Qantas will move to a daily schedule on its Sydney-Johannesburg route Sept. 21 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 CEO Alan Joyce said the Qantas South African route was a key route for the airline and the addition of a seventh service provides Qantas customers with greater flexibility for travel between Australia and South Africa.
“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,” said Joyce. “The daily schedule from Sydney will also now complement our daily codeshare services from Perth with South African Airways.”
Qantas has operated services to South Africa for 62 years and is the only carrier to operate nonstop 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 promote the new daily service, Qantas is offering some special fares in both its Economy and Premium Economy cabins: $1,499 all inclusive Economy fare from Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney to Johannesburg and $2,999 all inclusive Premium Economy fare from Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney to Johannesburg. Both sales are for travel July 19 to Sept. 15. The sale ends June 6. South African Airways will codeshare on each daily service. For more information, visit www.qantas.com.au.