Qantas to Launch Sydney - Cape Town Flights

[Melburnian1]

A great addition to the route network IMHO (always wondered why they didn't fly it). CR availability to JNB is rare so hopefully this will see a few more seats available. Only downside I see is the 0915 departure time. I understand the MCT at SYD, dom to int is 90 minutes which means for me, flying in on the first flight of the day from CFS and arriving in AYD at 0750 isn't going to work unless QF allow it to be booked on a through ticket. Most likely going to require an overnight stop in SYD. Same for PAX from many other regional towns.

Even if the flights from Coffs Harbour gave 90 minutes (thus satisfying the minimum connecting time requirement), you'd be unwise to do this as the intra NSW rural city and town flights can be very unreliable, whether QantasLink or Rex. Far better to stay overnight in Sydney.