Flying to South Africa
With many direct and indirect flights offered by major airlines from destinations throughout Europe, North America, South America, Far East and Australasia to South Africa, below is a breakdown of the options available to you.
From London to South Africa:
From London, South African Airways and British Airways offer the most direct flights. There are also numerous European Airlines offering the same flight.
- London to Johannesburg is 11 hours 30 minutes.
- London to Cape Town is 12 hours flying time.
From Germany to South Africa:
From Germany, Lufthansa and South African Airways offer direct flights from Frankfurt and Munich to Johannesburg.
- Flying time is 10 hours twenty-five minutes.
Lufthansa also operates a direct flight from Frankfurt to Cape Town and Air Berlin from Munich to Cape Town all year, except during the Southern Hemisphere winter months June, July and August.
- Flying time is 13 hours 45 minutes.
From the USA to South Africa:
From the U.S.A the only direct flights to Johannesburg, South Africa are with South African Airways from:
- New York (JFK) with flying time of 15 hours 50 minutes
- Washington Dulles with flying time of 17 hours 56 minutes.
Delta Airlines also flies direct from Atlanta to Johannesburg.
- Flying time is 15 hours 5 minutes.
From most other USA destinations listed below, you can fly via a European capital with a European carrier such as British Airways, KLM, Air France or United. Some of the Middle Eastern carriers are also flying into the USA, such as Emirates and Etihad.
- Washington D.C.,
- New York
- L.A.,
- Miami
- San Francisco
From Australia to South Africa:
From Australia, Qantas offers direct flights from Sydney to Johannesburg and South African Airways offer direct flights from Perth.
- Perth total flying time is approximately 11 hours 25 minutes
- Sydney total flying time is 14 hours 50 minutes
FROM BRAZIL TO SOUTH AFRICA:
Direct flights from Sao Paulo to Johannesburg and Cape Town are being offered again.
- Cape Town – once per week with flying time 7 hours 25 minutes
- Johannesburg with flying time 8 hours 35 minutes.
