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Bangkok
Bangkok1 stopR10 431
Phuket City
Phuket City2 stopsR10 394
Koh Samui
Koh Samui2 stopsR18 679
Krabi
Krabi1 stopR23 802

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Flight from Johannesburg to Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport

FAQs - booking Thailand flights

  • How long is the flight to Thailand?

    An average direct flight from South Africa to Thailand takes 25h 38m, covering a distance of 14710 km. The most popular route is Johannesburg - Bangkok with an average flight time of 17h 40m.

  • What is the cheapest flight to Thailand?

    The cheapest ticket to Thailand from South Africa found in the last 72 hours was R9 561. The most popular route is Johannesburg OR Tambo to Bangkok Suvarnabhumi and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was R9 561.

  • What are the most popular destinations in Thailand?

    Based on KAYAK flight searches, the most popular destination is Bangkok (56% of total searches to Thailand). The next most popular destinations are Phuket City (38%) and Koh Samui (3%).Searches for flights to Krabi (2%) and to Surat Thani (0,6%) are also popular.

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Top 5 airlines flying to Thailand

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from South Africa to Thailand? 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.
8,2
Singapore AirlinesOverall score based on 1465 reviews
8,4Boarding
8,2Entertainment
7,8Food
8,7Crew
8,1Comfort
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Excellent meal served with real utensils, cardboard served hot meals instead of plastic utensils and plastic covers. Quick service, friendly and accommodating stewards.

10,0 ExcellentGordon, Apr 2024HKT - SIN
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Excellent meal served with real utensils, cardboard served hot meals instead of plastic utensils and plastic covers. Quick service, friendly and accommodating stewards.

I commend the flight attendants on our SFO-SIN flight who went above and beyond to provide us with extra snacks and food. This type of service makes the flight experience personal and awesome.

Awesome as always. I wish though the cabin for premium was upgraded.... Same old sane old :(

It was a great flight Food was great Crew was spectacular

Cabin Crew always friendly and helpful. Seating cramped - foul smelling from toilets, high risk of disease. Guard personal property such as expensive sunglasses Coffee always awful and cold Meal trays toddler sized Not worth the extra cost to fly SQ - use a budget airline, same if not better experience

Wonderful service, planes and interior in great condition, very pleasant experience

The singapore airline now compared before covid, I like the service before covid. SQ was the best of all airlines but now I am going to look for different airline if I am travelling in asia.

Flying with Singapore airlines is always excelllent - the crew are lovely and the food too is great. It’s my number 1 airline

I did not like anything. Flight experience was bad overall.

The seat comfort, the food and of course the crew, they made you feel welcome and relaxed 😊

No entertainment u less you pay. Wish there were some free movies

I was traveling business purposes and I only had one carry on and a personal computer back pack . My carry on was 8.5 kg little more than allowable. At jfk airport check in they did not let me carry it . I was little disappointed.

The entertainment selections are amazing. But the live TV is sometimes spotty. If you’re going to have it, then have it. If you can’t make it consistent, then, perhaps it’s better not to have it. The crew are always cordial when approached, but they seem to do the minimum and sit around, talking to each other in the back of the plane during the flight. I realize that delays are not always predictable, but I missed my flight in Dubai because we left 90 minutes late from Washington. I will say that Emirates took very good care of me in Dubai. But I would rather not be delayed.

Me and 2 other rows were forgotten during food service. We waited over an hour before they finally served our food. Then only had what was left. They did apologize. Also, they locked the bathroom due to turbulence and my 4 year old had to pee himself because they wouldn’t unlock it for him.

Great flight. Comfortable seats, courteous service, and excellent selection for entertainment.

The individual attention the crew gives to passengers is commendable and I find them positively helpful.

The amenities offered in the Business class is far away less compared with other Air Companies. Emirates is going down in the competition pricing the same value as Qatar airways for example.

Crew in Hyderabad could have been more helpful they were only focused on ripping customers.

Well emirates since after covid recovery their service became much poorer than before , old planes to some destinations, untrained staff , rude , inflexible, and poor food, this specific flight the plane felt like in the 90s , and staff behavior was rude due to usual incidents in these flights for some destinations, i understand this but they pit everyone at the same basket, a readiness to be rude anytime

There was a smell front the washroom on flight. There could have been efforts to ensure better sanitation/air circulation once used severally.

More facilities to transport to the gates......felt too much walking distance

I liked the overall service and comfort. The only annoying thing was paying for excess baggage at the airport. They have limited options and they don't take all cards.

Crews are very rude and unhelpful. Cramped seats in economy. Foods are useless

Polite and helpful crew. My son developed fever. Crew members came and gave him medication and also came and enquired about his health several times.

Other than low space, which is the problem with all airlines for economy class, the flight was excellent.

Overall good but staff in the place looked extremely tired after 8hrs in 14 hrs journey and then service was cut short and response time for calls increased in later part of flight. Food was ok not astonishing

The flight from Doha to Mumbai with Indigo was worst in my whole life, I had booked tickets with Qatar, but still we had to fly by Indigo , worst flight

I encountered challenges with the boarding staff during the boarding pass issuance process, leading to disagreements. Despite my agent's information that carrying a small cabin bag along with a separate bag containing my laptop and purse was permitted, the boarding staff did not allow it.

The qatar airways flights were great, the code share with Indigo could have been a lot better. There is no option for web check in, there is not information on the tickets for the INDIGO PNR this caused a problem with security letting us into the airport. The indigo staff did not even want us to line up before they opened the counters. There is not option on the indigo flgith to request special meals.

Very Old flight. I didn’t expect to see this old flight. The entertainment system was very poor for a 15+ hours flight. The staff was amazing and food could is no bad could be better.

The flight was one hour late. The food is mediocre and the screen was broken

It is just ok, the sits are very uncomfortable, the temperature too low and there weren’t blankets. The food is mediocre and there are no screens to watch movies.

Flight was smooth but unnecessary long because we had to refuel at FCO Rome. Air hostesses service and response to call light could be better. Both planes were old with broken seat arms and toilets. Why Africans had to be given the farthest Gates is what baffles me and why we have to pay for Aisle seats I found really strange. Is there ever an end to ripping people off even after paying over $2300 for one seat.

On my return flight the TV did not work the entire flight! They knew it wasn’t working but they let me sit there. The guy sitting nièce to me told me he was ok the previous flight and it wasn’t working. This is business class by the way!

Same but worse than international. The inter African flights are worse.

The entertainment (movies) blockbuster and classics never change. I am a frequent Ethiopian flyer and this should be addressed. Not much changed from my summer flight and my December flight. It is annoying - surely you can update the selections more often. Same with food options. It becomes extremely boring to be offered the same exact meals from Washington to Addis to Maputo every trip, each time. AS

Entertainment was very poor. Couldn’t watch anything. Ear pieces were the wrong type .

Hot, uncomfortable and very rough take off and landing. Very regrettable.

The seats were quite uncomfortable despite having good legroom. The 350s are quite nice but the problem is on the old 777 aircraft. Special meal requests are not catered for as they should. They never had any ice for drinks.

Entertainment system poor - couldn't hear, no flight info etc.

1st of all on February 27th Abu Dhabi to Delhi flight the seat wasn't comfortable at all, coming back the Lounge at Abu Dhabi didn't have anything. Than the Food in the flight

Good range of movies but lacking decent tv shows. Wifi was really expensive on this flight, considering flights under 7 hours have a $9.99 USD charge for streaming, to jump up to $24.99 for a 7 hour 40 flight seemed a little bit of a rip off. Staff are inattentive, and really need to improve on the customer experience. The new airport is fantastic, as is the new lounge, a huge upgrade from the old airport and lounge!

Crew were very polite and quicker in service. Excellent cooling, comfortable seats and tasty food served

The staff was very nice and polite but it was very very hot and no ways to have some fresh air. It would be nice to have more time to sleep since it was a night flight

The staff was kind and polite, but it was very very hot and no ways to have some fresh air.it would be also be nice to have more time to sleep, since it was a night flight

Very unfriendly team. It was very difficult to get a cup of coffee. Legroom was extremely small. Old, dilapidated plane.

Food was very good. Again tray could use a non-skid mat. I had a regular seat - comfortable - able to sleep undisturbed. Boarding was uneventful.

Crew was good, boarding mediocre, food choices were limited, seating was not comfortable

Crew did not cooperate… I just asked water twice for one crew member and she didn’t get anything.. and when I asked other crew member he gave me water and he was not respectful.. I kept Hindu non veg meal chicken .. when I get my turn chicken was not provided and then they gave me veg paneer and green peas curry which I don’t like..

Sits are very uncomfortable Don’t feel like to travel in Etihad. It was 1st time we traveled in Etihad now we decided we don’t want to travel in Etihad.

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Recent return flight deals

3/6Mon
2 stopsEtihad Airways
42h 35mJNB-HKT
10/6Mon
2 stopsEtihad Airways
39h 40mHKT-JNB
R10 394
8/5Wed
1 stopEtihad Airways
33h 30mJNB-BKK
1/6Sat
1 stopEtihad Airways
35h 00mBKK-JNB
R10 431
20/5Mon
1 stopEthiopian Air
16h 50mCPT-BKK
26/5Sun
1 stopEthiopian Air
16h 55mBKK-CPT
R11 910
3/6Mon
1 stopEthiopian Air
17h 40mCPT-BKK
9/6Sun
1 stopEthiopian Air
16h 55mBKK-CPT
R11 966
27/5Mon
1 stopSingapore Airlines
23h 00mCPT-BKK
25/2Tue
1 stopSingapore Airlines
18h 25mBKK-CPT
R12 114
30/5Thu
1 stopQatar Airways
18h 10mJNB-BKK
5/6Wed
1 stopQatar Airways
18h 40mBKK-JNB
R12 169
14/5Tue
1 stopQatar Airways
18h 10mJNB-BKK
21/5Tue
1 stopQatar Airways
36h 15mBKK-JNB
R12 206
9/5Thu
1 stopEmirates
33h 40mJNB-BKK
31/5Fri
1 stopEmirates
16h 20mBKK-JNB
R12 446
9/5Thu
1 stopEmirates
15h 35mJNB-BKK
31/5Fri
1 stopEmirates
16h 20mBKK-JNB
R12 483
27/5Mon
2 stopsSingapore Airlines
25h 15mCPT-BKK
25/2Tue
2 stopsSingapore Airlines
26h 20mBKK-CPT
R12 502

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16/5Thu
1 stopEtihad Airways
29h 05mJNB-BKK
R5 992
16/5Thu
1 stopEtihad Airways
29h 05mJNB-BKK
R6 399
27/6Thu
1 stopQatar Airways
37h 05mCPT-BKK
R6 436
27/5Mon
1 stopQatar Airways
18h 45mCPT-BKK
R6 954
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1 stopSingapore Airlines
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R7 083
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R7 453
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R9 210
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R9 284
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R11 392
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8/5Wed
multi-stopEtihad Airways
29h 05mJNB-BKK
1/6Sat
multi-stopEtihad Airways
35h 00mBKK-JNB
R10 431
8/5Wed
multi-stopEtihad Airways
42h 35mJNB-HKT
31/5Fri
multi-stopEtihad Airways
39h 40mHKT-JNB
R10 782
9/5Thu
multi-stopEmirates
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31/5Fri
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8/5Wed
multi-stopEmirates
25h 35mJNB-HKT
31/5Fri
multi-stopEmirates
21h 20mHKT-JNB
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7/5Tue
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12/5Sun
multi-stopEthiopian Air
16h 15mBKK-JNB
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6/5Mon
multi-stopEthiopian Air
16h 55mJNB-BKK
13/5Mon
multi-stopEthiopian Air
17h 10mBKK-JNB
R13 186
7/5Tue
multi-stopQatar Airways
24h 15mJNB-HKT
31/5Fri
multi-stopQatar Airways
21h 45mHKT-JNB
R16 589
7/5Tue
multi-stopQatar Airways
24h 15mJNB-HKT
28/5Tue
multi-stopQatar Airways
36h 55mHKT-JNB
R16 645
10/5Fri
multi-stopSingapore Airlines
13h 40mJNB-HKT
3/6Mon
multi-stopSingapore Airlines
15h 10mHKT-JNB
R18 291
9/5Thu
multi-stopSingapore Airlines
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multi-stopSingapore Airlines
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R18 790

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