South Africa's Mango Airlines briefly suspends flights due to outstanding payment

South African Airways subsidiary Mango Airlines temporarily suspended all flights and services on Tuesday until further notice due to outstanding payments to Air Traffic Navigation Services, Mango acting CEO William Ndlovu said. “Senior management and our shareholder are locked-in in emergency discussions to find an amicable solution to this impasse,” Ndlovu said. The budget carrier is in a dire financial position despite the South African parliament having approved a special allocation of 2.7b rand ($182.3m) for SAA subsidiaries. On Monday SAA’s interim CE Thomas Kgokolo said Mango will enter a local form of bankruptcy protection known as business rescue.<br/>