Originally Posted by
very old flyer
Johannesburg to St Helena is 1987 nm.
Cape Town to St Helena is 1701 nm.
Even Cape Town to St Helena via Walvis Bay is 1912nm, following the coast before heading out.
Distances using Jeppe.
Cape Town route is preferred by the majority of Saints, and there are sufficient onward connections from there.
that is what i always thought that CPT was more desirable for the locals and tourists who can combine a 2 centre holiday with the Cape plus decent onwards connections to Europe with BA and KL and more high-seasonal ones from CPT
(BA LH KL TK EK QR MH SQ AB DE MT)
CPT-HLE is about 3100 kms
JNB-HLE is about 3660 kms
the new BA 738 could op JNB-CPT-HLE-CPT-JNB surely a benefit to all concerned - the FD crew needed for HLE special clearance ops gets on in CPT
i dont get why this hasn't been done from the start