Qantas, the Australian airline, has informed the SA Post Office that it has scheduled a repatriation flight to Australia during November 2021.

This gives customers an opportunity to send gifts for the festive season by airmail to Australia.

No regular flights are available between South Africa and Australia.

“Customers must hand items for Australia in at their local post office no later than 17 November 2021. Items that are posted late and miss the repatriation flight will be forwarded to Australia by surface mail, which can take up to six weeks,” SA Post Office spokesperson Johan Kruger said in a statement.

“No items containing animal or plant products, medication or any illegal substance may be posted. Liquids that may leak, or items such as aerosols which could explode in an unpressurised aircraft, may not be posted. All outgoing parcels are x-rayed to check the contents for banned items.”

For more information about items that will not be accepted into Australia, go to auspost.com.au.

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