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Cheap Flight Deals from South Africa to London

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for return flights from South Africa to London 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 South Africa to London

KAYAK's recommended return flight deals from the most popular airlines that fly from South Africa to London.
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19:35 - 07:55JNB-LHR
13h 20m1 stop
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18:40 - 09:20LHR-JNB
13h 40m1 stop
£402SWISS
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Mon, 2 Jun - Mon, 23 Jun
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19:35 - 07:55JNB-LHR
13h 20m1 stop
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16:30 - 08:35LHR-JNB
15h 05m1 stop
Mon, 9 Jun - Thu, 19 Jun
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14:30 - 06:25JNB-LGW
16h 55m1 stop
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10:10 - 03:55LGW-JNB
16h 45m1 stop
£411Ethiopian Air
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Wed, 4 Jun - Mon, 23 Jun
Ethiopian Air Logo
14:30 - 06:20JNB-LGW
16h 50m1 stop
Ethiopian Air Logo
10:10 - 03:55LGW-JNB
16h 45m1 stop
£430Ethiopian Air
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Mon, 12 May - Mon, 9 Jun
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19:00 - 07:40JNB-LHR
13h 40m1 stop
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09:30 - 08:35LHR-JNB
22h 05m1 stop
£483Lufthansa
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Wed, 7 May - Mon, 26 May
Lufthansa Logo
19:00 - 07:40JNB-LHR
13h 40m1 stop
Lufthansa Logo
15:30 - 08:35LHR-JNB
16h 05m1 stop
£498Lufthansa
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Wed, 7 May - Mon, 12 May
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20:40 - 06:45JNB-LHR
11h 05mdirect
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22:30 - 11:30LHR-JNB
11h 00mdirect
£498Virgin Atlantic
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Tue, 14 Oct - Wed, 29 Oct
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20:40 - 06:45JNB-LHR
11h 05mdirect
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22:15 - 10:20LHR-JNB
11h 05mdirect
£505Virgin Atlantic
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Mon, 2 Jun - Mon, 23 Jun
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19:25 - 05:35JNB-LHR
11h 10mdirect
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21:25 - 09:25LHR-JNB
11h 00mdirect
£545British Airways
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Mon, 9 Jun - Thu, 19 Jun
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21:15 - 07:30JNB-LHR
11h 15mdirect
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19:05 - 07:00LHR-JNB
10h 55mdirect
£547British Airways
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KAYAK's insights & trends for flights to London

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

What is the cheapest flight to London?

These are the best round-trip prices found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
In the last 3 days, the cheapest flight deal to London was found on the route from Cape Town, at £300 return. The most popular connection is from Johannesburg to London and KAYAK users have found return deals for as low as £402 in the last 3 days.

How much is a flight to London?

The average and cheapest price for all round-trip flights to London from each origin found by users searching on KAYAK in the last month.
A flight to London costs £521 on average. The cheapest price found on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks cost £139 and departed from Cape Town. The most popular routes on KAYAK are Cape Town to London which costs £565 on average, and Johannesburg to London, which costs £641 on average.
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What is the cheapest day to fly to London?

The average price of all round-trip flights to London clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to London is Monday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as £622. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Saturday, where round-trip prices are £655 on average.

What is the cheapest month to fly to London?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights to London, 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 to London is February, where tickets cost £444 on average for return flights. On the other hand, the most expensive months are August and July, where the average cost of tickets from South Africa is £635 and £602 respectively. For one-way flights, the best month to travel is February with an average price of £444.

What is the cheapest time of day to fly to London?

The average price for all round-trip flights to London depending on the time of departure, clicked by users on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.
The cheapest time of day to fly to London is generally in the morning, when round-trip flights cost £644 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to London is generally at night, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is £845.

What is a good deal for flights to London?

If you’re looking for cheap airfare to London, 25% of our users found tickets to London for the following prices or less: From Cape Town £493 return, from Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport £568 return.

How far in advance should I book a flight to London?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights to London, 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, you should book around 14 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 18 weeks before departure.

Which is the cheapest airport to fly into in London?

Prices will differ depending on the departure airport, but generally, the cheapest airport to fly to in London is London Stansted Airport (STN), with an average flight price of £80.

Good to know - Cheap tickets from South Africa to London

Low season

February

High season

December

Cheapest flight

£207
Best time to beat the crowds (14% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly (3% more expensive on average)
Flight from Cape Town to London Gatwick Airport

FAQs - booking London flights

  • Do the airlines offer Wi-Fi on journeys from South Africa to London?

    If you are flying for work, or should you need to stay in touch with your loved ones, you can look for airlines that provide Wi-Fi during the flight. For instance, British Airways offers internet to all its passengers on flights from South Africa to London, so you can stay connected from take-off to touchdown.

  • Which is the best London airport to arrive into?

    You can get flights to a range of airports in London. If you land at London Heathrow (LHR), you will be able to get to the city centre, such as Paddington, within 15 minutes via the Heathrow Express. It’s also a great airport to land at to reach nearby locations such as Reading, which is a 40-minute drive away. Alternatively, if you are travelling to the south of the country, then Gatwick Airport (LGW) is ideal, as you can drive to Brighton in about 45 minutes or Eastbourne in approximately an hour.

  • What is the cheapest flight to London?

    In the last 3 days, the cheapest flight deal to London was found on the route from Cape Town, at £300 return. The most popular connection is from Johannesburg to London and KAYAK users have found return deals for as low as £402 in the last 3 days.

  • Which London airport is closest to central London?

    London is served by 6 major airports. London City (8 miles) is the closest to the centre of London. London Heathrow Airport is 14 miles from the centre, London Gatwick Airport is 24 miles away from the centre, and London Luton Airport is 28 miles away from the centre.

  • How much is a flight to London?

    On average, a flight to London costs £521. The cheapest price found on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks cost £139 and departed from Cape Town Intl Airport.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights to London?

    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 to London.

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

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

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights to London?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly to London 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 to London?

    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 to London up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

  • How many direct flights to London are there each week?

    Each week there are around 797 direct flights from within South Africa to London. The most common day for departures is Friday, with 16% of flights taking off on this day.

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Top tips for finding cheap flights to London

  • Looking for a cheap flight from South Africa to London? 25% of our users found flights on this route for £162 or less one-way and £328 or less round-trip.
  • Enter your preferred departure airport and travel dates into the search form above to unlock the latest London flight deals.
  • If you get cheap flights to London from South Africa and you need assistance travelling through the terminal, you can request help from your airline at least 48 hours before take-off. London airports also have a range of accessible features, such as wheelchair-friendly toilets.
  • You should check with your airline before your flight about its baggage policy, as it varies from airline to airline. This will help you avoid unnecessary fees at the terminal. You can see how many bags are included in your ticket when you book. For example, British Airways includes one item of hand luggage and one checked bag.
  • Even though there are some direct flights to London from South Africa, you might find an indirect journey more convenient. For instance, one of the most popular stopover locations is at Dubai Airport (DXB), which is used by Emirates on flights from Johannesburg Airport (JNB) to London.
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Top 5 airlines serving from South Africa to London

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying to London. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline from South Africa to London. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with to London? 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.
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SWISSOverall score based on 1582 reviews
7.0Food
7.6Boarding
6.7Entertainment
7.4Comfort
8.2Crew
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Delayed 30 mins Forced to check in my carry on luggage

4.0 OkayAnthony, Apr 2025LHR - GVA
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Delayed 30 mins Forced to check in my carry on luggage

The cushion of the seats are old and very thin. The food can be more tasty or come with salt packages

The staff were nice people, the food was very cheap, one of the meal was a sandwich or nothing, I couldn't buy any food, mind expensive duty free WAS available right away. 🤒

-Swiss airlines online check in app crashed multiple times -Zurich airport does not have very many bathrooms accessible to people with disabilities - closest disability accessible bathroom to departure gate was 1/4 mile away.

My luggage did not make the connection and 4 days later I still have not received it.

I took this flight to be able to fly with Swiss instead of Air Canada from Geneva.. The AC planes have a better outfit in Business class than Swiss, but the service aboard Swiss is really best, first-class, as is the food and beverages. Though using the same plane model (A330-300), the interior setup of the cabin starts to show its age, but IMO the planes are better serviced by Swiss than AC. I had in my recent trips with AC way too many technical problems that led to delays or even complete cancellation of my flight.. Their fleet is aging (average 20+ years) and the maintenance has taken a toll compared to years ago. Cutting costs in every corner has to be paid sometime by someone, and it's the travelers at the end that pays for it. Unfortunately for me, flying directly to Zurich puts a much longer after-fly trip on me than Geneva.. so I might go back to direct flight YUL-GVA, even if I don't like flying with AC.

We are glinting with united , but over all very disappointed

I like how professional, fast and good the whole experience was.

For the price of the ticket it's probably the best service in the world

Edelweiss is now Nickle&dimming, not even a complimentary wine on the intercontinental flight. Sitting space is the smallest I have ever seen.

I did not fly by vergin atlantic from bangalore to vasco da gama

Your flight delayed at Heathrow n I almost missed my mother funeral.you idiots. I had to waste 10 hours in different airports. Thank your stars I'm not suing you.

Miami airport needs more thorough signage. It was a long walk from my transport point to the check in desk,

Flight took off an hour late. Had to stay on the tarmac for half an hour after landing. Both annoying.

We had an unfortunate experience where we had to leave the aircraft after boarding, shortly before the scheduled takeoff time, and re-board. The reason given was that a passenger felt ill and had to cancel their plans and therefor their luggage had to be found and removed.

We’ve used VA before many times the experience is always been good they have lovely staff and the food is always delicious.

Everything about the flight was amazing from check in to boarding entertainment was okay food we didn’t try.

Seats were old and dirty, for a long haul flight you expect to be able to recline and for the av to work properly. Choice for vegans was fruit….

The Virgin Atlantic crew was very good. However, the equipment was OK, the seats were OK, but her bags did not arrive with me. Two bags showed up a day later and I’m still waiting for my third back.

The crew was very good. However, the equipment was a bit dated. Some of the electronics were not working. To top it, three bags didn’t arrive with me. Two of them were delivered a day later. I’m still waiting for the third bag, I was so looking forward to this virgin Atlantic flight, but, I am disappointed.

It was wonderful best Air lines covert and all very happy with their service they have been very helpful and friendly

Flight was delayed an hour. Also, I bought an extra legroom seat online; but the actually plane was a different configuration so I didn't get what I paid for . This happened on the Addis to Lusaka leg of my trip.

The plane was overbooked and the crew was very rude. My luggage was never put on the plane. I got to NY and waited 2 hours just to find out that my luggage was left.

My experience was great. The flight attendants were very helpful and nice, and the food was very good.

Very bad experience flight was over 5 hours delayed 😑 not a chance to be put on another flight we had to stay at the hotel we lost 2 days on our vacation. Never again I will fligh with Ethiopian airlines.

The flight delayef for over 2 hours so my route was changed leading to arriving to my destination without my luggage

The ailine departed and arrived late foe every leg of the trip, causing myself and my travel companions to miss every connecting flight. It was very unorganized given theat there was a lot of miscommunication. The flights offered are unrealistic and when you call they assure you that the plane waits for you. I missed an. entire day of my vacation and any entire day of rest back home because of the airline. I do not plan to support the airline again. Thank you

Food was really not appealing. There was a blocked sink in the toilet. Toilet is cramped and the wall between the 2 toilets are not secured properly.

I felt all of the food tasted the same. And we had five meals over the 16 hrs in the air.

The use of a domestic carrier without entertainment was disappointing and a let down

Excellent once on board. Security staff at Johannesburg rude and aggressive.

Entertainment system is old. Food can be tastier Need to provide toothbrush and toothpaste at least when asked.

Everything went really well. Snacks could be better and there was no tea/coffee service after dinner. Crew was helpful and friendly.

The boarding system was all bogus - employees at the boarding gate were not sound like proffesional or may be possibly rational

I came out early, 4 hrs before departure. The flight was changed 4 or 5 times with few minutes between new and schedule time , then 30 minutes delay, then up to 2hrs 30min delay. When I arrived in Frankfurt, no one help us to lead to the custom service. After almost 1 hour asking around then we must line up for another hour to get overnight and rebooking the next flight. We must find out how to get to the hotel by us self. The shuttle bus driver in Germany was not nice, speak German to English speaking and we must predict what she / he tried to tell us. We got up earlier and tried to not coming late to the check in and immigration procedure (we were told by the helping center that the immigration used to be over crowded) then we came there it was almost empty, then we must stay in the airport for hours not necessary. We got the coupons at the airport for compensation for waiting for delay flight for NOK 75 ( as low as 6 Euros) It is not enough to buy food at the airport price and Norwegian cost of living... How to drink a cup of cappuccino for NOK 72 when the stomach was empty for food in 16 hrs (from dinner at 6 pm the day before to 16 pm the day after) At the hotel in Frankfurt, we were offered two options spaghetti with biff or vegan food and a drink for 18 Euro. Almost 60 passenger ate the same food and I was remembered once time in former Soviet Union in 80's I travelled with Aeroflot and the passenger were stranded in the hotel for next flight and we were also offered only one choice of dinner, if we were hunger we must pay 1$ for 1 egg and another 1$ for two loaf of bread and butter. I can't believe Germany is to poor and inferior service like former USSR in 1980 decade. My good remembering of Luft Hansa disappear and changed totally by this service I got this time.

It was my first experience in business class. It was everything I expected and more. Service was impeccable, food was delicious and I felt rested once I arrived to London

I barely made the flight. We had to take a bus to the plane and the plane smelled awfully of body odor. When the flight attendant walked by she smelled of body odor. It was incredibly uncomfortable. Also my luggage did not make it onto this flight and when it finally arrived home the handle of the luggage was all ripped. I will have to purchase a bag again.

Liked - efficiency of boarding with 2 jetways. Checkin was with kiosks with helpful and plentiful workers to help with the process. Munich airport security was very automated, efficient and effective. Free wine and beer! Cons - food was only okay in economy class. Plane bathrooms could have been cleaner.

They offered water and chocolate I would have preferred a sandwich.

Flight was an hour+ late leaving Munich. We even missed a rescheduled flight from Chicago to Kansas City. Lufthansa was responsive in providing motel and meals.

We ordered kids meals - which were not kid friendly at all! (the breakfast that is - scrambled eggs on a bed of spinach and asparagus?)

Uncomfortable seats. Crazy seat assignments separating families when they could easily have put them together. Good communication from pilot about arrival time after delay in departure. Toilet ran out of water in sink. Snack box poor for flight of this length.

The bed in Club class was not very comfortable, everything else was good.

Cancelled flight minutes before boarding. Rescheduled flight was two days later

The flight attendants were EXTREMELY personable and appreciated the service, lights going off after dinner (probably the norm, but I haven’t flown evening overnight flights in a while). Thank you!

Great room between the seats, food was excellent, very comfortable overall and could have stayed on the plane even longer

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

Business class seats were very dated on my plane. Very little storage, charging ports were not easily accessible, tv screen kept flopping away. Vegetarian food was disappointing: hardly any protein and severely under-seasoned. Crew was lovely.

The food was ok, but not great. They delayed boarding in Portland and did not enforce group boarding. But the crew was excellent, went above and beyond.

The food was pathetic. There wasn't much leg room and recline space for such a long flight. No tea/ coffee for a 2-3 hour connecting flight without purchasing! Really!?

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