Farewell Nationwide |
30 May 2008 flights |
With the dust starting to settle around Nationwide's liquidation, the hard questions need to be asked - were Nationwide aware that they were insolvent at the same time as selling airline tickets? On happier news, Mango airlines are offering the cheapest flight from Johannesburg to Cape Town (flight JE169 scheduled to leave Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport at 1735 and arrive at Cape Town Airport at 1950):
Flights from Johannesburg to Cape Town |
Bus trips from Johannesburg to Cape Town |
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British Airways |
790 |
Baz Bus (7 day pass) |
1020 |
Kulula from OR Tambo |
714 |
360 |
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Kulula from Lanseria |
706 |
Greyhound coach |
440 |
Mango Airline |
698 |
Intercape coach |
330 |
1time Airline |
719 |
SA Roadlink coach |
399 |
South African Airways |
1196 |
Translux coach |
450 |
Flights surveyed are scheduled to leave Johannsburg Airport between 1819 and 2036 on the 30th May 2008.
Go Intercape go
For the first time in our surveys, the Intercape coach is cheapest, charging R330 for a coach trip from Johannesburg to Cape Town. Your options with the Intercape coach are as follows:
From/To |
Depart |
Arrive |
Full Flexi |
Flexi |
Saver |
Notes |
Johannesburg To Cape Town |
Thu 29 May 2008 |
Fri 30 May 2008 |
480 |
390 |
330 |
Direct Route |
Johannesburg To Cape Town |
Fri 30 May 2008 |
Sat 31 May 2008 |
480 |
390 |
330 |
Direct Route |
Johannesburg To Cape Town |
Sat 31 May 2008 |
Sun 01 Jun 2008 |
480 |
390 |
330 |
Direct Route |
Johannesburg To Cape Town |
Sun 01 Jun 2008 |
Mon 02 Jun 2008 |
480 |
390 |
330 |
Direct Route |
These coach trips depart from the Intercape Office in Johannesburg (Park City Transit Centre, Johannesburg Station) and arrive at the Intercape Office in Cape Town (Railway Station / Tourist Information).
Inflation in action
We've seen the oil price climbing this year and this has naturally had some knock-on effects on the prices of coach trips. The cheapest coach trip has increased as follows in the last four surveys of coach trips from Johannesburg to Cape Town:
date surveyed |
29 Dec 2007 |
9 Feb 2008 |
22 Mar 2008 |
3 May 2008 |
cheapest coach trip |
R290 |
R299 |
R310 |
R330 |
cheapest coach company |
City to City |
Intercape |
Static car rental prices in Cape Town
Once your flight lands at Cape Town International Airport, you may want to hire a car. The car rental prices are exactly the same as they were last time we surveyed them in Cape Town, with Tempest car hire cheapest for the 12th survey in a row!
Rental period |
Imperial car rental (now Europcar) |
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30 May 2008 |
513 |
343 |
409 |
479 |
332 |
326 |
386 |
Hotel accommodation in Cape Town
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Protea Hotel Break-water Lodge |
Court-yard |
City LodgeV&A Water-front |
Town Lodge Bellville |
Road Lodge Cape Town Airport |
Southern Sun V&A Waterfront |
StayEasy Century City |
Garden Court De Waal |
Sun Int |
30 May 2008 |
760 |
855 |
831 |
532 |
355 |
960 |
535 |
594 |
3600 |
The cheapest hotel surveyed remains the Road Lodge. Hotel prices are pretty much the same as last time surveyed, with a small increase in the prices of the Protea Hotel and the Southern Sun at the V&A Waterfront.
Swede in Cape Town
Wahlen visted Cape Town, and not only went abseiling down Table Mountain but also went to Gansbaai to eyeball South Africa's Great Whites (and I'm not talking about the relics from the apartheid era!). He's got a good heart too, he visited District Six and handed out some boxes of clothing to the poor.
SAA Airbus in Cape Town
An SAA Airbus is parked at the international terminal of Cape Town International Airport. Note the crane above the Airbus and terminal, signifying the construction going on at Cape Town Airport. The photo was taken in January 2008.
International flying news
Ryanair on airlines' carbon emissions
"It's just politicians pandering to the latest fashion. Gordon Brown wants us all to believe that he spends his days mulching his compost with his children, David Cameron's gone Dutch with his windmills. Neither of them really means it. They know that changing a lightbulb isn't going to make any difference but a picture of them changing a lightbulb will be a nice, cosy image. But the point is you can't change the world by putting on a pair of dungarees or sandals. You need to look at the real culprits and begin negotiations with them." Michael O'Leary (the man who makes Ryanair flights happen) arguing that the real battle carbon emission had to be fought with the Russians, Indians and Chinese, as quoted in his biography: "A Life in Full Flight
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