African Budget Airlines
The African budget airlines is very much concentrated into the southern part of Africa, with South African Johannesburg and Cape Town being major budget airline hubs.
However, all parts of the continent are starting to work with low-cost airlines, and many of the new airlines are operated by existing national carriers. As a whole, the African continent is still in the early phases of low-cost carrier development. The most advanced of African low-cost airline markets, the South African one, is seeing strong competition, as South African Airlines is also considering launching its own budget airline to compete with local low-cost carriers kulula.com and 1time. African Budget Airlines Directory 1Time www.1time.co.za / www.1time.aero 1Time is a South African low-cost airline that started operations on 25th of February, 2004. Destinations: Joburg, Cape Town, Durban, East London, George, Port Elizabeth, Lusaka. Atlas Blue www.atlas-blue.com Atlas Blue airline is a fully-owned subsidiary of Royal Air Maroc (RAM). The company was incorporated on 28 May 2004. Destinations: Lyon, Agadir, Al Hoceima, Amsterdam, Bordeaux, Brussels, Geneva, Lille, London, Marseille, Marrakech, Milan, Nador, Nantes, Nice, Oujda, Tangier, Toulouse. Kulula www.kulula.com Kulula is a budget airline based in South Africa. The company started operations in August of 2001. The company is a 100% owned subsidiary of Comair. Destinations: Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, Port Elizabeth, George, Mpumalanga, Harare, Windhoek, Lusaka, Lanseria. Red Sea Flights www.redseaflights.com Red Sea Flights flies cheap flights between UK destinations and the Egyptian Red Sea Riviera. Destinations: London, Sharm el-Sheikh, Manchester, Marsa Alam, Hurghada. Virgin Nigeria www.virginnigeria.com Virgin Nigeria is Nigeria's private sector flag carrier, 51% owned by Nigerian institutional investors and 49% owned by Virgin Atlantic. The airline was formed in September 2004. Their base is at Murtala Mohammed International Airport. Destinations: Lagos, London, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Accra, Douala, Johannesburg.
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