Before we start talking about flights to South Africa, there is more then one way of travelling to our country of course.

You could for instance hop on a cruise ship, or if you really want to go for adventure, you could sail to South Africa.

The true dare devils might want to travel overland across the length of the African continent from top to bottom.

But flying of course, remains the most practical choice. So, organizing a flight to south Africa is your first step towards the holiday of a lifetime in our country. On this page you will find valuable information to help achieve that, including information on Johannesburg airport, Cape Town airport and other major South Africa airports.


Heathrow Airport near London
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A large number of international airlines offer direct and indirect flights to South Africa, with Johannesburg and Cape town as the primary destinations. Listed below are some of the major airlines which currently offer flights to South Africa. Clicking on any of the names, will take you directly to the website of that particular airline, where you can find the flight and airfare information that they have on offer.

Johannesburg Airport
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LIST OF THE MAJOR AIRLINES THAT FLY IN AND OUT OF JOHANNESBURG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

Air Austral	Cameroon Airlines	Lufthansa
Air Botswana	Cathay Pacific Airways	Malaysia Airlines
Air France	Congo Airlines	Olympic Airways
Air Gabon	El-Al	Qantas Airways
Air Madagascar	Emirates	Singapore Airlines
Air Mauritius	Ethiopian Airlines	South African Airways
Air Namibia	Ghana Airways	Swiss International Airlines
Air Tanzania	Kenya Airways	Virgin Atlantic Airways
Air Zimbabwe	KLM	TAP Air Portugal
British Airways	LTU International Airways

LIST OF THE MAJOR AIRLINES THAT SERVE CAPE TOWN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

Air Mauritius	Lufthansa
Air Namibia	Malaysia Airlines
British Airways	SAA
Kenya Airways	Singapore Airlines
KLM	Virgin Atlantic

Cape Town Airport
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From the USA the only flights that go directly to South Africa are with South African Airways and Delta Airlines. They fly from New York (JFK) and Atlanta to Johannesburg and Cape Town. Alternatively, there is the choice to fly via an European capital, with one of the European airlines shown in the list above.

From Europe there is a wide variety of flights, most of them direct and non stop to either Johannesburg or Cape town. The above list also shows a number of airlines that offer direct flights from Australia and the Far East.

Inside a KLM Boeing 767-300
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Airfares, Booking and Tickets,...

There are a myriad of booking agents to be found, each one offering you the lowest air fares and best packages. Our experience has been that in most cases the lowest airfares were to be found with the airline companies themselves. Very often you will come across special offers or packages for flights to South Africa, that they have on offer.

Clicking on any of the above listed airline company names will take you to the website of that particular airline company, where you will find all the information about flights and airfares to South Africa. If you want to, you can book your flight right there and then.

If you do want to shop around some more, you can of course always use the internet where you will find the above mentioned myriad of booking agents at the click of your mouse.


Oliver Tambo international airport in Johannesburg South Africa
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Flying times to South Africa,...

On the direct international air routes you are never more then a flight away from our country. Most of the flights from Europe are generally overnight. Dinner, bed and breakfast and you are there. However, to give you some fair idea about the duration of flights, we have listed below the major international gateways to South Africa with the relevant flying times.

LONDON	11 hr 00 min	NAIROBI	04 hr 20 min
AMSTERDAM	11 hr 00 min	HONG KONG	13 hr 15 min
FRANKFURT	10 hr 30 min	BANGKOK	11 hr 00 min
PARIS	10 hr 30 min	KUALA LUMPUR	10 hr 35 min
ZURICH	10 hr 15 min	SINGAPORE	10 hr 15 min
ATHENS	09 hr 30 min	PERTH	09 hr 30 min
LISSABON	09 hr 30 min	SYDNEY	12 hr 30 min
TEL AVIV	09 hr 10 min	SAU PAULO	11 hr 00 min
DUBAI	08 hr 20 min	RIO DE JANEIRO	09 hr 15 min
NEW YORK	15 hr 20 min	ATLANTA ( 1 stop)	17 hr 45 min
MIAMI	16 hr 00 min

Flight schedules,...

The Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) operates the country’s ten principal airports, which include O.R. Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg and Cape Town and Durban International Airports.

The others are the domestic airports in Bloemfontein, Port Elizabeth, East London, George, Kimberley and Upington, as well as Pilanesberg Airport.

Here you will be able to find all the information you need with regard to incoming and outgoing flight schedule information of all South Africa’s major airports, as well as comprehensive information about the airports themselves.






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