Kulula.com is cheapest

SouthAfrica.TO survey 5 Sep 2007 flights surveyed on 9 Aug 2008

It's good to see a flight price under R500 again, even if it was just one airline - well done Kulula.com! We compared flight prices from Durban to Johannesburg on the evening of the 5th September and Kulula.com offered the cheapest economy class ticket at R489.

Flights from Durban to Johannesburg		Bus & train trips from Durban to Johannesburg
British Airways economy class	965	Baz Bus (7 day pass)	1200
Interlink Airline economy class	548	Citiliner bus City to City bus	160 160
Kulula.com economy class	489	Greyhound bus	225
Mango Airlines economy class	no flights	Intercape bus	175
1time Airline economy class	612	SA Roadlink bus	125
South African Airways economy class	829	Translux bus	190
British Airways business class Interlink Airline business class South African Airways business class	2013 1298 1422	Premier Classe train Shosholoza Meyl economy class Shosholoza Meyl tourist class	1730 200 350

The cheapest business class ticket from Durban to Johannesburg was with Interlink Airline (R1298).

Cheapest bus & train

The cheapest bus from Durban to Johannesburg on the 5th September is SA Roadlink, at R125. Personally, I would feel safer paying R200 and rather taking the Shosholoza Meyl train. 

Board	Destination	Board Date	Time	Arrival Date	Time	Carrier	Class	Fare
DUR	JNB	15 Sep 2008	08:30	15 Sep 2008	15:30	SA Roadlink	LUXURY	175
DUR	JNB	15 Sep 2008	11:00	15 Sep 2008	18:00	SA Roadlink	BUDGET	175
DUR	JNB	15 Sep 2008	14:00	15 Sep 2008	21:00	SA Roadlink	LUXURY	175
DUR	JNB	15 Sep 2008	20:00	16 Sep 2008	04:00	SA Roadlink	BUDGET	125
DUR	JNB	15 Sep 2008	22:00	16 Sep 2008	05:00	SA Roadlink	LUXURY	175

From the USA to Botswana

It's only once I started reading blogs that I realised how many USA students visit southern African countries each year (and they seem to like to write about it). Jayne caught a flight from Detroit to Amsterdam, from Amsterdam to Johannesburg (KLM?), where they experienced South Africa's early 2008 power failures in a Backpackers Lodge. The next day they took an eight hour bus trip from Johannesburg to Gaborone (where they stayed in graduate flats at the Univesity of Botswana).

Ryanair and the UK ASA go to war

After advertising the "Hottest back to school fares", the United Kingdom Advertising Standards Authority commented that the adverts "appeared to link teenage girls with sexually provocative behaviour and was irresponsible and likely to cause serious or widespread offence." Peter Sherrard of Ryanair responded that "It is remarkable that a picture of a fully clothed model is now claimed to cause 'serious or widespread offence', when many of the UK's leading daily newspaper regularly run pictures of topless or partially dressed females without causing any serious or widespread offence. At a time when TV and media advertising is full of suggestive and provocative images, Ryanair believes that there is nothing either irresponsible or offensive in the attached advert."

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