Johannesburg

Qantas has confirmed two new routes will join its growing international network, with flights from Perth to Auckland and Johannesburg set to take off from December 2025*.

South African Airways (SAA) is responding to increasing demand by boosting the frequency of its nonstop flights between Perth and Johannesburg. From 8 December 2024, SAA will increase the frequency of its nonstop South Africa-Australia connection to four flights per week, with a further increase to five flights per week beginning 7 January 2025.

Qantas and Perth Airport reached an historic commercial agreement today which will unlock a multi-billion-dollar wave of investment and deliver new international and domestic flights, giving a major boost to Australia’s tourism industry. As part of the 12-year agreement, Perth Airport will invest around $3 billion in new terminal facilities and a new parallel runway which will generate immediate and ongoing economic growth and job creation.

After a four-year absence, South African Airways (SAA) this week resumed flights to Australia with a new Perth to Johannesburg service on the popular route that is already posting healthy load factors.

There is nothing that unites the world more than sport, and Rugby is one of the catalysts. A conversation with Sebastien Carré, GM of Four Seasons Hotel The Westcliff Johannesburg quickly honed in on Johannesburg’s Ellis Park stadium. Seating 65,000, it hosts the final, this 7th August, between the Springboks and the visiting British & Irish Lions. The Lyon-born Carré knows all the rugby lingo. He is also naturally into food.

Johannesburg’s Saxon Hotel, Villas and Spa has a unique story. It was built in the early 1980s by insurance magnate Douw Steyn, best known today for Comparethemarket (he turned the family home into a hotel in 2000 – it now has 53 suites).

Add one more travel segment that Forbes Travel Guide (“FTG”) is now affording its star rating: river cruises.