Not a very exciting trip and not very different to many others except that I flew in one day. Bus and train to Sydney then a 14hr Qantas flight to Johannesburg followed by a 2hr SAA flight.
The Qantas flight was good, for a 14hr daytime flight. We had 2 meals and plenty of snacks. The service was good and I was very impressed that the toilets were cleaned very 60 minutes l
Joberg airport was depressing. Some parts okay, but really looks like no maintenance has been done for 5 years. And with all the power shortages the lights are all dim. Superficially everything worked and the shops are running. Passenger processing painfully slow. The airport is busy. It is a short walk, within the same building to the domestic terminal which ran well, but functionally, it is a busy hub and processed passengers efficiently.
The SAA flight to Cape Town is about 2 hours, but with a good tail wind can be much quicker. A full well used plane, ran well, loaded quickly and got going on time. Interesting to have a lady pilot.
Arrived in the dark so no views !
