Business class price war |
24 Jul 2009 flights |
As the recession bites, airlines are struggling to fill their business class seats. BA (British Airways) are running a business class sale until midnight 30 June 2009. We checked their Johannesburg to Cape Town prices (R2913), and it was the lowest BA price we've seen since since we started surveying business class prices on this route (18 Oct 2008). However, SAA are even cheaper - charging R2551 for a business class flight! (on a non-price basis we prefer BA to SAA).
Last time we surveyed the Johannesburg to Cape Town flight route we were surprised to see BA (British Airways) coming in cheapest (R633) for economy class tickets, and today there's another good price from BA (R648).
The Mango Flex price of R911 is the cheapest we've surveyed from JNB-CPT (previous best R996 on 21 Feb 2009).
Flights from Johannesburg to Cape Town* |
Bus & train trips from Joburg to Cape Town |
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BA British Airways economy class |
648** |
Shosholoza Meyl economy class |
270 |
1time Airline economy class |
707 |
City to City coach bus |
380 |
Kulula Airline from Lanseria Airport |
777 |
Intercape coach bus |
420 |
Mango Airlines lowest price |
743 |
Translux coach bus |
450 |
Kulula Airline from O.R. Tambo Airport |
907 |
Greyhound coach via Bloemfontein |
490 |
Mango Flex |
911 |
SA Roadlink coach bus |
499 |
Mango Plus |
1026 |
Shosholoza Meyl tourist class |
510 |
SAA South African Airways economy class |
1058 |
Baz Bus |
1250 |
SAA South African Airways business class |
2551 |
Premier Classe train |
2450 |
BA British Airways business class |
2913 |
Blue train |
9215 |
* one-way flight prices (incl tax) leaving Johannesburg for Cape Town, between 1819 & 2036 on 24 Jul 2009
** BA6407 is marketed by Comair as MN6407 on the Kulula website but costs R957 there, as opposed to R648 on the BA website - which shows both the BA & Kulula websites must be checked to find the cheapest prices.
Some cheap prices
Here's some cheap prices I found (all subject to change):
JNB to DUR |
CPT to DUR |
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Kulula Air |
1time |
1time |
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R426 |
R490 |
R429 |
R469 |
R502 |
22 Jul 2009 |
22 Jul 2009 |
20 Jul 2009 |
5 Jul 2009 |
1 Jul 2009 |
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