{"id":69540,"date":"2013-01-30T10:37:47","date_gmt":"2013-01-30T08:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=69540"},"modified":"2013-01-30T10:57:37","modified_gmt":"2013-01-30T08:57:37","slug":"mango-airline-launches-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/69540-mango-airline-launches-app.html","title":{"rendered":"Mango airline launches app"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mango<\/a> announced in a press statement today (30 January 2013) that it is the first domestic airline in SA to launch an app in the Apple App Store.<\/p>\n

The airline added that it does have plans to make the app available across most other mobile platforms during the next few months.<\/p>\n

Nico Bezuidenhout<\/a>, CEO of Mango, said that the popularity of their mobile website which launched last year indicated the need for mobile accessibility, such as apps.<\/p>\n

Since the launch of its mobi-site, Mango said it has logged in excess of 30,000 flight queries from it. Usage via Apple platforms dominates device types used, making up 60% of enquiry volume.<\/p>\n

Mango\u2019s app will let users book, pay, change flights, receive updated airline communication, and participate in promotions, the airline said.<\/p>\n

An information wallet will also lets users store generic travel details, Mango said.<\/p>\n

\"Mango

Mango iPhone app screenshots<\/p><\/div>\n

More airline tech news<\/h3>\n

Free Facebook and Twitter for SA flights<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Live TV in SA planes happening soon<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Free Wi-Fi on Durban-Johannesburg Mango flights<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

First Wi-Fi enabled flight in SA<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Flight mode to be allowed on more SA airlines<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

iPhone and iPad app for Mango airlines now available for download<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":69546,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[36,2402,17392],"class_list":["post-69540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-software","tag-active","tag-mango","tag-nico-bezuidenhout"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69540"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69540"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69540\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69554,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69540\/revisions\/69554"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}