Cheap Flights from Sydney to Johannesburg

You want to get on the cheapest flight from Sydney to Johannesburg (known as the Wallaby Route). The way to make sure that you get on a cheap flight is by:

• typing your flight details into the search engine on the left and seeing what airfare it spits out

• check the airfare of every airline flying from Sydney to Johannesburg (links to airlines online website flight reservation systems below)

Qantas flight video

This video taken on a Qantas flight from Sydney to Johannesburg, in 3 minutes gives a good idea of what to expect:

Airlines flying from Sydney to Johannesburg

Airline	Airports	Stops
Emirates	Sydney to Johannesburg (JHB)	2-stops Bangkok Dubai
Cathay Pacific Airways	Sydney to Johannesburg (JHB)	1-stop (24h00m) Hong Kong
Malaysia Airlines	Suspended from 31 January 2012
Qantas Airways	Sydney to Johannesburg (JHB)	non-stop (14h10m)
Singapore Airlines	Sydney to Johannesburg (JHB)	1-stop (23h30m) Singapore (SIN)
South African Airways	Sydney to Johannesburg (JHB)	non-stop (14h10m)
Thai International Airways	Sydney to Johannesburg (JHB)	1-stop (21h45) Bangkok (BKK)
V Australia (from Oct 2009)	Sydney to Johannesburg (JHB)	non-stop

News

21 Sep 2010	Qantas Airline introduces its seventh weekly flight from Sydney to Johannesburg on Tuesdays.
16 Dec 2008	Qantas Airline adds an additional weekly flight from Sydney to Johannesburg (with economy class, premium economy, business class and first class tickets available).

First flight from Sydney to Johannesburg

The first flight took place on the 14th November 1948, when a Qantas Empire Airways Lancastrian aircraft flew from Sydney to Johannesburg, stopping at Perth, the Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Mauritius.

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