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Malé
Malé1 stopR11 204

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Low season

August

High season

December

Cheapest flight

R5 665
Best time to beat the crowds (2% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly (34% more expensive on average)
Flight from Johannesburg to Malé

FAQs - booking Maldives flights

  • How long is the flight to the Maldives?

    An average direct flight from South Africa to the Maldives takes 16h 15m, covering a distance of 10510 km. The most popular route is Johannesburg - Malé with an average flight time of 13h 35m.

  • What is the cheapest flight to the Maldives?

    The cheapest ticket to the Maldives from South Africa found in the last 72 hours was R11 240. The most popular route is Johannesburg OR Tambo to Male and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was R11 240.

  • What is the most popular destination in the Maldives?

    Based on KAYAK flight searches, the most popular destination is Malé (100% of total searches to the Maldives).

  • How does KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy?

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Top tips for finding cheap flights to the Maldives

  • Book at least 1 week before departure in order to get a below-average price.
  • High season is considered to be January, November and December. The cheapest month to fly from South Africa is February.
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Top 4 airlines flying to the Maldives

Need help choosing which airline to fly with from South Africa to the Maldives? 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.
8,1
EmiratesOverall score based on 3489 reviews
7,9Food
8,2Entertainment
8,0Comfort
8,1Boarding
8,3Crew
Airline reviews

Some Crew were distinguishably fake in their interactions with passengers.

8,0 ExcellentAnonymous, Nov 2024DXB - ORD
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Some Crew were distinguishably fake in their interactions with passengers.

Airline did not have enough vegetarian meals for all guests, and crew were not adequately trained to handle this.

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

Nothing, all that I know is that I will never travel with Emirates again Qatar is were I belong. You guys should send someone over to experience what true acomadation is, Emirates has the worst food that I ever eat on any airline ,even jetblue has better food and snacks that curry Indian garbage you guys serve just make people sick.

We boarded via a mobile gate in Dubai. I don't care for the bus ride from the gate to the plane

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

The lounge staff at reception were inefficient and robotic. Boarding process was chaotic at the gate with no priority for business and first. At arrival into Dubai, no upper deck door . Food option and quality for this flight was awful . Thankfully the bar is always good.

I have a very good experience flighting with emirates. All my expectations were fit well.

Fresh energetic and friendly crew, great food, brand new plane and non stop entertainment

We waited over an hour to check our bags in and get boarding passes. We arrived 2 and 1/2 hours before the flight, and it was still very slow. That crew was very friendly and very helpful

I was a member of Krisflyer for ten years, but my last flight to Tokyo was a disaster. I had to stand in line for four hours before check-in because they were late opening the counter, and there were more than 50 people behind me. The plane was extremely small, and the food could have been better. When I dropped off my stroller before boarding the plane, I expected to receive it upon exiting for my transfer. However, they returned the stroller to the checked baggage because they said I was late getting off the plane. Of course, I was late; they assigned me a seat at the back of the aircraft, and I was traveling with a baby! The worst part was when I arrived in Jakarta. They damaged my stroller and refused to approve my claim, so I had to pay for stroller rental because of the damage they caused. I don’t know what happened to Singapore Airlines, but I felt like I was flying with a budget airline.

Timing very good from sfo to Singapore and service was awesome and economy class seats are great overall very good experience thanks

Flight was delayed by baggage loading onto the plane. This was attributed to "inclement weather" (some moderate rain) which could be said to be beyond the airline's control, but the problematic part was that the plane was boarded and doors shut so that passengers sat in a cramped plane with rising temperature (full flight) for an hour. The airline was aware of the status of baggage loading, they could have deferred boarding to keep passengers comfortable.

The crew have great customer service but their economy seating isn’t the most comfortable for a 220lbs+ guy and the food wasn’t bad, but wasn’t exceptional, either.

This flight was 16 hours and they made it very tolerable. Seats were comfortable and the staff very accommodating. I had plenty of inflight entertainment. Food was very good.

The crew and their service was top notch, but the plane itself seemed to be on the older side and worn out. Also, the food could’ve been better. 9 out of 10.

The staff were amazing and very kind. The seats recline a little too far back and are up close when sitting behind.

We flew business class. It was excellent. For a 6’4” individual, the seats were slightly uncomfortable for sleeping. But this is only comparison to other business class seats. Otherwise, the crew was incredibly attentive, And the service was impeccable.

The booking experience was bad. Our six character booking ID number disappeared the day before the flight, We could not find out what happened or what was the status of our flight, scheduled for the next day. We finally found the right number to contact Singapore Airlines on the matter (not easy). The Singapore agent worked through the issue in a little over thirty minutes on the phone, the day before the flight. That was great. I'm very happy with Singapore Airlines and their performance. Contact with a competent person on the matter was near impossible. It seems no one in business these days wants to deal with customers once they've pocketed the money. There were resellers, including Kayak, involved in the chain. When we finally got through to Underpricer, we did get a return call that could have proved helpful. But by that time the matter had been resolved by the Singapore agent. Majestic Vacations, the reseller who received the payment was less than worthless. That's just a fast buck operation. Ugh.

My daughter and I had a pleasant trip to Singapore. Reliable and on time.

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.

Our male flight attendant was top notch - wish I could remember his name. Boarding is never fun when I have to ride the shuttle to the middle of the tarmac and pull my carry on bags up the stairs to my seat. My knees are banged up and my shoulders give me pain, so the flight started off poorly. The seat leg rests don’t recline completely so that makes is difficult if not dangerous to get in and out of the middle seats. The entertainment system touch screens prevented one from seeing the options. They are old and the software needs to be updated. I was on six planes in the last two weeks and able to see the flight progress without any stress. Couldn’t watch anything else. I do like Qatar Airways, just not a fan of a few things.

There was not enough food for everybody. Some dishes were missing.

Being a platinum member, no attention given. No towel or tissue provided.

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

Staff was very friendly. There is no on board entertainment, but it’s such a short flight that it doesn’t matter. We also got a meal which was nice and unexpected due to the length of the flight.

Don't be afraid if you board an Oman Air Airbus A330 - it will take you to Colombo and not Muskat. The Aircraft is leased by Qatar Airways ;-)

I had first class service from them. A little late taking off, but no major problem

It was good no problems made it on time for the next flight overseas!

There’s lots of problem I faced from Bom to Doha that experience was worst I never faced before like this

Boarding was efficient, had to check in cabin luggage. Seats were narrow, food was more in quantity, received cabin luggage on the luggage belt which was fine.

Boarding catastrophic let alone have to claimb the plain rather than using jetway. 5.5 hr delay leaving had to do stop in Lgw for a new crew which further compounded the delay. Connecting flight would not wait and had to pend a night in a hotel. Curiously my seat would not go full flat.

Good. The food was very bad. Except for the chicken rice, rest of the dish went to trash.

In never flown this flight, because my flight coning from Barcelona was delayed.

Only 1 time food and drinks together was offered, for total 5 hours duration drinks and snacks was never offered. For some people food choice was not available, only veg was available. No entertainment option was there. Crew members were mostly back of the flight asking each other for KitKat and chips to share between them.

Lovely crew - comfortable journey despite it being an older plane.

The business class experience is fantastic. The crew were polite but often unavailable even when I tried to call them! I even found myself bringing my used dishes and cutlery up to the crew because no one had come to collect it after over an hour.

Online was good boarding also but a child was crying all the way with no intervention from crew member.

Overall mediocre experience. Check in was good. They're were discriminatory. They were not attentive, food choices were not vegetarian friendly. The food served was frozen.

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!

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Recent return flight deals

4/2Tue
1 stopEmirates
17h 00mJNB-MLE
8/2Sat
2 stopsEmirates
31h 25mMLE-JNB
R11 204
4/2Tue
1 stopEmirates
13h 35mJNB-MLE
8/2Sat
1 stopEmirates
28h 20mMLE-JNB
R11 258
15/1Wed
1 stopQatar Airways
23h 05mJNB-MLE
20/1Mon
1 stopQatar Airways
27h 05mMLE-JNB
R11 330
15/1Wed
1 stopQatar Airways
23h 05mJNB-MLE
19/1Sun
1 stopQatar Airways
16h 45mMLE-JNB
R12 489
15/1Wed
2 stopsEtihad Airways
25h 25mJNB-MLE
20/1Mon
2 stopsEtihad Airways
38h 40mMLE-JNB
R12 778
15/1Wed
1 stopEtihad Airways
25h 15mJNB-MLE
20/1Mon
2 stopsEtihad Airways
38h 40mMLE-JNB
R12 815
2/5Fri
1 stopSingapore Airlines
23h 20mJNB-MLE
15/5Thu
1 stopSingapore Airlines
20h 05mMLE-JNB
R12 977
2/5Fri
1 stopSingapore Airlines
23h 20mJNB-MLE
9/5Fri
1 stopSingapore Airlines
20h 05mMLE-JNB
R13 249
2/2Sun
2 stops
26h 35mJNB-MLE
9/2Sun
1 stop
16h 25mMLE-JNB
R16 543
4/2Tue
1 stop
16h 00mJNB-MLE
8/2Sat
3 stops
35h 25mMLE-JNB
R16 561

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24/2Mon
1 stopQatar Airways
16h 05mJNB-MLE
R5 665
27/3Thu
1 stopQatar Airways
23h 05mJNB-MLE
R6 371
16/2Sun
1 stopQatar Airways
23h 05mJNB-MLE
R6 588
24/2Mon
2 stopsEtihad Airways
19h 20mJNB-MLE
R7 348
15/2Sat
2 stops
32h 45mJNB-MLE
R7 729
22/2Sat
2 stops
32h 45mJNB-MLE
R7 747
24/2Mon
3 stops
25h 45mJNB-MLE
R7 819
23/2Sun
3 stopsQatar Airways
42h 00mJNB-MLE
R8 072
23/2Sun
3 stops
34h 25mJNB-MLE
R8 127
16/2Sun
2 stopsSingapore Airlines
32h 35mCPT-MLE
R40 616

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25/11Mon
multi-stopEmirates
13h 35mJNB-MLE
2/12Mon
multi-stopEmirates
27h 10mMLE-JNB
R11 240
25/11Mon
multi-stopEmirates
17h 40mJNB-MLE
2/12Mon
multi-stopEmirates
14h 30mMLE-JNB
R11 294
25/11Mon
multi-stopEtihad Airways
30h 50mJNB-MLE
2/12Mon
multi-stopEtihad Airways
44h 00mMLE-JNB
R12 308
25/11Mon
multi-stopQatar Airways
15h 50mJNB-MLE
1/12Sun
multi-stopQatar Airways
35h 00mMLE-JNB
R15 602
25/11Mon
multi-stopQatar Airways
39h 00mJNB-MLE
1/12Sun
multi-stopQatar Airways
35h 00mMLE-JNB
R16 815
25/11Mon
multi-stop
24h 30mJNB-MLE
2/12Mon
multi-stop
28h 20mMLE-JNB
R20 941
25/11Mon
multi-stopQatar Airways
26h 00mJNB-MLE
1/12Sun
multi-stopQatar Airways
35h 00mMLE-JNB
R22 172

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