Well, I still wonder if the plane from England didn’t detour to the US rather than Africa. Picking up my usual Sunday paper, I couldn’t believe it. There has been delays with the construction of the Gautrain, an underground train between Pretoria and Jo’burg, now Khulula, one of the budget airline company, saw a gap in the market. Instead, they will launch their shuttle flights, between Sandton, Pretoria, and the OR Thambo International Airport (formerly known as Johannesburg International Airport or Jan Smuts Airport, depending on how old you are). This is meant to operate exactly like the train, but cheaper, undercutting the proposed Gautrain by 30% to 40%. It might be called Gauplane. A 100-seater jet operating every 15 minutes, the duration of the flight will be 6 minutes. Apparently it will really be quick and easy flying within the City, with short check in times, no checked luggage, with refreshments on sale, and you can use your mobile and wifi internet on board.
Basically u’d just pack your car and hop on the flight to work in the morning, then hop on the flight home latter in the afternoon. I laughed the entire time reading the article, usually I’d say only in America, you get these kind of things, but nah…now Mzanzi is really acting American in more ways than one, I thought the Nando’s drive through was as far as this will go, but I bet soon, there’ll be drive through drug stores.
Why don’t they have one in Cape Town, traffic is ridiculous, I wouldn’t mind hopping on a flight to the office, and spend only 6 minutes instead of an hour or more. Maybe a move to Jozi won’t be a bad idea then.
