Qantas gives Superjumbo boost to its Sydney-Johannesburg route

Australian national flag carrier Qantas announced on Monday that it was nearly doubling passenger capacity on its Sydney-Johannesburg route, by introducing the Airbus A380 Superjumbo on to the route. It further announced that it had established a codeshare partnership with South African regional and domestic carrier Airlink. Qantas has never before operated the A380 to and from South Africa. The introduction of the type on the route meant that the option of First Class tickets had been reintroduced for the Johannesburg-Sydney service; it had not been available since 2018. (Qantas A380 First Class is organised as 14 “individual suites” organised in a 1-1-1 configuration.) Use of the A380 will also see the number of Premium Economy Class seats on the route increase by more than 100%. (Qantas A380s are configured to carry a total of 485 passengers.)