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Best South Africa Flight Deals from Glasgow

Cheapest return prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours

Cape Town
Cape Town1 stop£575
Port Elizabeth
Port Elizabeth2 stops£971
Cape Town
Cape Town1 stop£575
Port Elizabeth
Port Elizabeth2 stops£971

Cheap Flight Deals from Glasgow to South Africa (GLA-ZA0)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for return flights from Glasgow to South Africa that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.

Recent return flight deals from Glasgow to South Africa

Recommended return flight deals departing in the coming months from the most popular airlines that fly from Glasgow to South Africa.
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KLM Logo
08:55 - 21:20GLA-JNB
35h 25m1 stop
KLM Logo
23:15 - 23:10JNB-GLA
24h 55m1 stop
£550KLM
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Thu, 5 Jun - Sun, 15 Jun
KLM Logo
06:00 - 21:20GLA-JNB
14h 20m1 stop
KLM Logo
23:15 - 13:00JNB-GLA
14h 45m1 stop
£550KLM
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Fri, 30 May - Thu, 19 Jun
Emirates Logo
14:35 - 10:15GLA-JNB
18h 40m1 stop
Emirates Logo
18:50 - 11:35JNB-GLA
18h 45m1 stop
£661Emirates
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Tue, 23 Sep - Tue, 4 Nov
Emirates Logo
14:35 - 10:15GLA-JNB
18h 40m1 stop
Emirates Logo
19:10 - 12:45JNB-GLA
18h 35m1 stop
£676Emirates
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Sat, 13 Sep - Mon, 6 Oct
Lufthansa Logo
06:10 - 08:35GLA-JNB
25h 25m1 stop
Lufthansa Logo
19:00 - 12:25JNB-GLA
18h 25m1 stop
£684Lufthansa
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Tue, 10 Jun - Thu, 19 Jun
Kenya Airways Logo
06:00 - 10:55GLA-JNB
27h 55m2 stops
Kenya Airways Logo
01:15 - 23:10JNB-GLA
22h 55m2 stops
£689Kenya Airways
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Fri, 6 Jun - Fri, 13 Jun
Lufthansa Logo
13:10 - 08:35GLA-JNB
18h 25m1 stop
Lufthansa Logo
19:00 - 23:05JNB-GLA
29h 05m1 stop
£697Lufthansa
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Tue, 3 Jun - Thu, 12 Jun
Kenya Airways Logo
06:00 - 10:55GLA-JNB
27h 55m2 stops
Kenya Airways Logo
01:15 - 19:40JNB-GLA
19h 25m2 stops
£754Kenya Airways
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Wed, 21 May - Thu, 29 May
British Airways Logo
17:00 - 09:25GLA-JNB
15h 25m1 stop
British Airways Logo
21:15 - 12:50JNB-GLA
16h 35m1 stop
£804British Airways
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Fri, 20 Jun - Mon, 30 Jun
British Airways Logo
16:25 - 07:00GLA-JNB
13h 35m1 stop
British Airways Logo
19:25 - 23:20JNB-GLA
28h 55m1 stop
£805British Airways
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Thu, 3 Jul - Fri, 25 Jul
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Glasgow to South Africa flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Glasgow to South Africa to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What is the cheapest time of day to fly to South Africa?

The average price for all round-trip flights from Glasgow Intl Airport to South Africa depending on the time of departure, clicked by users on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.
The cheapest time of day to fly to South Africa is generally at night, when retur flights cost £817 on average. Morning departures are around 16% cheaper than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to South Africa is generally in the afternoon, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is £1,049.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Glasgow Intl Airport to South Africa?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Glasgow Intl Airport to South Africa, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.
The cheapest month for flights from Glasgow Intl Airport to South Africa is May, when tickets cost £624 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are July and December, when the average cost of return tickets is £920 and £861 respectively.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Glasgow to South Africa?

The average price of all round-trip flights from Glasgow Intl Airport to South Africa clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
If your flying dates are flexible, you should consider flying to South Africa on a Wednesday, as we generally find the cheapest rates on that day for this route. On the other hand, Saturday is the most expensive day to fly from Glasgow to South Africa. For your return ticket, we recommend flying on a Tuesday and avoiding Saturdays for the best deals.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Glasgow Intl Airport to South Africa?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Glasgow Intl Airport to South Africa, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.
To get a below-average price on the flight from Glasgow Intl Airport to South Africa, you should book around 3 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 5 weeks before departure.

Good to know - Cheap tickets from Glasgow to South Africa

Low season

May

High season

December

Cheapest flight

£485
Best time to beat the crowds (15% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly (38% more expensive on average)
Flight from Glasgow to Cape Town

FAQs - booking South Africa flights

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Glasgow to South Africa?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from Glasgow to South Africa.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Glasgow to South Africa?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from Glasgow to South Africa is likely to change within 7 days, so travellers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Glasgow to South Africa?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional return ticket. You could then fly from Glasgow to South Africa with an airline and back with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Glasgow to South Africa?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying from Glasgow to South Africa up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

Top 5 airlines serving from Glasgow to South Africa

Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Glasgow to South Africa? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
8.0
EmiratesOverall score based on 3213 reviews
8.3Crew
8.1Boarding
8.2Entertainment
7.8Food
8.0Comfort
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Over - amazing. The aircraft is somewhat old on this route.

10.0 ExcellentAvidan, Mar 2025DXB - NBO
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Over - amazing. The aircraft is somewhat old on this route.

Good flight overall. Good options of food on NY-Dubai-Mumbai leg. Not that good reversing back. The flight crew is courteous and professional as always. The seating was much more comfortable going into Mumbai than coming back. Cheers!

Excellent comfort and entertainment. Service poor..Food average with little choice.

Comfort good. Service as usual poor. Cabin temperature as usual too cold, about 15 degrees

The service on board was excellent, the flight wasn’t overbooked and we departed and arrived on time.

Emeritus is ***** Fly dubai is 0 we need better service for Fly Dubai

On this flight, about the last 2 hours the captain kept the cabin too hot. It appeared like the ac was off.

Loved everything! This flight had premium economy and I didn't see an option to upgraded to premium economy OR buy premium economy tickets. How come?

We had to deboard using stairs. Why didnt you have the aero-bridge?

The food options for children is limited The business class bed is not fully lie flat, and this is an uncomfortable sleep

Cabin crew were excellent, very proffesional, polite and friendly, in flight snack was underwhelming, a packet of cheese biscuits, im sure KLM could run to a sandwich!

This portion of the flight was through Indigo. A local carrier. So all economy seating. No real service some refreshments for purchase standard economy stuff.

This fight left ahead of time which meant it arrived early which was great. Staff were very professional, but as with all these Short hop Flights the food was a disappointing snack There was no entertainment on this flight, but I did not expect any

I flew premium economy and this was a good option. Although the seats didn’t recline much, I was able to get some sleep with my head propped against the window. The food was good and the entertainment was wonderful The staff were very attentive and professional

They only had vegetarian food left on the flight which I wasn’t happy about. I didn’t get any food to eat at all.

Great boarding, great short flight but no entertainment whatsoever and no wifi. Prepare to disembark by a staircase.

There was fog in Amsterdam so many flights were delayed because of the weather. Air France knew that the flight would be delayed by two hours but still boarded the plane on time. Instead of letting the passengers wait at the gate we were crammed into the plane. It was uncomfortable. No refreshments were given. I couldn’t charge my devices onboard.

I tried to upgrade to premium economy anis seat online during the checkin process. The payment didn’t work due to a technical glitch on KLM’s website. I wasn’t able to change my seat unless I called Amsterdam. Since I was in Canada and there’s a time difference this wasn’t practical. So when I arrived early to Ottawa airport my seat wasn’t available and I could only get a middle seat in premium economy which isn’t great. These middle seats are priced at the same rate as an aisle seat which makes no sense.

The food & entertainment really stood out in terms of quality. The nasi goreng & chicken satay were absolutely delicious. It’s great that KLM feature international cuisine.

Seats were comfortable crew members support was very good but AVML ordered or selected by us needs a lot of improvement.

Was very good, was happy with the way staff were smiling and how they were approachable

A child was loud throughout which made the trip less than optimal. Crew was great and professional. They need to change the automatic seat belt announcement which is too loud and had other unneeded words like "this is XYZ announcement number one'

Love the dreamliner plane. It's such a smooth ride, I don't notice that it's 15 hours in the air. The staff are great and they don't overstuff you with food.

I really like this airline. The staff are lovely and friendly, the planes are tidy and unfussy. I would rate them at the top of the African Airline carriers.

Delayed by 4 hours with inadequate advance notifications which caused us a lot of consternation and angst. I will never fly or recommend your airline again

Flight was changed 3 times, from a night flight to a day flight, and then delayed by 5h…

Kenya Airways delayed my flights for 7 days. Each delayed, they notified me last minute. This is ridiculous.

The kindness and good humor of all the people who this flight possible was a joy.

Awful, we had a delay of 3 hrs, impacting in my transfer flight to Cape town, and Kenya airways didnt do anything. They sent me twice to transfer services in Nairobi, not been available to sleep (from 1 am to 5 am); without any update.

It's the only direct flight between Accra and Nairobi, and you pay for it! Food is better on Asky. No entertainment on flight from Accra to Nairobi, but there other way did have screens. Generally timely boarding and departure.

The flight was delayed by an hour. Made the connection uncomfortably tight.

When we went to the lounge they told us to go into the main lounge and not the full business class section, later they told me that Lufthansa wont pay the full fee to alloq the business class passengers entry to the nicer sectikn where all the other airlines nusiness class passengers go into. Very poor arrangement.

Not what I expected for the last leg of a $5100 business class experience. Boarding was a nightmare. The flight was delayed and I had to keep checking my email to ensure I was at the right gate since the airline or the terminal had no clue until 15 mins prior to boarding. Food was gross, limited drink options.

My flight was delayed d the gate was never updated inside the terminal. If I hadn’t checked my email I would have missed my flight. Also, I paid a total of $5100 for my flight to be. Business or first class. My final leg of my flight from Heathrow to Frankfurt was not to standard of what I expected or experienced in the previous legs of my trip.

Flights scheduled with impossible connections - Lufthansa apparently believes it takes 7mins to change terminals, go through passport control, re-clear security and walk 1.8kms…..and everything will work perfectly (which it never does at Frankfurt). No staff on hand to assist with transfers on delayed flights. No transfer guidance provided by app. No compensation offered for 6hr delay to connecting flight.

The only thing that the airport can improve which will help Lufthansa from delay flights is to warn the passengers that are flying to the USA to be earlier to the gate due to the documents check that in our case delayed the flight

This was the best carrier, comfort, service, good food, on time experience on a long haul flight. New, clean, quiet, smooth aircraft!!!

Crew were friendly and very helpful Plane was clean and the legroom is standard. Overall a good flight, no complaints.

Boarding was easy and well organized, Breakfast was not very good.

Sitting in a hotel in Chicago because I was rebooked due to a missed connection. Very frustrating.

Boarding is a mess. They never check group # so lots of people crowding in. Comfortable seats this flight. I had an empty seat next to me, very convenient. Food was really not good, but I was starved. The pizza snack thing was horrible. Crew was grand. They really make it enjoyable.

Crew very helpful and friendly. Food is so so. Main meal is not always the best. Did have a choice of a snack part way which was either a cookie, corn snack, or similar. Second kind of meal was basically like a pizza pastry that really wasn’t a favorite but probably a European snack? Screens and selections of movies, tv and such were good. No WI-Fi unless you buy so no free texting or such on the long flight but I think that might be any overseas flight.

LCY airport is an amazing airport and I love the flight from LCY to FRA with BA. Efficient, easy, comfortable and great luggage allownace with BA. I iused to fly predominantley LH, but the service and price - benefit ratio of Lufthansa has deteriorated a lot over the last 5 years. Whereas BA keeps an excellent service level with friendly staff.

Flight Attendant Karen Lynn was an absolute delight. She assisted in every portion of the services provided throughout the flight, aided with any and all concerns expressed by passengers, and even helped comfort an upset child who was one of five of a traveling family. This quality of service is what keeps me coming back to American. Thank you!

The airplane was old. Some things didn’t work out of middle seat was broken. The rest was OK.

The worst, flight cancelled because the aircraft was not full. Heathrow ground crew totally not helpful and arrogant. Lady proposed us flight with 40min layover instead of direct and said it is our problem of course she was unable to do anything as everything was beyond her control she claimed. after calling on hotline another flight was booked. Flight was cancelled last second so we could not take direct from Zurich but we had to stay overnight in London.

I have noticed that the airlines, including this flight, pretend there is going to be turbulence, announce such, and say they can’t do beverage service. There is no turbulence and the seat belt light goes off 10 minutes before they ask for tray tables up and seat belts back on. They are just trying to spend less money and it’s quite transparent

Very quick boarding. I was surprised we only got a small water and small thing of cookies, everything else was for purchase. No entertainment. Crew was excellent though.

Flight delayed in terms of boarding and Kayak was great in updating but the team on the groping at British Airways were really poor

A basic tea/ coffee and a snack could be provided especially for long distance flyers.

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