Kulula from Lanseria cheapest

6 Feb 2009 flights
on 10 Jan 2009

Whilst Kulula's flight to Cape Town from Lanseria Airport is the cheapest, it is a lot higher than the cheapest flights from Joburg to CPT around this time last year (R517 by Mango Airlines on the 25th Jan 2008) - unfortuanately Mango Airlines have sold out of flights this year (at least, at the times we checked - and we cant help but feeling that if Mango were being run on commercial terms they would have increased their prices rather than allowing themselves to run out of tickets).

Flights from Joburg to CPT		Bus & train trips from Joburg to Cape Town
Kulula Air from Lanseria Airport flight MN455 leaves 1845 arrives 2055	913	Shosholoza Meyl economy class	150
1time economy class flight 1T137 leaves 1920 arrives 2130	928	Shosholoza Meyl tourist class	280
Kulula Air from O.R. Tambo Airport flight MN109 leaves 1830 arrives 2040	941	City to City coach	380
BA economy class flight BA6435 leaves 1945 arrives 2155	1177	SA Roadlink coach	399
South African Airways economy class flight SA377 leaves 2050 arrives 2300	1207	Greyhound coach	450
Mango	no flights	Translux coach	450
Interlink	No flights	Intercape coach	510
South African Airways business class BA business class Mango Plus	2765 3244 no flights	Baz Bus (7 day pass) Premier Classe train Blue train	1250 1380 9215

prices are for flights leaving Joburg between 1819 & 2036.

Cheap train trips

At R150 for a train trip from Joburg to Cape Town, Shosholoza Meyl is looking very cheap. I'd be tempted to pay R280 and take the Shosholoza Meyl tourist class, which is still cheaper than any of the buses are offering.

Airtime Airlines - will it fly?

Amidst the jokes about whether one will have to pay more minutes if an Airtime Airlines aircraft is placed into a holding patter, arises the serious question of whether Airtime Airlines will be able to take to the sky on time. Reports have it that Air Aquarius's deal with Airtime has collapsed.

Consequences of trying to speed up luggage processing

"I had a run-in with those boys a couple of years back. I found out they were watching the soap opera Neighbours on the TV instead of processing my lunchtime bags onto the carousel. They were causing chaos. I had irate passengers waiting for over an hour for their luggage. It was a nightmare. So I got their TV stopped and had my tyres slashed in return". Imogen Edwards-Jones in the book, Air Babylon (which can be purchased at Kalahari).

Travelling through Zimbabwe

What does a tourist in Zimbo get up to? Misha shared her story about her visit to the Zimbabwe disaster zone. From the minute she touched down at Harare International Airport she realised that the place had changed:

no payphones at the airport
no running water in the sinks at the airport
no rental cars at the airport

Misha visited Harare and Bulawayo and tells Zimbabwe's sad tale of electricity shortages, no food in shops [Ed: photo was dong the rounds of Zim shop with no goods and a no shoplifting sign] and illegally changing money in the dark.

Zimbabwe currency - $100 billion