The flight from Johannesburg to Perth

The flight from Johannesburg to Perth is always a better flight than the Perth to Johannesburg flight, well that is my experience anyway.

Not including the favourable winds, the flight never seems to be as full, I always seem to get a better seat. The headwinds can add a further two hours to the flight from Perth to Johannesburg, then there is the departure and arrival times.

Departing Johannesburg at 21:30 and arriving at 12:30 local time is so much better flying the other direction leaving just before midnight and arriving around 05:00 the next morning. Sure you are tired, that is more to do with my 04:00 wake up for 05:30 vehicle departure.

The 4 hour drive from the mine site to Lubumbashi is just the start, then there is the flight from Lubumbashi to Johannesburg before spending hours waiting for my evening flight. The best part is the flight never seems as full, you fly with the trade winds knocking a couple of hours of the trip and are home in the afternoon.