
Kulula to Lanseria is cheapest |
5 Dec 2008 flights |
If fuel prices have come down it doesn't seem many airlines have noticed - they're too busy cashing in on the December holidays demand for flights - the notable exception are Kulula's flights (from Lanseria only), where they have decreased their prices (Interlink, to their credit, have kept their flight prices flat). On the 28th October Kulula Air increased their Cape Town - Lanseria flight frequencies from 3 to 6 flights a day (on weekdays), and this seems to be paying off in terms of cheaper flights for consumers. It is possible that Kulula Air are struggling to fill the 3 extra daily flights (and have thus reduced flight prices) - it's also possible that they're keeping Kulula Lanseria flight prices down for marketing purposes (but this seems less likely, as they haven't advertised it).
Flights from Cape town to Johannesburg |
Bus & train trips from Cape Town to Johannesburg |
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BA economy class |
1291 |
Baz Bus (7 day pass) |
1200 |
Interlink Airline economy class |
698 |
City to City bus |
400 |
Kulula.com economy class |
659 |
Greyhound bus |
450 |
Mango Airlines economy class |
814 |
Intercape bus |
620 |
1time Airline economy class |
863 |
SA Roadlink bus |
699 |
SAA economy class |
1556 |
Translux bus |
520 |
BA business class |
3263 |
280 |
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Interlink business class |
1709 |
Shosholoza Meyl Tourist Class |
560 |
SAA business class |
2784 |
Premier Classe train |
2250 |
SAA have increased their business class flight prices from R2177 for a one-way flight from Cape Town to Johannesburg, to R2784, and at the same time BA have increased their business class prices from R2912 to R3263. Interlink Airline offer the cheapest business class prices by far (R1709, just higher than SAA's economy class prices!).
The very cheapest way of getting from Cape Town to Johannesburg (other than using Tom-thumb on the highways), is by taking the Shosholoza Meyl train (economy class is only R280).
If one is willing to make the effort to look and wait, there is a bounty of beauty hanging off the cliffs of Thabazimbi. Thanks to Swiss photographer, Francois Portmann, we don't have to travel to Thabazimbi and exercise patience, rather we can witness what he saw through his camera lens. With his stunning photographs, Mr Portmann is a deserved winner of this week's blog of the week, we hope he visits South Africa again.
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