Qantas to Increase Flights between Sydney and Johannesburg

Qantas is to increase its services on the Sydney – Johannesburg route to a daily flight from 21 September 2010.

The Qantas South African route, otherwise known as the Wallaby Route because of the ‘short hops’ between ports along the way in the early days, has gone from strength to strength.

This year Qantas celebrates 62 years of services to South Africa and continues to be the only carrier to operate non stop services between Sydney and Johannesburg. Qantas increased services from five to six per week on the route in late 2008 and introduced Premium Economy on the route in March 2008.

To celebrate the new daily service, Qantas is offering some special fares in both its Economy and Premium Economy cabins:

A$1,499 all inclusive Economy fare from Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney to Johannesburg and;
A$2,999 all inclusive Premium Economy fare from Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney to Johannesburg.

Both fares are for travel between 19 July and 15 September 2010 inclusive. The sale ends 6 June 2010.

“Qantas is pleased to now offer a daily service from Sydney to Johannesburg with the introduction of an additional Boeing 747 service on Tuesdays, adding another 350 seats per week and more than 18,000 seats per year,” Qantas Chief Executive Officer, Mr Alan Joyce, said. “South Africa is an important market for Qantas, particularly for business travel and it is important for us to offer our customers the flexibility of daily services.”

South African Airways will codeshare on each daily service.

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