Flights to South Africa

All about getting safely to Cape Town

More than 70 national and international airlines offer regular flights to South Africa.

The International Airport in Johannesburg is the most popular and busy air-travel destination in South Africa, being "Africa’s leading airport" (World Travel Awards 2008).

Cape Town International Airport, the second largest air-traffic center in South Africa, however is used by several international airlines as a destination for direct flights to South Africa as well.

Flights to Cape Town South Africa

There are several airlines operating this two-hour-flight from Johannesburg (JNB) to Cape Town (CPT) and you will have the choice of around 60 flights daily between Johannesburg and Cape Town.

When you book your international flight to South Africa going via Johannesburg to Cape Town, your luggage will be checked and routed through automatically, but you will have to catch your connecting flight at the other terminal.

There are however several international airlines which use Cape Town International Airport (CTIA) and Oliver R Tambo International Airport (ORTIA) for direct flights into South Africa.

Direct flights to Cape Town

Did you know that South African Airways won also one of the prestigious World Travel Awards in 2008 being Africa’s leading airline and is a member of the Star Alliance group of Airlines?

ExpatCapeTown Tip: SAA offers a great in-flight service and is my preferred airline flying here. They have a big fleet of new aircrafts; the space between the seats is slightly bigger and therefore more comfortable than in many other airlines and the flight personnel seems to be well trained. Children are friendly received and toys are provided for them.

There are also several other international airlines using Cape Town’s International airport for connecting flights or direct non-stop flights fo South Africa from overseas.

• Flights from the USA: Virgina Atlantic, Delta, SAA

• Flights from Europe and the UK: Lufthansa, KLM, LTU, British Airways, Turkish Airways, SAA

• Flights from Asia and Australia: Sinagpore Airlines, Malaysia Airlines (with stop in Johannesburg), SAA

• Flights from Africa: Qatar Airways, Emirates, Kenya Airlines, Namibia Airlines, Air Mauritius, Air Botswana, SAA

For more info on Flights to Cape Town, Airport Transfers and info about the new Cape Town Airport go to my special pages here.

Domestic South Africa Flights

ExpatCapeTown Advice: If you book more than 21 days in advance you usually qualify for a great discounts on the regular air-travel costs.

There are the national carrier South African Airlines and South Africa airlines: South African Express and SA Airlink with their usual three passenger classes: economy, business and first classes.

British Airways serves the South Africa domestic flights with its airline Comair.

And then there are the popular low-cost and single class airlines

Kulula, 1Time and Mango.

They offer a good standard, but no-frills service. And beware like always with low cost airlines there are no seat reservations. First comes, first seated…

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