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Cheap Flight Deals to Gatwick

 
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KAYAK's recommended return flight deals from the most popular airlines that fly to Gatwick.
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Norse Atlantic UK Logo
11:00 - 21:40CPT-LGW
11h 40mdirect
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20:00 - 8:30LGW-CPT
11h 30mdirect
R9 895Norse Atlantic UK
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Sun, Apr 13 - Sat, Apr 26
Ethiopian Air Logo
14:30 - 6:25JNB-LGW
16h 55m1 stop
Ethiopian Air Logo
10:10 - 3:55LGW-JNB
16h 45m1 stop
R10 177Ethiopian Air
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Wed, May 21 - Thu, May 29
SWISS Logo
19:35 - 17:55JNB-LGW
23h 20m1 stop
SWISS Logo
18:35 - 9:20LGW-JNB
13h 45m1 stop
R10 798SWISS
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Wed, May 21 - Wed, Jun 4
SWISS Logo
19:35 - 17:50JNB-LGW
23h 15m1 stop
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18:40 - 9:20LGW-JNB
13h 40m1 stop
R11 212SWISS
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Fri, Jun 6 - Sat, Jun 14
Qatar Airways Logo
13:55 - 6:40JNB-LGW
17h 45m1 stop
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14:55 - 16:10LGW-JNB
24h 15m1 stop
R12 698Qatar Airways
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Thu, May 15 - Thu, Jun 12
Qatar Airways Logo
13:55 - 6:40JNB-LGW
17h 45m1 stop
Qatar Airways Logo
14:55 - 16:10LGW-JNB
24h 15m1 stop
R12 736Qatar Airways
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Thu, May 22 - Thu, Jun 12
Turkish Airlines Logo
17:50 - 13:00JNB-LGW
20h 10m1 stop
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5:30 - 10:35LGW-JNB
28h 05m1 stop
R12 961Turkish Airlines
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Thu, Jun 5 - Thu, Jun 12
Turkish Airlines Logo
16:35 - 22:20CPT-LGW
30h 45m1 stop
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17:15 - 11:50LGW-CPT
17h 35m1 stop
R13 206Turkish Airlines
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Wed, Jun 4 - Wed, Jun 11
Emirates Logo
13:25 - 7:20JNB-LGW
18h 55m1 stop
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14:30 - 20:50LGW-JNB
29h 20m1 stop
R14 542Emirates
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Sat, Jun 21 - Fri, Jul 4
Emirates Logo
18:25 - 12:35CPT-LGW
19h 10m1 stop
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21:45 - 16:50LGW-CPT
18h 05m1 stop
R14 673Emirates
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Fri, Jun 6 - Sun, Jun 15

KAYAK's insights & trends for flights to Gatwick

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

What is the cheapest flight to London Gatwick Airport?

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 Gatwick Airport was found on the route from Johannesburg, at R186 143 return. The most popular connection is from Cape Town to London Gatwick Airport and KAYAK users have found return deals for as low as R9 895 in the last 3 days.

What is the cheapest day to fly to London?

The average price of all round-trip flights to London Gatwick Airport clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to London is Tuesday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as R13 634. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Saturday, where round-trip prices are R15 821 on average.

What is the cheapest month to fly to London Gatwick Airport?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights to London Gatwick Airport, 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 Gatwick Airport is May, where tickets cost R12 754 on average for return flights. On the other hand, the most expensive months are August and June, where the average cost of tickets from South Africa is R15 539 and R15 294 respectively. For one-way flights, the best month to travel is February with an average price of R10 986.

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

The average price for all round-trip flights to London Gatwick Airport 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 Gatwick Airport is generally in the morning, when round-trip flights cost R686 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to London Gatwick Airport is generally in the evening, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is R748.

What is a good deal for flights to London Gatwick Airport?

If you’re looking for cheap airfare to London Gatwick Airport, 25% of our users found tickets to London Gatwick Airport for the following prices or less: From Cape Town R12 369 return.

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

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights to London Gatwick Airport, 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 2 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 26 weeks before departure.

Good to know – Book Cheap London Gatwick Airport Plane Tickets

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January

High season

December

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Most popular time to fly (8% more expensive on average)
Flight from Johannesburg to London Gatwick Airport

When to book flights to Gatwick

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel to Gatwick based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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FAQs - booking London Gatwick Airport flights

  • What is the cheapest flight to London Gatwick Airport?

    In the last 3 days, the cheapest flight deal to London Gatwick Airport was found on the route from Johannesburg, at R186 143 return. The most popular connection is from Cape Town to London Gatwick Airport and KAYAK users have found return deals for as low as R9 895 in the last 3 days.

  • How far is London Gatwick Airport from central London?

    The distance between London Gatwick Airport and the city centre of London is 38 km.

  • How much is a flight to London?

    On average, a flight to London costs R10 065. The cheapest price found on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks cost R4 357 and departed from Cape Town Intl Airport.

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

    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 Gatwick Airport.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to London Gatwick Airport 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 Gatwick Airport?

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

    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 Gatwick Airport 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 Gatwick Airport are there each week?

    Each week there are around 4 direct flights from within South Africa to London Gatwick Airport. The most common day for departures is Wednesday, with 25% of flights taking off on this day.

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Top tips for finding cheap flights to London Gatwick Airport

  • Looking for cheap airfare to London Gatwick Airport? 25% of our users found return tickets to London Gatwick Airport for the following prices or less: From Cape Town R28 352
  • Enter your preferred departure airport and travel dates into the search form above to unlock the latest London Gatwick Airport flight deals.

Prefer to fly direct to London Gatwick?

Find which airlines fly direct to London Gatwick Airport, which days they fly and book direct flights.

Direct departures

South Africa to London Gatwick

Monday

AccesRail, Aer Lingus, Aerolineas Argentinas, +65 more

AccesRail, Aer Lingus, +66 more

Tuesday

AccesRail, Aer Lingus, Aerolineas Argentinas, +63 more

AccesRail, Aer Lingus, +64 more

Wednesday

AccesRail, Aer Lingus, Aerolineas Argentinas, +62 more

AccesRail, Aer Lingus, +63 more

Thursday

AccesRail, Aer Lingus, Aerolineas Argentinas, +63 more

AccesRail, Aer Lingus, +64 more

Friday

AccesRail, Aer Lingus, Aerolineas Argentinas, +64 more

AccesRail, Aer Lingus, +65 more

Saturday

AccesRail, Aer Lingus, Aerolineas Argentinas, +64 more

AccesRail, Aer Lingus, +65 more

Sunday

AccesRail, Aer Lingus, Aerolineas Argentinas, +65 more

AccesRail, Aer Lingus, +66 more

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Direct returns

London Gatwick to South Africa

Monday

AccesRail, Aer Lingus, Aerolineas Argentinas, +65 more

AccesRail, Aer Lingus, +66 more

Tuesday

AccesRail, Aer Lingus, Aerolineas Argentinas, +63 more

AccesRail, Aer Lingus, +64 more

Wednesday

AccesRail, Aer Lingus, Aerolineas Argentinas, +62 more

AccesRail, Aer Lingus, +63 more

Thursday

AccesRail, Aer Lingus, Aerolineas Argentinas, +63 more

AccesRail, Aer Lingus, +64 more

Friday

AccesRail, Aer Lingus, Aerolineas Argentinas, +64 more

AccesRail, Aer Lingus, +65 more

Saturday

AccesRail, Aer Lingus, Aerolineas Argentinas, +64 more

AccesRail, Aer Lingus, +65 more

Sunday

AccesRail, Aer Lingus, Aerolineas Argentinas, +65 more

AccesRail, Aer Lingus, +66 more

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Top 5 airlines flying to Gatwick

 
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.
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EmiratesOverall score based on 3193 reviews
7,8Food
8,0Comfort
8,3Crew
8,2Entertainment
8,1Boarding
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The best ever, friendly and attentive cabin crew, amazing captains who utilised their expertise for less turbulence, just overall amazing

10,0 ExcellentAnonymous, Mar 2025DXB - MIA
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The best ever, friendly and attentive cabin crew, amazing captains who utilised their expertise for less turbulence, just overall amazing

First time and very memorable, the finest flying experience ive ever had

Boarding for business class passengers can be improved. Also, when debarking the aircraft, Economy passengers are let off first due the way the configuration of the cabin upstairs.

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!

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

Comfort and customer service from most if the crew was great. The crew reassigning passengers should consider the presence of infants when reassigning seats. Unfortunately a couple of oversized passengers were relocated next to us, making this segment a bit uncomfortable, as there was not only extra leg space required. I ended up swapping seats with my husband so our baby wouldn't be impacted. My husband travelled quite uncomfortable as the reassigned neighbour shoulder and arm ended up on my husband's seat

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

The entire crew went above and beyond. This was our first flight with our 3 month old, and they were accommodating and friendly. The crew is attentive and marks a HIGE difference to the regular runs with Avianca and LATAM.

A very disappointing flight on this Emirates business class. Staff were not efficient and service was not the e usual Emirates experience. Good was particularly bad with very dry chicken and drinks that I had to press call button before getting a drink as my food sat and continue to get cold.

The flight was nice and on time. The comfort can be slightly better in business class

I slept the whole flight so I can't tell you about the food and there was no entertainment offered. Crew was very nice, seats were comfortable in business, and boarding was easy.

-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.

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're talking about a short-haul in-country flight.. there is no confort, no food, just the bottle of water. The seats are squeezed like hell and I was in the back-end of the plane, with one spare row left for the crew and to store excess bags that could not fit in the overhead bin.. Speaking of carry-on, some passengers should be better screened as their bags were simply too big to fit in the overhead bins.. ! How can this happen, and it was an A310, with 2 columns of 3-seater rows.. There is a pseudo-Business class, which is simply a section in the front of the plane where the same seats are occupied only 2 out of 3, on each side, leaving more rooms for the passengers and their bags. That's it.

Nothing special.. they could have provided something to eat without a charge

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

Everything was great except food . It as okay not good not bad

Flight attendant served beverage to everyone during meal service and forgot about me. Had to call her several times until she realized it. Not a good service for a business class flight

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

I have no complaints. The crew was attentive, pleasant and heloful

Liked some flight attendants. 1 was rude I'll not say her name I don't want to get her jn trouble on my flight back to Dallas from Doha. Very rude to some races of people clearly. She needs a better attitude and bedside manners. Asking her questions and she responds "WHAT" twice rudely like I was bothering her and "is it going to be cranberry or mango juice with an attitude".

Worst air experience in whole life . Boarding and checking was hassle as they did 3 times. Crew team was clueless about passengers need. Despite of passengers raising hand , they were resetting the program

No difference between US airline and Qatar. Both cramp as many people. The airline seems to change planes without notice choice is seating when making reservations online doesn’t match the plane a passenger is on. Especially paying extra. Nothing special No different than US carriers.

Aircraft was spacious compared to American Airlines, food was great, entertainment was much better with a wide variety of options, and the crew was very polite.

Did not like anything. Seats were crammed, leg space was minimal and food was terrible. This was the first time traveling overseas in American Airlines and was the worst experience ever. Have learned a lesson to never travel in American Airlines.

Seat experience average as they use old 777 for must flights despite full load. Qr fares are higher than other airlines for same routes so they should at least upgrade the planes . Food is average and same dishes for months on most routes I travelled at least - the Arabian rice dish “Maqboos” on every flight for months - I am sure there are other food Arabian dishes ?? It’s become boring ! Crew is always good which makes up for these things but hey confirm us what we need

Qatar Airways in-flight first/business class service is superior to any US airline; excellent meals are served on short haul flights such as between DXB and DOH.

The rows of seats in economy class are seriously close to one another making eating and resting just about impossible - there is hardly any legroom. Anyone larger than average size would have an incredibly uncomfortable flight. I had to basically share my seat with the lady passenger next to me as she was too big to fit into her allotted seat.

As gold member there is no priority checkin. Meaning you either have to board with your zone or last with business class pax. As economy pax all the baggage bays are filled by the time you arrive

Good staff, good intent, decent entertainment. More seat space would always be of benefit

The seat 7A had no padding. I needed to sit on the provided pillow.

Not worth pay business class and get service economy class

In sharp contrast to the modern glitzy airport, boarding facilities were primitive. Passengers had to board buses and walk up steep stairs in bitter cold with carry-on baggages. I found no reason why aerobridge was not provided.

It was my first time flying with Turkish Airlines, but I found the staff—from the airport to the cabin crew—to be somewhat dismissive and overly direct. This experience left me feeling discouraged about even considering a visit to Turkey in the future.

A fairly standard 2/2 configuration. Boeing 787-9 is modern but the amenities chosen by Turkish for their seats are slightly limited - no in-seat charging, for example. Otherwise, a good flight.

they have cancell the flight with no reasons, My parents were in the cold weather in the airport for 24 hours they did not give any hotel and food. I hate Turkish Airline, this is our last time that we ha ve chosen Turkish Airline.

I liked the ability to walk and stand in the crew area. I hated the security check experience before boarding. The airport staff were so rude, yelling at us unnecessarily, delaying us on purpose, and even threatening to call the police on us!

A great airline, no complaints at all. My experience with Cheap Tickets was very disappointing however. Two hours after purchasing the flight they called to tell me that the ticket price had gone up. I’ve never heard of such a thing. That is called false advertising; I will never use this ticketing service again and will warn all friends to never use it.

One of the worst check in process at the DIA as well as the boarding counter Changed seat at the last minute and assigned middle seat while I paid for window seat. Requested many times but to no avail . horrible customer service and very poor process Requesting refund for seat that was changed last minute

The trip had a 19 hour layover, and no hotel accommodation was provided. This a shame for an airline to do to their customers. I will not only stop flying with Turkish Airlines, I will make sure anyone I know avoid Turkish Airlines because of how lousy their layover system is.

No Asian Vegetarian food was available on this sector but only fish and chicken and pasta were offered.

For Vegetarian Food was very poor. Though we had opted for Asian Vegetarian Food they didn’t serve but only what was available was served. We were offered Smoked Salmon!

It was very bad experience with Ethiopian airlines . The flight was delayed in both ways . On the way coming back one of the crews dropped hot coffee on my whole body and other crew dropped used dirty glasses on top of me . The same crew that dropped hot coffee on me hit me with the food trolley on my knee while I was sleeping . I couldn’t sit properly due to the pain on my knee caused by those irresponsible crews . Very unprofessional airlines

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.

Terrible customer service I lost my bag luggage and I still haven’t received any information

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

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