South Africa has three main international airports in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban.
The international flag-carrier is South African Airways (Tel: +27 11 978 5313/0861 359722), which is also the dominant player in the domestic flight market. South African Airways has non-stop flights to London from both JoBurg and Cape Town and flies to numerous European cities often with a change of airline at one of the major European hubs (Heathrow, Paris or Frankfurt). SAA connects indirectly to Berlin, Geneva, Hamburg, Innsbruck, Vienna, Zurich and many other destinations in western Europe.
Other international carriers from Europe and the Middle East include Air France, British Airways , KLM, Lufthansa, and Virgin Atlantic.
Cathay Pacific, Malaysia Airlines, Singapore Airlines and Quantas have flights to South Africa from Asia & Oceania. There are direct flights to joBurg from Perth and Sydney. New Zealanders would need to fly via Sydney.
South African Airways flies daily to Washington non-stop and one-stop from Johannesburg via Dakar (Senegal) to New York. From Canada flights go via London and Amsterdam with British Airways and Northwest/KLM.
Johannesburg to Sydney is 14 hours; Johannesburg to Perth is 12 hours; Johannesburg to London is 11 hours; Johannesburg to New York is 18 hours; Johannesburg to Singapore is 11 hours; Johannesburg to Hong Kong is 13 hours.
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