The best way to get a cheap flight to Cape Town is to check every single airline's price (there's not that many). The "low-cost" airlines do not always have the cheapest flights.
If you're looking for a cheap local flight and you're too busy to check every airline's price, then start off by checking what airline TravelStart says is the cheapest and then go to that airline's website to see whether you can get it cheaper there. It's worthwhile to get on 1Time, Kulula.com and Mango's mailing lists, as they often email out offers for cheap flights.
Local flights |
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1Time |
1Time flies between Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Port Elizabeth, George, Nelspruit and Bloemfontein. |
British Airways |
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Kulula.com |
Kulula.com flies between Cape Town, Johannesburg, Lanseria, Durban, Port Elizabeth, East London and Bloemfontein. |
Mango |
South African Airways' low cost airliner, launched on 31 October 2006. Flights between Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban & Bloemfontein. |
South African Airways (SAA) |
A member of the Star Alliance. SAA beat Virgin Atlantic and Kenya Airlines to win the award for "Best Airline to Africa" for the 15th consecutive year at the UK Travel Weekly Global Awards. In the United States, SAA was voted Best Airline in Africa by Global Traveler Magazine. However, not all SAA experiences have been positive, especially during a week-long strike in 2005 which left many passengers stranded. |
International flights (not all fly to Cape Town, many fly to Johannesburg) |
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Air Austral |
Réunion |
Air Botswana |
Francistown, Gabarone, Maun |
Air France |
Paris (Charles de Gaulle) |
Air Madagascar |
Antananarivo |
Air Malawi |
Blantyre, Lilongwe |
Air Mauritius |
Mauritius |
Air Namibia |
Windhoek |
Air Seychelles |
Mahe Island |
Air Zimbabwe |
Harare |
BMI |
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British Airways |
London-Heathrow |
Cathay Pacific |
Hong Kong |
Delta |
Atlanta, Dakar |
EgyptAir |
Flights on Tuesdays, Thursdays & Saturdays from Cairo to Johannesburg |
El Al |
Tel Aviv |
Emirates |
Dubai |
Ethiopian Airlines |
Addis Ababa |
Etihad Airways |
Abu Dhabi |
Hew Bora Airways |
Kinshasa, Lubumbashi |
Iberia |
Stopped flying to South Africa from 1 May 2012 |
Japan Airlines |
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Kenya Airways |
Nairobi |
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines |
Amsterdam |
Kulula.com |
Harare, Lusaka & Windhoek. |
Lufthansa |
Frankfurt |
Malaysia Airlines |
Buenos Aires-Ezeiza, Kuala Lumpur |
Nationwide Airlines |
Victoria, London-Gatwick |
Olympic airlines |
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Qantas |
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Qatar Airways |
Doha |
Rwanda Air Express |
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Saudi Arabian Airlines |
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Singapore Airlines |
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South African Airways |
A member of the Star Alliance. SAA beat Virgin Atlantic and Kenya Airlines to win the award for "Best Airline to Africa" for the 15th consecutive year at the UK Travel Weekly Global Awards. In the United States, SAA was voted Best Airline in Africa by Global Traveler Magazine. However, not all SAA experiences have been positive, for instance visit www.neverflysaa.com |
SunAir Holdings |
Has ambitions to launch weekly flights between Cape Town and London. SunAir is headed by former life insurance salesman, Andre Shaban. |
Swiss |
Zürich |
TAM |
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TAP Portugal |
Lisbon |
Thai Airways International |
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Virgin Nigeria Airways |
Lagos |
Virgin Atlantic |
Flies London to Cape Town and London to Johannesburg. |
Yemen Airways |
Dar Es Salaam, Sana'a |
The airport servicing Cape Town is Cape Town International Airport (formerly known as DF Malan Airport).
Travel agencies |
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Club Travel |
info@clubtravel.co.za |
Getaway travel |
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Nile travel |
South African based tour operator specialising in tours and individual travel to Ancient Egypt and Jordan. |
StaTravel |
Specialises in student and youth travel |
Student Flights |
Specialises in student and backpacker travel |
Sure travel |
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TravelStart |
On-line price comparisons |
About 90% of South Africa's travel agents are members of the Association of South African Travel Agents (Asata). Since 1 August 2006, members of Asata are obliged to advertise their full prices - including all taxes.
We welcome input to help us improve our coverage of cheap flights to Cape Town