[wbcr_php_snippet id=”4203″]South Africa has a new airline that passengers can choose for their flight needs. Skywise Airlines officially launched in March 2015 with flights between Cape Town and Johannesburg. Skywise Airlines South Africa promises budget tickets with a red carpet treatment. They say that just because you fly on a low cost airline, you do not have to suffer through low cost service. They keep up with this premise by providing on time flights and friendly service at the most affordable rates.

How to Book Tickets on Skywise Airlines South Africa?

• Customers may purchase tickets from Skywise Airlines South Africa over the phone by calling their call centre. The call centre is open from 7 in the morning until 9 at night during the week and from 7 in the morning until 7 at night on weekends. 
• Skywise Airlines Africa customers can also purchase tickets directly at the Skywise ticket sales offices found at airports in which they operate. This also has opening and closing times.
• The alternative, and preferable choice would be to book online which is available all day long. The flight booking engine, which can be found on the home page of the Skywise Airlines South Africa website, is easy enough to use and flights can be found and booked in a matter of minutes. After the search engine finds all available flights for your location and date requirements, you may choose one for which you would make a booking. This step requires for you to enter in personal/contact details and to do payment. When this is finalized, the booking will be confirmed and you would receive booking confirmation with a unique reference number. This number will be used to amend bookings and during check-in. While online booking is the easiest and most convenient, for any extra services offered by Skywise Airlines South Africa, the customer would have to call in to the call centre to arrange for this.

Regular fliers also have the option of buying the Skywise Airlines South Africa flight pass. Skywise Airlines is the first airline in Africa to offer this facility to fliers which is basically an unlimited amount of bookings that can be made with Skywise Airlines South Africa for the month in which a pass is purchased. The pass can be bought on a monthly basis. There are no contracts to sign into stating that there would be a minimum month purchase requirement. The pass from Skywise Airlines South Africa can be bought only whenever needed. The pass has been very well received by frequent fliers, not only because of the huge savings that it bring but because of all the other fringe benefits as well. These include an easier booking process by having full access to a personal travel manager and also booking through the WhatsApp facility on smartphones. The pass also allows for passengers to get priority service during check-in at the airport and additional baggage weight. During the flight, holders of the pass will also receive a complimentary snack from the menu, which is in addition to the free cup of coffee offered on all Skywise Airlines South Africa flights.

What Baggage is Allowed on Skywise Airlines South Africa?

• The first baggage is carry-ons which can be taken with the passenger onto the Skywise flight. This piece of luggage must weight no more than 7 kilograms and must be able to fit into the overhead compartment in the plane
• Also included in the price of a Skywise Airline ticket is check-in luggage. A passenger may bring in a maximum of 2 pieces of luggage for check-in but they must total 20 kilograms. Alternatively a customer may just bring in 1 piece totalling 20 kilograms if they do not wish to be carrying around multiple pieces of luggage.

How to Check into Skywise Airlines South Africa?

Check-ins for Skywise Airlines South Africa can only be done at check-in desks at the airport. They open 2 hours before flight departure and close 45 minutes before flight departure. A couple of things are requested during check-in at Skywise Airlines South Africa

• The first is the 6 digit number found on the booking confirmation
• The second is proof of identity. This can be a Passport, Identity Document, Birth Certificate or Driver’s License. No copies will be permitted. These documents must be in the original form.
• Thirdly, if a credit card was used for payment then it will need to be provided for verification purposes.

The Skywise staff will then process all check-in baggage and assign seats to passengers.

After check-in, passengers are ready to board Skywise Airlines South Africa flights. Before boarding though, customers will have to pass through security with their carry-on luggage. Items which could potentially be used as a weapon will not be allowed into the flight. These items include guns, cutlery, scissors, syringes, blades and nail clippers. This is done for the safety of all passengers on the flight.

Further Information on Skywise Airlines South Africa

• Skywise Airlines South Africa does provide free in-flight reading material in the form of SKYE, a once a month published magazine. The magazine can also be found in airports which operate Skywise flights or can be downloaded for home reading.
• As is the norm on low cost flights, meals are not provided as standard on Skywise Airlines South Africa, however a complimentary cup of coffee is given to all passengers. Further snacks and beverages can be ordered from the inflight menu to be paid for in cash.
• As a new airline, Skywise understands the dilemma that South Africans face when deciding to book flights with them. They are however very confident in their staying power, and so they include free insurance in all flight tickets. This is an assurance to customers that they will be reimbursed the cost of their ticket(up to R2500) should Skywise Airlines South Africa close down.
• Skywise customers can also book Avis Car Hire vehicles directly on the Skywise website. Doing this, gets Skywise passengers a reduced rate on Avis vehicles. As one of the biggest car rental companies on the planet, Avis’s presence in South Africa is pretty big with branches across the country. The Avis car hire Durban and other branches have a selection of vehicles for Skywise passengers to choose from. Avis has car hire Durban, Johannesburg, Cape Town and other city branches located conveniently at airports for ease of access for Skywise passengers.