Qantas Airways will cancel one weekly frequency on the Sydney-Johannesburg route from 3 February.
The airline says this will leave it with six-weekly frequencies on the route, which is operated using Boeing 747-400s.
Flightglobal’s Innovata networks data service shows that Qantas is the only carrier on the route. The only other operator that flies between Australia and South Africa is South African Airways, which operates a daily service between Johannesburg and Perth.
Source: Cirium Dashboard
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