Mango Airlines, South African low cost carrier, suspended all flights on Tuesday, July 27, 2021.
In a statement the carrier said:
‘We can confirm that our services and all flights are temporarily suspended from today, 27 July 2021 until further notice due to outstanding payments to ATNS.’
ATNS is a supplier of Air Traffic Management solutions and associated services based in South Africa. Airline says senior management and shareholder are in discussions to find a solution and it plans to resume normal operations as soon as possible.
Mango airlines, founded in 2006, is a subsidiary of South African Airways.
On Monday interim CEO of South African Airways, Thomas Kgokolo said in a release that Mango Airlines, will go into business rescue and is receiving top priority with intense consultations underway with all key stakeholders. He also added June and July salaries have not been paid to Mango staff and this is receiving urgent attention.
This post was published on 28 July 2021 8:42 pm