GPS 72
QF has not lost Joberg. However the IASC (International Air Services Commission) has just renewed the code share agreement between QF and SA for another year only. They will only allow this codeshare to continue if QF had a 5 weekly service out of Sydney by the end of the year. Hear is a snippet from the article.
The IASC knocked back Qantas's request to renew the agreement for two years by imposing new conditions if the code share were to continue after November 1.
One is that Qantas and SAA add an extra weekly service to South Africa. One reason the IASC renewed the code share was the likelihood SAA would have a monopoly on the Perth-Johannesburg route, where Qantas has no plans to add services.
Qantas executive general manager John Borghetti played down the IASC's concerns. "As well as the direct Qantas and South Africa Airways services, there are several other carriers operating via other hubs," he said.
Mr Borghetti said Qantas was already looking at an additional Sydney-Johannesburg service.