Cheap flights are back |
16 January 2008 flights |
Want a cheap flight from Cape Town to Joburg? - buy Mango (well done Hein Kaiser and the rest of the Mango crew for offering the cheapest flight this week). Mango's cheapest flight price from Cape Town to Joburg is R626 - this is the cheapest flight offered by Mango on the CPT-JNB route since the 24th May 2008 (R641), and It is also the cheapest flight overall on the CPT-JNB route since 1 Aug 2008 (Interlink, R398).
Flights from Cape town to Joburg |
Bus & train trips from Cape Town to Joburg |
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British Airways economy class |
1463 |
Baz Bus |
1200 |
Interlink Airline economy class |
698 |
City to City bus |
400 |
Kulula.com economy class (to Lanseria) |
659 |
Greyhound bus |
490 |
Mango Airlines economy class |
626 |
Intercape bus |
850 |
1time Airline economy class |
863 |
SA Roadlink bus |
399 |
South African Airways economy class |
973 |
Translux bus |
520 |
British Airways business class |
3276 |
Shosholoza Meyl Economy Class |
280 |
Interlink business class |
1709 |
Shosholoza Meyl Tourist Class |
560 |
South African Airways business class |
2797 |
Premier Classe train |
2280 |
Prices are for one-way flights from Cape Town to Joburg, leaving Cape Town between 1729 and 2031.
British Airways
British Airways' price (R1463) is the most expensive since the 8 Dec 2007 survey of flight prices from Cape Town to Johannesburg (R1649). BA's R3276 price for a business class flight is an all-time record (high).
Flights to Lanseria
Kulula's cheapest price of R659 is for a flight from Cape Town to Lanseria Airport (Johannesburg). All other flight prices quoted above are for flights from Cape Town to Joburg's O.R. Tambo International Airport.
Business class flights
Interlink is once again offering the cheapest business class flight from Cape Town to Joburg (R1709 again).
Flying is cheaper than the Intercape
Intercape have been in the news recently for writing a letter to the authorities arguing that SA Roadlink may not have a licence to operate legally (on some routes). It would be great if they could also keep their prices down - catching an Intercape bus from Cape Town to Joburg is more expensive than flying (Interlink, Kulula or Mango) in the above survey.
SA Roadlink prices have dropped
SA Roadlink prices have dropped (to R399) to the lowest level since the survey on the 16th Aug 2008 (we're not sure whether this has anything to do with their Hibberdene accident).
Flight price deflation
Flight price inflation has fallen to -41% on the Cape Town to Johannesburg flight route.
South African breaks world paragliding record
On Sunday the 14th December 2008, Neville Hulet flew 502km in his paraglider. If ratified by the FAI, this will be the new paragliding open distance world record. Flying alone, at 1132am he took off from near Copperton in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa and eventually landed just over the Lesotho border at 1911 (at the foot of the escarpment, where the orange river comes out of the mountains). (imagine the look on the border guards faces when he explained how he entered the country! About halfway through the flight Neville almost wiped his feet on the ground (at high speed), but fortuanately enjoyed his biggest climb just after that.
The previous record of 462km had been set in Brazil on the 14th Nov 2007.
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