ACSA grounds Mango flights
Flights by low-cost carrier Mango have been grounded indefinitely.
The airline’s spokesperson Benediction Zubane says they experienced difficulties accessing the Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) system to check in their customers at counters on Wednesday morning.
Zubane says the airline is working around the clock to find a solution.
"Right now, the minister of Transport Fikile Mbalula and Minister of Public Enterprise Pravin Gordhan, are in serious discussion to try and resolve the issue. We should find a solution soon," says Zubane.
Jacaranda FM News has it on good authority that no plane belonging to Mango will take to the skies until the debt to ACSA has been settled.
Zubane says at this point he cannot confirm if the suspension is based on late debt payments.
The airline is in a financial crisis after the government failed to give Mango a cash injection.
Mango is a subsidiary of South African Airways - and must receive some of the cash that the government has granted to the SOE.
