{"id":18549,"date":"2011-03-26T09:01:40","date_gmt":"2011-03-26T07:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whalecottage.com\/blog\/?p=18549"},"modified":"2011-03-26T09:02:33","modified_gmt":"2011-03-26T07:02:33","slug":"velvet-sky-takes-off-makes-other-low-cost-airlines-high-cost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/whale-cottage-portfolio\/velvet-sky-takes-off-makes-other-low-cost-airlines-high-cost\/","title":{"rendered":"Velvet Sky takes off, makes other ‘low-cost’ airlines high cost!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>South Africa’s newest airline, and lowest cost operator, Velvet Sky, started flying earlier this week between Johannesburg and Cape Town, and Johannesburg and Durban, reports Southern African Tourism Update.<\/strong> Currently there is a daily flight between Cape Town and Johannesburg, at the cost of R802 return,\u00a0and 12 flights per week between Johannesburg and Durban, at the cost of R402 return.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The new airline’s pay-off line, in its refreshing and funky advertising, is “Love every moment”, something the passengers of other low-cost airlines no longer seem to do, judging by the tweets one reads on Twitter.<\/p>\n

The new airline belongs to Macdonald Holdings, an industrial\u00a0company which has operated for more than 40 years.\u00a0\u00a0 Velvet Sky Chairman Cecil Reddy says: “Having spent the last two years assessing all trends and demands of the airline industry, we are extremely eager to enter this market and believe that now is, without doubt, the perfect time to do so”.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Planes have been leased from Aergo, and are Boeing 737-300’s.\u00a0\u00a0 Customers can pre-order in-flight snacks and drinks at R30, bookable online or at the check-in desks at the airports.<\/p>\n

First Car Rental has been signed\u00a0up by Velvet Sky, and the airline is looking at linking up with other\u00a0partners to offer passengers\u00a0“amazing package deals when planning their travel experiences with us”, Reddy added.<\/p>\n

Chris von Ulmenstein, Whale Cottage Portfolio: www.whalecottage.com<\/a>\u00a0 Twitter: @WhaleCottage<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

South Africa’s newest airline, and lowest cost operator, Velvet Sky, started flying earlier this week between Johannesburg and Cape Town, and Johannesburg and Durban, reports Southern African Tourism Update. Currently there is a daily flight between Cape Town and Johannesburg, at the cost of R802 return,\u00a0and 12 flights per week between Johannesburg and Durban, at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false},"categories":[124,22,21],"tags":[568,10723,10724,32366,10722,32378,332,10725,99,10720,10721,10726,1587,10719,32373],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t