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    • Guys, Our New Domestic Airline Will Be Serving Cocktails On Board

      21 May 2015 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      Goodie gumdrops! Another airline in South Africa that has the chance of not making a mockery of itself! Imagine that. Do you think they can do it?

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    • Monday Morning Spice

      25 Mar 2013 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments

      Amanda Knox will hear retrial fate today. BEE blamed for 1Time Airlines demise. Bill Gates offers $1 million for new condom. Cyprus bailout wins approval. Litvinenko’s wife speaks out about latest Russian oligarch death.

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    • New Airlines, Skywise Is Set To Take Off With Lower Domestic Flight Costs

      07 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments

      See what we did there with the headline? Low cost flying is set to make a come back when Skywise begins operations between OR Tambo International Airport and Cape Town International Airport in the latter part of this year. Skywise is aiming to cut domestic flight costs by 20%, says Finance Director and former Founding […]

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    • Local Airlines Don’t Want Fastjet To Enter The Market

      23 Jan 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      State-owned low-cost airline Mango, and Comair, which operates British Airways flights and low-cost operator kulula.com, are chief amongst those that don’t want another low-cost airline operating in South Africa.

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    • 1Time Airline To Fly By Christmas?

      05 Dec 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments

      As it stands, there is a good chance that 1time Airline might be flying by Christmas. Not under that name, but it would still be better than nothing.

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    • 1Time Failed Because Of Gross Mismanagement – Here’s How

      12 Nov 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments

      It appears that 1time Airline ignored a plan that could have returned the low budget airline to profitability within months. Gross mismanagement by 1time’s founders and its current owners are to blame.

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    • 1Time Airlines Founders Apply To Launch New Low Cost Airline

      09 Nov 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment

      Oh, sure. You should definitely invest in that. A collective of 1Time Airlines founders have applied to the Air Services Licensing Council (ASLC) for a licence to start a low-cost airline. Moneyweb has the scoop: An e-mailed statement from the Department of Transport toMoneyweb states that Rodney James, the previous CEO of 1Time Airlines Pty Ltd and […]

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    • 1Time CEO Says Airline Has Not Filed For Liquidation

      05 Nov 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      Blackie Komani, 1time Airline CEO, has today said that the airline has not filed for liquidation, and that it has just “suspended our services as an airline.”

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    • 1Time Airlines Files For Liquidation – Services Suspended With Immediate Effect

      02 Nov 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 7 Comments

      South Africa’s scariest airline, 1Time, has filed for liquidation. EWN reporter Mandy Wiener tweeted the news late on Friday afternoon. CEO Blackie Komani stated that 1Time’s services would be suspended with immediate effect. At the time of the announcement, the company’s website was down, and it was confirmed that the company would not be honouring […]

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    • 1Time Will Retrench 15% Of Its Staff

      11 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment

      1time CEO Blacky Komani recently said that his airline owed Acsa as much as R130 million. As part of cost cutting measures, the company will now retrench 15% of its workforce.

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    • Friday Morning Spice

      05 Oct 2012 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments

      Zumaville upgrade: Last-minute bid to hide costs. 1time airlines have turned to the government for a bailout. Tom Cruise divorce papers leaked. Mitt Romney wins TV debate.

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    • 1time Airline Cancels Johannesburg To Mombasa Route

      28 Aug 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments

      1time has announced in a statement that it will halt operations between Johannesburg and Mombasa – effective from September 17.

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    • 1Time Airline In Serious Financial Trouble, Files For Business Rescue

      22 Aug 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 11 Comments

      Earlier this year, it was reported that 1time Airline was in serious financial trouble, and some even wondered if they’d be around next year. 1time now requires a business rescue as they are “financially distressed”, and owe millions.

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    • Yet Another 1Time Emergency Landing – Where Does It End?

      21 Aug 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 20 Comments

      The exact same 1time aircraft that was forced to make an emergency landing on August 5th this year was forced to do the same yesterday afternoon on its way to Durban from Cape Town.

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    • Russian Roulette In The Air: A 1Time Flight Might Just Be Your Last

      07 Aug 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 5 Comments

      “The plane that we were on was old and had sticky tape holding up the emergency exit sign,” says 1Time passenger about Sunday’s 1Time flight T6 653 that made an emergency landing shortly after take-off.

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    • Monday Morning Spice

      06 Aug 2012 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments

      Usain breaks Olympic record. 1Time Airlines emergency landing. Another US mass shooting. Murray beats Federer. Clint endorses Mitt. More anti-fracking group.

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    • Loud ‘Explosion’ On 1Time Airlines Flight Last Wednesday – What Happened?

      15 Jun 2012 by Seth Rotherham / 10 Comments

      1Time Airlines‘ flight T6 648 left Cape Town last week Wednesday (6 June) at 17h45 en route to Durban’s King Shaka airport. Like many flights you hear about (usually unconfirmed second-hand stories, never addressed by the airline), there was an ‘issue’ on board which no-one ever talks about again and the airline certainly doesn’t clarify. […]

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    • Mom Too Afraid To Let Daughter Fly 1Time, Issues Fake Bomb Scare

      31 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      A mother caused chaos yesterday when she called the 1Time call centre to tell them there was a bomb on one of their aircrafts. The valiant woman didn’t want her daughter to board a flight from Jozi to George, but alas, it was too late, and the aircraft was already in the air by the time the threat was received.

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    • That, Is An Ex-Parrot

      14 Jan 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      750 African Grey parrots perished on a 1Time airlines flight from Johannesburg’s OR Tambo airport to Durban’s King Shaka Airport on Christmas Eve. The parrots had been captured in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and were transported to South Africa for resale as pets in the second stage of a three-part transaction of a larger group of parrots.

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    • Monday Morning Badvertising – Death Planes

      15 Nov 2010 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      If you’re trying to sell air tickets, it’s a very, very bad idea to have the words “death” and “holiday” in the same advertisement. 1Time Airlines, who have apparently taken up the mantle from Nationwide as South Africa’s scariest airline, have done just that with this delightful email campaign. Your Monday morning dose of badvertising, after the jump.

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