DEPARTMENT: PUBLIC ENTERPRISES
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
QUESTION FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO: 20
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 17 June 2014
Mr M H Redelinghuys (DA) to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises:
(1) Whether, with reference to flights on the SA Airways direct route
between Johannesburg and Cape Town, she can provide the number of flights
on average between (a) Johannesburg and Cape Town and (b) Cape Town and
Johannesburg (i) daily, (ii) weekly and (iii) annually;
(2) what is the average number of passengers on flights between (a)
Johannesburg and Cape Town and (b) Cape Town and Johannesburg (i) daily,
(ii) weekly and (iii) annually;
(3) what is the average operating expenditure in Rands per flight between
(a) Johannesburg and Cape Town and (b) Cape Town and Johannesburg;
(4) what is the average revenue in Rands generated by a flight between
(a) Johannesburg and Cape Town and (b) Cape Town and Johannesburg? NW25E
Reply:
(1) Reporting in the business is done per Route and not per Sector. The
results stated below are based on the 2013/14 financial year.
Number of Flights: Johannesburg-Cape Town-Johannesburg Route:
i. Daily = 36 (Average)
ii. Weekly = 274 (Average)
iii. Annually = 13 144
(2) Average Passenger Numbers: Johannesburg-Cape Town-Johannesburg Route:
i. Daily = 5 004 (Average)
ii. Weekly = 38 054 (Average)
iii. Annually = 1.8 million
(3) Kindly note that the average operating expenditure in Rands has not
been provided. The information is commercially sensitive.
(4) Kindly note that the average revenue in Rands has not been provided.
The information is commercially sensitive.