Interlink is cheapest

29 Jan 2010 flights
surveyed on 2 Oct 2009

Welcome to our first weekend travel survey of 2010. Interlink's Cape Town to Pretoria flights are cheaper than any of the Cape Town to Johannesburg flights (note that Interlink suffered a bird strike on its only Cape Town- Pretoria aircraft, but are due to have it flying again by the 26th January). Mango Flex and Mango Plus tickets remain at the lower levels we have seen since 19 Dec 2009.

Flights from Cape Town to Gauteng *		Bus & train trips from Cape Town to Johannesburg
Interlink Airline economy to Pretoria flight 121 departs 1645 arrives 1845	549	City to City bus coach departs CPT 1100 arrives Joburg 0515 (next day)	380
Kulula Air economy (to Lanseria Airport) flight MN460 departs 1950 arrives 2150	699	SA Roadlink bus coach departs CPT 1800 arrives Joburg 1100 (next day)	399
Mango Airlines economy class flight JE178 departs 2015 arrives 2220	707	Intercape bus coach departs CPT 1730 arrives Joburg 1320 (next day)	450
Mango Flex flight JE176 departs 1750 arrives 2000	819	SA Roadlink bus coach departs CPT 1100 arrives Joburg 0600 (next day)	450
Kulula Air economy class (to O.R. Tambo) flight MN106 departs 1835 arrives 2035	849	Translux bus coach departs CPT 1800 arrives Joburg 1210 (next day)	520
1time Airline economy class flight 1T112 departs 1800 arrives 2000	856	Translux bus coach departs CPT 1600 arrives Joburg 0955 (next day)	530
SAA South African Airways economy flight SA372 departs 2000 arrives 2210	860	Greyhound bus coach via Kimberley departs CPT 1300 arrives Joburg 0645 (next day)	560
BA British Airways traveller class flight BA6438 departs 1900 arrives 2100	918	Greyhound bus coach via Bloemfontein departs CPT 1800 arrives Joburg 1220 (next day)	560
Mango Plus flight JE176 departs 1750 arrives 2000	929	Baz Bus 7 day pass	1350
SAA premium class/business class flight SA362 departs 1750 arrives 1950	2680	Premier Classe train (Wednesdays & Sundays) departs CPT 0905 arrives Joburg 1103 (next day)	2500
Interlink Airline business to Pretoria flight 121 departs 1645 arrives 1845	2848	Shosholoza Meyl train Tourist Class	-
BA British Airways club/business class flight BA6426 departs 1800 arrives 2000	2872	Shosholoza Meyl train Economy Class	-

* one-way flights from Cape Town to Johannesburg/Lanseria/Pretoria Wonderboom, leaving between 1729 & 2031 on 29 Jan 2010 (incl. taxes). Prices can and do change depending on factors outside of the control of us at South Africa Travel Online.

Packing for Cape Town

We usually only feature blog postings about a trip which has actually taken place, but it's new year so we thought we'd do something difference. Charles' preperations for his trip to Cape Town were so interesting, we decided to cover it. Charles was preparing for a trip to consult to a group of newspapers based in the Mother City (probably Naspers, given his comment that they'll be speaking Afrikaans). After checking that he didn't need a visa (as he's staying for less than 90 days), he got hold of some luggage locks, electrical adaptor plugs, and a ton of books about South Africa. Charles flew Norfolk to Washington Dulles with United Airlines, and SAA from Washington to Johannesburg. In Cape Town he stayed at the Westin Grand Cape Town Arabella Quays right next to the Cape Town International Convention Centre (which incidentally is up for sale at the moment along with the Arabella Hotel & Golf Course in Kleinmond).

books about South Africa