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Recent flights found to popular cities in South Africa

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Ethiopian Air
21 Jan
LGW
15h 55m
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JNB
26 Jan
JNB
17h 05m
1 stop
LGW
Ethiopian Air
13 May
LGW
16h 45m
1 stop
JNB
28 May
JNB
16h 50m
1 stop
LGW
Ethiopian Air
17 Feb
LGW
15h 55m
1 stop
JNB
3 Mar
JNB
17h 05m
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LGW
Ethiopian Air
13 May
LGW
16h 45m
1 stop
JNB
28 May
JNB
16h 50m
1 stop
LGW
Ethiopian Air
9 May
LGW
16h 45m
1 stop
JNB
11 Jun
JNB
16h 50m
1 stop
LGW
Ethiopian Air
6 Mar
LGW
15h 55m
1 stop
JNB
22 Mar
JNB
17h 05m
1 stop
LGW
Ethiopian Air
21 Apr
LGW
16h 45m
1 stop
JNB
11 May
JNB
16h 50m
1 stop
LGW
Ethiopian Air
21 Jan
LGW
15h 55m
1 stop
JNB
29 Jan
JNB
17h 05m
1 stop
LGW
Ethiopian Air
21 Jan
LGW
15h 55m
1 stop
JNB
29 Jan
JNB
17h 05m
1 stop
LGW
Ethiopian Air
2 Mar
LGW
15h 55m
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JNB
16 Mar
JNB
17h 05m
1 stop
LGW
Ethiopian Air
23 Jan
LGW
15h 55m
1 stop
JNB
29 Jan
JNB
17h 05m
1 stop
LGW
Ethiopian Air
21 Jan
LGW
15h 55m
1 stop
JNB
31 Mar
JNB
16h 50m
1 stop
LGW
Ethiopian Air
5 May
MAN
20h 00m
2 stops
CPT
26 May
CPT
18h 40m
2 stops
MAN
Norse Atlantic UK
18 Jan
LGW
11h 20m
CPT
21 Jan
CPT
11h 35m
LGW
Norse Atlantic UK
15 Jan
LGW
11h 20m
CPT
21 Jan
CPT
11h 35m
LGW
Ethiopian Air
15 Mar
MAN
18h 00m
2 stops
CPT
23 Mar
CPT
20h 35m
2 stops
MAN
Norse Atlantic UK
2 Dec
LGW
11h 20m
CPT
12 Dec
CPT
11h 35m
LGW
Norse Atlantic UK
2 Dec
LGW
11h 20m
CPT
17 Dec
CPT
11h 35m
LGW
SWISS
21 Jan
LHR
23h 50m
1 stop
CPT
4 Feb
CPT
14h 15m
1 stop
LHR
Norse Atlantic UK
2 Dec
LGW
11h 20m
CPT
17 Dec
CPT
11h 35m
LGW
SWISS
21 Jan
LHR
23h 50m
1 stop
CPT
4 Feb
CPT
14h 15m
1 stop
LHR
Ethiopian Air
4 May
MAN
18h 15m
2 stops
CPT
24 May
CPT
19h 25m
2 stops
MAN
Multiple Airlines
24 Feb
LGW
11h 20m
CPT
17 Mar
CPT
26h 00m
1 stop
LGW
Multiple Airlines
2 Dec
LGW
43h 25m
2 stops
CPT
17 Dec
CPT
11h 35m
LGW
Multiple Airlines
20 Feb
LGW
25h 00m
2 stops
PLZ
3 Mar
PLZ
21h 20m
2 stops
LGW
Air France
19 Jan
LHR
45h 00m
2 stops
PLZ
28 Jan
PLZ
18h 15m
2 stops
LHR
Air France
23 Jan
LHR
19h 30m
2 stops
PLZ
1 Feb
PLZ
20h 45m
2 stops
LHR
Air France
21 Jan
LHR
22h 20m
2 stops
PLZ
29 Jan
PLZ
20h 45m
2 stops
LHR
Air France
20 Jan
LHR
19h 30m
2 stops
PLZ
27 Jan
PLZ
18h 15m
2 stops
LHR
Multiple Airlines
20 Jan
LGW
25h 00m
2 stops
PLZ
27 Jan
PLZ
23h 05m
2 stops
LGW
Air France
19 Jan
LHR
41h 30m
2 stops
PLZ
27 Jan
PLZ
24h 00m
2 stops
LHR
Air France
7 Mar
LHR
19h 30m
2 stops
PLZ
21 Mar
PLZ
18h 15m
2 stops
LHR
Multiple Airlines
20 Feb
LHR
20h 45m
2 stops
PLZ
3 Mar
PLZ
22h 15m
2 stops
LHR
Air France
19 Jan
LHR
41h 30m
2 stops
PLZ
28 Jan
PLZ
18h 15m
2 stops
LHR
Multiple Airlines
23 Jan
LGW
19h 55m
2 stops
PLZ
30 Jan
PLZ
26h 45m
2 stops
LGW
SWISS
19 Jan
LGW
21h 55m
2 stops
PLZ
28 Jan
PLZ
28h 05m
2 stops
LGW
Multiple Airlines
19 Mar
LHR
20h 15m
2 stops
GRJ
24 Mar
GRJ
22h 55m
2 stops
LHR
Multiple Airlines
19 Mar
LHR
20h 15m
2 stops
GRJ
24 Mar
GRJ
28h 00m
2 stops
LHR
Multiple Airlines
19 Mar
BHX
29h 40m
2 stops
GRJ
24 Mar
GRJ
19h 35m
2 stops
BHX
Multiple Airlines
19 Mar
BHX
26h 20m
2 stops
GRJ
24 Mar
GRJ
19h 35m
2 stops
BHX
SWISS
3 Dec
LHR
34h 05m
2 stops
GRJ
14 Dec
GRJ
44h 30m
2 stops
LHR
SWISS
3 Dec
LGW
35h 25m
2 stops
GRJ
14 Dec
GRJ
54h 15m
2 stops
LGW
SWISS
4 Dec
LHR
24h 10m
2 stops
GRJ
11 Dec
GRJ
20h 15m
2 stops
LHR
Multiple Airlines
3 Dec
LGW
31h 25m
3 stops
GRJ
5 Dec
GRJ
14h 35m
1 stop
LGW
SWISS
3 Dec
LCY
44h 55m
2 stops
GRJ
14 Dec
GRJ
55h 05m
2 stops
LCY
Multiple Airlines
19 Mar
BHX
25h 00m
3 stops
GRJ
24 Mar
GRJ
19h 35m
2 stops
BHX
Multiple Airlines
17 Jan
LHR
29h 50m
3 stops
GRJ
26 Jan
GRJ
31h 55m
2 stops
LHR
Multiple Airlines
3 Dec
LHR
34h 05m
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GRJ
10 Dec
GRJ
17h 20m
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LHR
Air France
23 Jan
LHR
24h 00m
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ELS
9 Feb
ELS
21h 25m
2 stops
LHR
Air France
23 Jan
LHR
30h 05m
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ELS
9 Feb
ELS
23h 55m
2 stops
LHR
Lufthansa
14 Jan
LHR
37h 45m
2 stops
ELS
21 Jan
ELS
17h 40m
2 stops
LHR
Multiple Airlines
16 Jan
LHR
19h 15m
2 stops
ELS
22 Jan
ELS
23h 05m
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LHR
Lufthansa
14 Jan
LHR
38h 30m
3 stops
ELS
21 Jan
ELS
17h 40m
2 stops
LHR
Multiple Airlines
16 Jan
LHR
16h 00m
1 stop
ELS
22 Jan
ELS
26h 05m
2 stops
LHR
Multiple Airlines
16 Jan
LCY
22h 25m
2 stops
ELS
22 Jan
ELS
22h 50m
2 stops
LCY
Multiple Airlines
14 Jan
LHR
25h 00m
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ELS
21 Jan
ELS
14h 50m
1 stop
LHR
Multiple Airlines
16 Jan
LHR
16h 00m
1 stop
ELS
22 Jan
ELS
17h 10m
1 stop
LHR
Multiple Airlines
14 Jan
LHR
33h 10m
3 stops
ELS
21 Jan
ELS
41h 35m
3 stops
LHR
Multiple Airlines
14 Jan
LHR
17h 00m
1 stop
ELS
21 Jan
ELS
21h 20m
1 stop
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23 Jan
LHR
20h 20m
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9 Feb
ELS
18h 10m
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10:00 - 03:55LGW-JNB
15h 55m1 stop
14:35 - 05:40JNB-LGW
17h 05m1 stop
£400Ethiopian Air
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Tue, 21 Jan - Sun, 26 Jan
10:10 - 03:55LGW-JNB
16h 45m1 stop
14:30 - 06:20JNB-LGW
16h 50m1 stop
£402Ethiopian Air
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Tue, 13 May - Wed, 28 May
17:45 - 09:30MAN-JNB
13h 45m1 stop
10:10 - 23:20JNB-MAN
15h 10m1 stop
£462Lufthansa
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Fri, 28 Feb - Sun, 16 Mar
17:45 - 09:30MAN-JNB
13h 45m1 stop
10:10 - 23:20JNB-MAN
15h 10m1 stop
£477Lufthansa
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Fri, 28 Feb - Thu, 13 Mar
06:30 - 22:00LHR-JNB
13h 30m1 stop
23:55 - 13:50JNB-LHR
15h 55m1 stop
£498KLM
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Mon, 20 Jan - Tue, 4 Feb
17:15 - 22:00MAN-JNB
26h 45m1 stop
23:55 - 12:45JNB-MAN
14h 50m1 stop
£500KLM
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Sun, 19 Jan - Tue, 28 Jan
21:20 - 14:20LHR-JNB
16h 00m1 stop
16:50 - 06:20JNB-LHR
14h 30m1 stop
£542RwandAir
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Thu, 17 Apr - Sat, 3 May
20:30 - 14:20LHR-JNB
15h 50m1 stop
16:50 - 06:20JNB-LHR
15h 30m1 stop
£546RwandAir
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Mon, 13 Jan - Tue, 28 Jan
14:05 - 16:35STN-JNB
24h 30m1 stop
22:20 - 17:45JNB-STN
21h 25m1 stop
£622Emirates
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Sun, 19 Jan - Mon, 3 Feb
20:15 - 16:35STN-JNB
18h 20m1 stop
18:50 - 12:05JNB-STN
19h 15m1 stop
£624Emirates
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Tue, 3 Dec - Thu, 27 Feb
20:00 - 08:30LGW-CPT
11h 30mdirect
£261Norse Atlantic UK
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Sat, 26 Apr
20:00 - 08:30LGW-CPT
11h 30mdirect
£264Norse Atlantic UK
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Sat, 26 Apr
08:10 - 08:35LGW-CPT
23h 25m2 stops
Tue, 15 Apr
20:30 - 14:20LHR-JNB
15h 50m1 stop
£417RwandAir
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Mon, 20 Jan
20:30 - 14:20LHR-JNB
15h 50m1 stop
£457RwandAir
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Fri, 17 Jan
22:30 - 11:30LHR-JNB
11h 00mdirect
£529Virgin Atlantic
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Thu, 6 Mar
22:30 - 11:30LHR-JNB
11h 00mdirect
£541Virgin Atlantic
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Fri, 21 Mar
18:10 - 21:30LCY-CPT
25h 20m1 stop
£603KLM
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Thu, 16 Jan
18:10 - 22:00LCY-JNB
25h 50m1 stop
£603KLM
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Fri, 17 Jan
18:25 - 18:55LHR-DUR
22h 30m1 stop
£941British Airways
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Wed, 1 Jan
20:30 - 09:50LGW-CPT
11h 20mdirect
11:45 - 21:20CPT-LGW
11h 35mdirect
£416Norse Atlantic UK
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Wed, 27 Nov - Thu, 12 Dec
20:30 - 09:50LGW-CPT
11h 20mdirect
11:45 - 21:20CPT-LGW
11h 35mdirect
£463Norse Atlantic UK
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Wed, 27 Nov - Thu, 12 Dec
20:30 - 16:00LHR-JNB
17h 30m1 stop
16:50 - 06:20JNB-LHR
15h 30m1 stop
£565RwandAir
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Wed, 27 Nov - Thu, 27 Feb
20:30 - 16:00LHR-JNB
17h 30m1 stop
16:50 - 06:20JNB-LHR
15h 30m1 stop
£570RwandAir
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Sat, 23 Nov - Tue, 26 Nov
11:45 - 09:25LHR-JNB
19h 40m2 stops
23:55 - 16:05JNB-LHR
18h 10m1 stop
£577KLM
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Wed, 27 Nov - Tue, 3 Dec
18:55 - 22:00LCY-JNB
25h 05m1 stop
23:55 - 17:25JNB-LCY
19h 30m1 stop
£584KLM
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Wed, 27 Nov - Sun, 1 Dec
22:30 - 11:30LHR-JNB
11h 00mdirect
19:30 - 04:50JNB-LHR
11h 20mdirect
£650Virgin Atlantic
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Mon, 25 Nov - Sun, 8 Dec
22:30 - 11:30LHR-JNB
11h 00mdirect
19:30 - 04:50JNB-LHR
11h 20mdirect
£661Virgin Atlantic
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Mon, 25 Nov - Tue, 10 Dec
21:15 - 10:20LHR-JNB
11h 05mdirect
19:25 - 04:45JNB-LHR
11h 20mdirect
£727British Airways
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Mon, 25 Nov - Tue, 10 Dec
21:15 - 10:20LHR-JNB
11h 05mdirect
21:15 - 06:45JNB-LHR
11h 30mdirect
£732British Airways
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Mon, 25 Nov - Tue, 10 Dec
20:30 - 09:50LGW-CPT
11h 20mdirect
11:45 - 21:20CPT-LGW
11h 35mdirect
£479Norse Atlantic UK
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Sat, 18 Jan - Tue, 21 Jan
20:30 - 09:50LGW-CPT
11h 20mdirect
11:45 - 21:20CPT-LGW
11h 35mdirect
£487Norse Atlantic UK
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Wed, 15 Jan - Tue, 21 Jan
22:30 - 11:30LHR-JNB
11h 00mdirect
19:30 - 04:50JNB-LHR
11h 20mdirect
£659KLM
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Wed, 4 Dec - Sun, 8 Dec
22:30 - 11:30LHR-JNB
11h 00mdirect
19:30 - 04:50JNB-LHR
11h 20mdirect
£660KLM
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Wed, 22 Jan - Mon, 27 Jan
22:30 - 11:30LHR-JNB
11h 00mdirect
19:30 - 04:50JNB-LHR
11h 20mdirect
£664Virgin Atlantic
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Wed, 22 Jan - Sun, 26 Jan
22:00 - 10:00LHR-JNB
11h 00mdirect
18:55 - 05:00JNB-LHR
11h 05mdirect
£666Virgin Atlantic
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Fri, 25 Apr - Sun, 11 May
21:15 - 10:20LHR-JNB
11h 05mdirect
21:05 - 07:25JNB-LHR
11h 20mdirect
£718British Airways
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Mon, 24 Mar - Mon, 7 Apr
19:05 - 07:15LHR-JNB
11h 10mdirect
21:05 - 07:25JNB-LHR
11h 20mdirect
£721British Airways
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Mon, 28 Apr - Sat, 21 Jun
20:30 - 09:50LGW-CPT
11h 20mdirect
19:40 - 05:50CPT-LGW
12h 10mdirect
£1,036
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Mon, 9 Dec - Mon, 16 Dec
20:30 - 09:50LGW-CPT
11h 20mdirect
19:40 - 05:50CPT-LGW
12h 10mdirect
£1,117
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Sat, 7 Dec - Mon, 23 Dec

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What is the cheapest flight to South Africa?

The cheapest flights to South Africa recently found by momondo users are £33 with FlySafair, £37 with South African, and £37 with Cemair.
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Cheap South Africa flight deals and tips

Summary info about South Africa flight prices, duration and airlines

Best One-Way Price

£261

Best Round-Trip Price

£400

Fastest flight time

11h 20m

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July
The best one-way flight price to South Africa from United Kingdom in the last 72 hours is £261 (London Gatwick to Cape Town Intl).
The best round-trip flight price to South Africa from United Kingdom in the last 72 hours is £400 (London Gatwick to Johannesburg OR Tambo).
The fastest flight to South Africa from United Kingdom takes 11h 20m (London Gatwick to Cape Town Intl).
July has the highest demand for flights to South Africa, with a 13% price increase on average.

Frequently asked questions about flying to South Africa

What popular landmarks are in South Africa?

What is the best airport to land at to visit Camps Bay Beach?

The closest airport to Camps Bay Beach is Cape Town Airport, which is located in Cape Town. If you plan on visiting or staying in this area, landing at Cape Town Airport will be your best bet.

What is the most popular airport in South Africa to fly to?

How much are flights to South Africa?

Flights to South Africa can be found for as cheap as £203 per ticket. However our users tend to find airfares to South Africa for around £1,719 on average. If you’re looking to find a good deal on your flight to South Africa, then you should consider booking if you find anything for £1,503 or less.

What is the best day of the week to fly to South Africa?

Consider booking a flight to South Africa on a Tuesday, which is the cheapest day of the week. You will also find that flying out on a Wednesday is another low-cost option. Try to avoid booking your flight to South Africa on Saturday, which tends to be the most expensive day of the week.

Where is it cheapest to fly into South Africa?

To save money on airfare when visiting South Africa, consider Cape Town Intl airport in Cape Town, which has the cheapest flights with an average airfare of £203. You may also consider flying to Johannesburg OR Tambo airport in Johannesburg for the second cheapest option with an average airfare of £560.

When did momondo last update prices for flights to South Africa?

Prices for flights to South Africa are refreshed on a daily basis.

How many operators does momondo search for flights to South Africa?

How old do you have to be to fly to South Africa?

Although the minimum age for a child to fly alone is five, airlines that offer an unaccompanied minor (UMNR) service may have their own age limits, which could be impacted by factors such as flight length, timing, and layovers. It is recommended that you verify with the airline you are booking with for travel to South Africa.

What documentation or ID do you need to fly to South Africa?

The necessary travel and health documents for your South Africa trip may vary depending on your travel plans and individual circumstances. Generally, you should have various documents, such as a national ID card or driver's license and a passport that is valid for six months beyond your scheduled arrival date. We recommend seeking advice from your airline or a trusted third party, such as IATA.


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Cheapest flight routes to South Africa

These routes have the cheapest flights to South Africa found by momondo users in United Kingdom
DepartingDestinationBest TimeBest Price
LondonJohannesburg13h 40m£409
ManchesterCape Town14h 30m£436
ManchesterJohannesburg13h 35m£446
LondonCape Town11h 20m£447
LondonDurban19h 00m£485
BirminghamJohannesburg13h 30m£515
EdinburghJohannesburg13h 40m£523
Newcastle upon TyneJohannesburg14h 00m£525
GlasgowJohannesburg13h 55m£545
SouthamptonJohannesburg22h 15m£576
BristolJohannesburg14h 00m£584
BelfastCape Town25h 10m£590
ManchesterDurban18h 30m£603
BirminghamCape Town14h 10m£605
LeedsJohannesburg13h 50m£611
EdinburghCape Town13h 45m£614