- South Africans won’t be able to fly directly to the island of Zanzibar due to Mango Airlines’ cash crunch.
- Instead, travellers will now need to catch at least a connecting flight from Julius Nyerere International Airport in Dar es Salaam.
- Zanzibar doesn’t require foreign tourists to quarantine and remains a popular holiday destination for South Africans amid the pandemic.
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Mango Airlines, the only carrier with a direct route between South Africa and Zanzibar, has suspended its flights to the island amid severe financial constraints. The Indian Ocean island is a popular holiday destination for travel-restricted South Africans. I does not require visitors to quarantine.
Mango, the low-cost subsidiary of embattled national carrier, South African Airways (SAA), is expected to ground all flights in May due to a lack of funding. The cash crunch emanates from SAA’s ongoing business rescue process which…