[neoprema]

Why are FlySafair clowns?

R13900 to fly to Mauritius? United is selling JHB-USA destinations return for R14.5k.

 

[wingnut771]

I flew SAA once (international).
Watched Ratatouille and slept like a baby...
Was good.

Flying SAA has always been a nice experience.

That is not the problem.

 

[wingnut771]

Not sustainable? Mauritius is a 4 hour flight costing 5k per person. They have been insane with their prices for years in partnership with Air Mauritius.
In the past it has reached 15-16K per person return on economy!

SAA staff: 1000
Planes: 8

1000/8=125 staff per plane

 

[RonSwanson]

SAA staff: 1000
Planes: 8

1000/8=125 staff per plane

Great, so 1 personal butler for every two passengers?