R5 063 Find Cheap Flights to London

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Cheap Flight Deals to London

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

KAYAK's recommended return flight deals from the most popular airlines that fly to London.
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17:50 - 19:55JNB-STN
27h 05m2 stops
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7:05 - 7:30STN-JNB
23h 25m2 stops
R9 418
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Sun, Jun 8 - Mon, Jun 23
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Sun, Jun 8 - Sun, Jun 15
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14:30 - 6:20JNB-LGW
16h 50m1 stop
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R10 311Ethiopian Air
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14:30 - 6:25JNB-LGW
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10:10 - 3:55LGW-JNB
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Wed, Jun 4 - Mon, Jun 9
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19:35 - 17:55JNB-LGW
23h 20m1 stop
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18:35 - 9:20LGW-JNB
13h 45m1 stop
R10 590SWISS
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Wed, Jun 18 - Tue, Jun 24
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19:35 - 17:50JNB-LGW
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R11 018SWISS
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Sat, Jun 7 - Fri, Jun 20
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19:00 - 7:40JNB-LHR
13h 40m1 stop
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17:30 - 8:35LHR-JNB
14h 05m1 stop
R11 428Lufthansa
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Thu, May 22 - Thu, May 29
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19:00 - 7:40JNB-LHR
13h 40m1 stop
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17:30 - 8:35LHR-JNB
14h 05m1 stop
R11 763Lufthansa
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19:25 - 5:35JNB-LHR
11h 10mdirect
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R13 624British 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 Johannesburg, at R175 271 return. The most popular connection is from Cape Town to London and KAYAK users have found return deals for as low as R11 446 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 R15 756 on average. The cheapest price found on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks cost R3 501 and departed from Cape Town. The most popular routes on KAYAK are Cape Town to London which costs R16 621 on average, and Johannesburg to London, which costs R18 032 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 Tuesday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as R17 224. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Saturday, where round-trip prices are R18 374 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 R11 056 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 R15 802 and R14 964 respectively. For one-way flights, the best month to travel is February with an average price of R11 056.

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 R643 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 R968.

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 R14 119 return, from Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport R14 976 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 Luton Airport (LTN), with an average flight price of R1 880.

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Low season

February

High season

December

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Best time to beat the crowds (14% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly (3% more expensive on average)
Flight from OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg to London Heathrow Airport

When to book flights to London

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel to London based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
Estimated return price
KAYAK looks at all historical flight data for each date to provide a predicted price for one-way trips or returns with a duration up to 40 days. The information is for flights to London based on your location. While we try to provide actual minimum prices for each date, some prices are predictions and actual prices may differ.

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 Johannesburg, at R175 271 return. The most popular connection is from Cape Town to London and KAYAK users have found return deals for as low as R11 446 in the last 3 days.

  • Which London airport is closest to central London?

    There are 6 major airports in London. The nearest airport from London city centre is London City (12 km), followed by London Heathrow Airport (23 km), London Gatwick Airport (38 km), and London Luton Airport (45 km).

  • How much is a flight to London?

    On average, a flight to London costs R15 756. The cheapest price found on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks cost R3 501 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 28 direct flights from within South Africa to London. The most common day for departures is Tuesday, with 14% of flights taking off on this day.

Top tips for finding cheap flights to London

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found flights on this route for R4 536 or less one-way and R11 363 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.

Prefer to fly direct to London?

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

Direct departures

South Africa to London

Monday

ANA, AccesRail, Aegean Airlines, +121 more

ANA, AccesRail, +122 more

Tuesday

ANA, AccesRail, Aegean Airlines, +119 more

ANA, AccesRail, +120 more

Wednesday

ANA, AccesRail, Aegean Airlines, +120 more

ANA, AccesRail, +121 more

Thursday

ANA, AccesRail, Aegean Airlines, +120 more

ANA, AccesRail, +121 more

Friday

ANA, AccesRail, Aegean Airlines, +124 more

ANA, AccesRail, +125 more

Saturday

ANA, AccesRail, Aegean Airlines, +120 more

ANA, AccesRail, +121 more

Sunday

ANA, AccesRail, Aegean Airlines, +126 more

ANA, AccesRail, +127 more

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Direct returns

London to South Africa

Monday

ANA, AccesRail, Aegean Airlines, +121 more

ANA, AccesRail, +122 more

Tuesday

ANA, AccesRail, Aegean Airlines, +119 more

ANA, AccesRail, +120 more

Wednesday

ANA, AccesRail, Aegean Airlines, +120 more

ANA, AccesRail, +121 more

Thursday

ANA, AccesRail, Aegean Airlines, +120 more

ANA, AccesRail, +121 more

Friday

ANA, AccesRail, Aegean Airlines, +124 more

ANA, AccesRail, +125 more

Saturday

ANA, AccesRail, Aegean Airlines, +120 more

ANA, AccesRail, +121 more

Sunday

ANA, AccesRail, Aegean Airlines, +126 more

ANA, AccesRail, +127 more

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Top 5 airlines flying 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.
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EmiratesOverall score based on 3213 reviews
7,8Food
8,1Boarding
8,3Crew
8,2Entertainment
8,0Comfort
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Everything was great but the food portions and quality was awful

8,0 ExcellentAli, Mar 2025
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Everything was great but the food portions and quality was awful

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

It was great, a little more leg room would have been better particularly since we were in premium economy

Overall was a good experience and this particular flight the crew were great too at least in business class. It’s not always the case with flydubai. Few things would make me think twice in the future on this route. 1. The arrival into T3 might sound good but it is a real pain as it takes almost 30 mins to get to terminal on the bus as the aircraft still park at T2. The bag takes even longer . If they just let us off at T2, I’d be home within 30 mins of walking off the plane. Instead it takes 1.5 hours. 2. Due to the timing, the very tiny lounge in Penang is so crowded because half the lounge is closed for Qatar crew. Hardly anywhere to sit. 3. Flydubai app and site has a long way to go and using it is very unpleasant.

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!

Ticket price is competitive, flight time is punctual, aircraft cabin is clean, food is average. Can improve on serving system of meals on a A380 airbus. I had only 15 min to eat my meal. There are lots of people to serve & took a while for food to make it down to my row.

Loved everything! This flight had premium economy and I didn't see an option to upgraded to premium economy OR buy premium economy tickets. How come?

Priority boarding for Silver and Premium Economy was very disorganised, in fact, non-existent.

Okish. But for £550 , I’d have preferred a better experience

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.

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

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.

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

Plane was late with no information or announcement … had to walk up n downstairs.., had not communicated this … and ppl had suitcase to carry .

Like: It arrived, Dislike: Boarding was a separate corridor with no counter announcements at the passenger waiting area. Very dirty airplane and toilets, food options were terrible - everything even the vegetarian option was a curry spice. Many other passengers using the toilets would not lock the door and kept door partially open during use - flight attendants would not enforce or direct them to lock it and light turns on, no entertainment options at all, other passengers would be singing and not peaceful. Atrocious flight experience.

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.

Boarding was delayed and we had to get on buses to plane so group # didn't matter. No food or drinks served gratis. Seats were small, knees smashed into the seat ahead, didn't recline. Crew was excellent though.

The flight from Seattle was delayed, which made me miss my connection to Florence. I was re-booked NINE HOURS LATER!!! That’s basically a vacation day lost. British Airways needs to partner with other airlines when possible to get a more realistic travel time, if delays occur. I realize there aren’t many flights to Florence from London, so I would book differently were I to return. The actual flight from Seattle was very comfortable and the crew was great, no faults there. I enjoy British Airways, this was an anomaly.

Our original booking with Kayak -our first experience -was exactly what we wanted and worked well. Updates were friendly and reassuring as were the contacts with UnderPricer so a big win-win. We learned a lot on your reliability and will definitely put you on our organisational list for the future.

The crew could not have been more helpful, my meal was excellent, I slept peacefully until right before landing, and the BA lounge was a godsend. The only negative I encountered was the coffee both on the plane and in the lounge. Not to my taste but that’s a personal preference.

Plane and seats ok. Dinners going and coming back were not fantastic. Breakfast from Seattle to London fine with bagel, cheese and fried egg. Second meal on London to Seattle not my favorite of kind of pizza sauce in a pastry. Came with water about three different times on each of my long flights. Staff on all very friendly and helpful.

I don’t understand why a reputable airline like BA would delegate their London flights to AA. Makes no sense to me, as most domestic carriers do such a poor job these days. Terminal 3 at LHR is a total dump

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

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