Direct flights between Cape Town and Sydney are planned from 19 October 2027, adding a seasonal link between the Western Cape and Australia.
Qantas announced the route on 6 November. Its official announcement sets out three weekly Boeing 787 Dreamliner flights. The service remains subject to government and regulatory approval.
The airline’s South African release lists Cape Town departures on Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays. Flight QF90 is scheduled to leave at 16:40 and reach Sydney at 13:45 the following day, with the seasonal Cape Town service running until 25 March 2028.
In the other direction, the published Sydney schedule runs from 19 October 2027 to 24 March 2028. QF89 is scheduled to depart at 09:15 and arrive in Cape Town at 14:40.
The airline says the route would add almost 30,000 seats between the two countries and supplement its existing Johannesburg links to Sydney and Perth. It ties the expansion to new 787-9 aircraft arriving in late 2027.
These are future schedules, not flights already operating. Travellers should confirm approval, dates and the itinerary when booking.
Archive photograph: Qantas Boeing 787-9 VH-ZNA arriving at Melbourne Airport on 8 April 2018; not the planned Cape Town service or a new aircraft delivery. Photo: BriYYZ / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Qantas_Boeing_787-9_VH-ZNA_(40626785014).jpg . Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ . Original photograph unchanged; display crops and resizes it. Any adapted display image is shared under CC BY-SA 2.0.
