South Africa is the leading African safari destination receiving thousands and thousands of visitors for business and tourists alike. South Africa is ideal for wildlife safari to Kruger National park, birding safaris to Cape Town, beach holidays and honeymoons from Cape Town and in Durban. Every corner in South Africa has something to offer.
South African Flights Information
South Africa has 3 international airports;
OR Tambo International airport
in Johannesburg,
Cape Town International Airport
and
Durban International Airport
run by Airport Company South Africa, ACSA. Other domestic airports run by ACSA include Bloemfontein, Port Elizabeth, east London, George, Kimberely, Upington and Pilansberg. There are other charter companies operating other airports in South Africa
Several airlines have flights to South Africa and other major cities around the world.
South African Airways
is the national airline flies to international airports and also has domestic flights for Bloemfontein, George, Pietermaritzburg, Mthatha, Kimberley, Polokwane, Richards Bay, Upington, Cape Town, Durban, Port Elizabeth, East London, with world class facilities for economy class, business class and class cabins. Other regional flies affiliated to South Africa include
South African Express
and
Airlink
, with flights from Jo’burg, Cape Town or Durban to other African destination.
Charter flights to South Africa are available with
1 Time
with single class cheap flights to Johannesburg, Cape Town or Port Elizabeth,
Mango
also has cheap flights to Cape Town, Port Elizabeth and Bloemfontein operated by SAA,
Kulula.com
is another low cost single class flights throughout South Africa, from Jo’burg to Lanseira Airport, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth and Durban. Other small carriers wit south Africa flights include Jet Airways, All Nippon, TAP, Iberia, Qantas, BMI, Finnair, Alitalia, Asiana Airlines and others…to mention a few
Other fliers to South Africa include British Airways with direct flights from all UK airports to Jo’burg, Cape Town, and Durban and to Kruger National park for charter flights. Other international airlines with airfares to South Africa include;
- Quatar airways
- Malaysia airlines
- Lufthansa
- Virgin Atlantic
- US Airways
- Saudi Arabia Airlines
- Royal Air Maroc
- LAM Mozambique Airlines
- Kenyan airways
- KLM Royal Dutch
- Egypt Air
- Emirates
- Ethiopian airlines
- Etihad Airways
- Delta has flights to South Africa from USA
- Cathay Pacific
- Continental Airlines
- Air France
- Air Botswana
- Air Portugal
- Air Mauritius
- Air Seychelles
- Air India
There are actually more than 50 airlines that have flights to South Africa, direct flights and others airlines with one stop flights en-route to other international destinations.
Flight tips and Reservations
Book flights to South Africa is quite easy, to get cheap flights to Cape Town for example, you have to book at least two months earlier. Peak seasons such as New Year and Christmas time have highly priced tickets to South Africa given the high traffic of holiday makers for South African holidays. You can book South African Flights from anywhere, in Europe, Asia or Latin America with travel site online or through your South African Safari and Tour Company.
