Qantas adds more South African seats

Qantas says it will add an additional weekly flight between Sydney and Johannesburg from December 16. The move follows the liberalisation of the Australia-South Africa routes by agreement of the two countries’ governments earlier this year. A Boeing 747-400 will now fly six times a week between the two cities Executive GM of Qantas John Borghetti said South Africa was an important market for Qantas for both business and leisure travel. “This new service will add another 350 seats per week, and more than 18,000 seats per year, on the route,” Borghetti said.

“We have recently introduced Premium Economy on our South African services offering customers a new inflight experience that includes a 19.5 inch-wide seat, generous recline and leg room up to a 40 inch pitch, an 8.4 inch in-arm touch screen video monitor, noise cancelling headsets and a new menu with premium wines.”

The new Sydney-Johannesburg return service will operate at the same times as Qantas’ current five-flights-per-week service. QF63 departs Sydney at 1030 and arrives in Johannesburg at 1530. The return service, QF64 departs Johannesburg at 1750 and arrives in Sydney at 1435 plus one day.

It will operate on Tuesdays until January 27 and then on Saturdays from February 7. Borghetti said Qantas intends to add a seventh weekly service on the route which would see the airline operate daily between Sydney and South Africa. South African Airways will code-share on all six services.

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