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Cheapest return prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours

Athens
Athens1 stopR7 794
Split
Split1 stopR13 735
Belgrade
Belgrade1 stopR10 386
Thera
Thera2 stopsR22 843
Bucharest
Bucharest1 stopR7 704
Dubrovnik
Dubrovnik1 stopR13 735
Corfu
Corfu2 stopsR15 715
Zagreb
Zagreb1 stopR11 592
Podgorica
Podgorica1 stopR15 661

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Low season

February

High season

June

Cheapest flight

R5 328
Best time to beat the crowds (13% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly (4% more expensive on average)
Flight from Johannesburg to Athens

FAQs - booking Southeast Europe flights

  • How long is the flight to Southeast Europe?

    An average direct flight from South Africa to Southeast Europe takes 23h 05m, covering a distance of 12867 km. The most popular route is Johannesburg - Athens with an average flight time of 11h 25m.

  • What is the cheapest flight to Southeast Europe?

    The cheapest ticket to Southeast Europe from South Africa found in the last 72 hours was R7 704. The most popular route is Johannesburg OR Tambo to Athens Eleftherios V. and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was R7 722.

  • What are the most popular destinations in Southeast Europe?

    Based on KAYAK flight searches, the most popular destination is Athens (62% of total searches to Southeast Europe). The next most popular destinations are Dubrovnik (9%) and Split (7%). Searches for flights to Thessaloniki (5%), to Bucharest (5%) and to Zagreb (4%) are also popular.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a given destination and date is likely to change within 7 days, so travellers know whether to wait or book now.

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Top tips for finding cheap flights to Southeast Europe

  • 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 November.
  • Enter your preferred departure airport and travel dates into the search form above to unlock the latest Southeast Europe flight deals.

Top 5 airlines flying to Southeast Europe

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying to Southeast Europe. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline from South Africa to Southeast Europe. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from South Africa to Southeast Europe? 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 3412 reviews
8,0Comfort
7,9Food
8,1Boarding
8,3Crew
8,2Entertainment
Airline reviews

Poor flight aircraft very old Crew was friendly 1 person though

2,0 MediocreAlaa, Dec 2024ALG - DXB
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Poor flight aircraft very old Crew was friendly 1 person though

On this flight, about the last 2 hours the captain kept the cabin too hot. It appeared like the ac was off.

The food was amazing on our flight. So many options for movies and shows to stay entertained for 12 hours.

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

Seats are not as easy to move as you would hope in premium econo Y

Emirates is good airlines. But there plane seats were very small and congested. Need to little good and big seats in economy class.

On the DXB to IAD flight, missed the snack between the meals again...

Better entertainment; the lack of it made the very long flight even longer

No Vegetarian options onboard, made to wait for a long time for boarding

We did not fly and our agent has been uncilling and uncooperative to help us rebook flight. We will never use Kayak ever again to book our flights, and we will let our network of friends know that using Kayak is equal to losing $$$$$.

The only thing that could have been better, is that the food trays get left way to long after a meal. We had a snack 8 hrs into the trip, and they left us with the boxes and cups for way too long. It is not fun being trapped in your seat unnecessarily

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.

Do I need to repeat my complaints about my lost carry on bag?

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

Between Air India and Qatar my luggage was lost for three days. I eventually found my own luggage location using the Apple Air Tag. Air India used a paper form to report my lost luggage. I could never get past getting past luggage personnel with my report number before they would hang up on me. Only after them specifically telling Air India at Chandigarh airport where my luggage was located which was right under their noses did they react. After three days I finally received my luggage. The Air India luggage folks didn’t seem proactive in finding the luggage’s rightful owner.

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

It was a long flight but overall a good one. The one thing that I would comment on is that there is a real problem with disposable plastic products when it comes to the meal service. It would be great for Qatar Airways to find ways to make its meal service more circular and reduce the immense amount of waste.

they give hard time at checking, they not allow computer bag or purse

I staff or crew they were very friendly and humbly, they done theirs service very well, I appreciate them and thank you to the company or Qatar 🇶🇦 Government for providing as good service in their flight ,once again, thank you 😊 🙏 😀 😉 👍

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

Istanbul to Miami is a very long flight, somewhat uncomfortable, especially because the seating offers very limited space outside of business class.

Great! Because it's on time...with great and kindness stewards 😇

Did not expect no entetainment, food was ok. No alcohol on a. International flight

My experience was amazing. Very friendly hosts and impeccable service.

Seemed like a cramped A321 config. Roasting hot cabin most of the flight. Wifi did not work. Lots of first time fliers, I think, who didn't know how to follow a seat assignment.

The food was disgusting that only what i wanted to say

Customer service is very bad. They don’t understand English or Arabic which made it very hard to communicate with them. Also when calling to discuss any issue with ticket reservation they hang the phone on you even when speaking to the manager. I will not fly Turkish airlines and I will not recommend to family and friends

Everything was great except the meat served was tough and overcooked!

Temperature in plane in both segments was warm. Otherwise, great experience

First was canceled no compensation second day was delayed Worst airline I have ever seen

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.

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.

Like: Plane made it to the destination. Dislike: Food is terrible, no entertainment, very dirty airplane.

Flight was delayed resulting in a series of unfortunate events. I ran the airport as people were yelling my flight anyone who can’t run wouldn’t have made it! Then the luggage is missing. Good company, execution needs fine tuning.

I had a full row so can't imagine how this could be better

Boarding was delayed and people were just sitting there like lost.

Good was great, but no vegetarian option: only beef or chicken. In business class please add a vegetarian option. Thanks

1. They messed up my baby food order. 2. They messed up my confirmed seats. 3. The screen on my seat was not working at all. So, it’s a horrible experience

The real bathroom smelled horrible and it smelled in the real of the plane..

Sorry, I’m not a fan of United. The seats are just too cramped and uncomfortable if you are traveling very far.

The agent, who took my mother to her gate, kept talking with one of her male coworkers and treating my mother like a sack of potatoes. She was ignoring my questions because she was too busy flirting with her male colleague. This was a very unprofessional behavior. We also had to wait for close to half an hour for an agent to arrive.

Boarding was easy and well organized, Breakfast was not very good.

Good flight. Entertainment equipment was sub-par - old-style 2-prong jack headphones that don't fir ears well. Entertainment software interface was slow and glitchy to navigate.

Wonderful I upgraded from premium economy to business and it was totally worth it. The crew was fantastic. Very attentive positive. They made me feel right at home. We were on a 747 business class second story seat and it was fantastic.

Email noting gate change was good. Very bad: credit card machine broke down to charge for a checked bag. Lady at the counter read my credit card number OVER THE PHONE to a woman in Germany. Very insecure!!

Slightly delayed but still a more comfortable experience to take a real airline instead of a budget one.

Terrible consideration when it comes to connecting flights. We were given 50 minutes to deplane, get through costumes, get through security check. For someone with a heart condition, running miles through the airport was not the best way

I will not fly them again. Late flight ( no communication as to why)… no one even remotely working to help those with connections that are very narrow off the plane in a hurry … NO ONE understood how to move … and 1/2 the plane was running to connections. I missed mine. Total pain in the arse. A 12 hour trip in total took like 20 hours…. Horrible. 1st Lufthansa flight - and will try not to book them again

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Recent return flight deals

 
These are the cheapest return flights to Southeast Europe found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
29/12Sun
1 stopSWISS
24h 35mJNB-OTP
27/1Mon
1 stopSWISS
17h 50mOTP-JNB
R7 704
29/12Sun
1 stopSWISS
15h 50mJNB-OTP
27/1Mon
1 stopSWISS
17h 50mOTP-JNB
R7 740
16/1Thu
1 stopQatar Airways
22h 25mJNB-ATH
24/1Fri
1 stopQatar Airways
20h 45mATH-JNB
R9 936
22/2Sat
1 stopQatar Airways
22h 25mJNB-ATH
1/3Sat
1 stopQatar Airways
20h 10mATH-JNB
R9 954
13/5Tue
1 stopEthiopian Air
11h 25mJNB-ATH
27/5Tue
1 stopEthiopian Air
13h 50mATH-JNB
R10 008
14/5Wed
1 stopEthiopian Air
13h 35mJNB-ATH
20/5Tue
1 stopEthiopian Air
12h 25mATH-JNB
R10 242
16/1Thu
1 stopTurkish Airlines
17h 15mJNB-ATH
23/1Thu
1 stopTurkish Airlines
31h 30mATH-JNB
R10 818
16/5Fri
1 stopTurkish Airlines
19h 55mJNB-ATH
26/5Mon
1 stopTurkish Airlines
31h 40mATH-JNB
R11 106
1/6Sun
1 stopEmirates
24h 45mDUR-ATH
21/6Sat
1 stopEmirates
18h 25mATH-DUR
R16 453
11/6Wed
1 stopEmirates
19h 40mCPT-ATH
6/9Sat
1 stopEmirates
18h 40mATH-CPT
R16 669

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best deals for one-way flights to Southeast Europe found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
14/1Tue
1 stopQatar Airways
26h 55mJNB-ATH
R5 328
5/2Wed
1 stopQatar Airways
16h 35mCPT-ATH
R6 066
5/2Wed
2 stops
21h 45mCPT-ATH
R7 740
11/1Sat
1 stopEthiopian Air
12h 25mJNB-ATH
R8 892
14/1Tue
2 stopsLufthansa
30h 15mJNB-ATH
R10 458
13/1Mon
2 stopsRwandAir
32h 35mJNB-ATH
R11 916
5/2Wed
3 stops
46h 10mCPT-ATH
R12 169
11/1Sat
2 stopsSWISS
31h 25mJNB-ATH
R15 661
4/2Tue
1 stopTurkish Airlines
13h 40mJNB-OTP
R27 577
3/2Mon
1 stopTurkish Airlines
25h 25mJNB-OTP
R28 837

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Last minute flights to Southeast Europe

Last minute flight, train and bus deals

 
These last-minute flight deals are the cheapest flights found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours for flights to Southeast Europe that are departing in the next 10 days.
22/12Sun
multi-stopSWISS
16h 30mJNB-ATH
29/12Sun
multi-stopSWISS
14h 55mATH-JNB
R12 150
23/12Mon
multi-stopSWISS
29h 45mJNB-ATH
28/12Sat
multi-stopSWISS
17h 20mATH-JNB
R13 177
23/12Mon
multi-stop
17h 05mJNB-ATH
29/12Sun
multi-stop
14h 55mATH-JNB
R13 195
22/12Sun
multi-stopSWISS
17h 45mJNB-ATH
29/12Sun
multi-stopSWISS
14h 55mATH-JNB
R13 717
22/12Sun
multi-stopSWISS
16h 30mJNB-ATH
26/12Thu
multi-stopSWISS
23h 55mATH-JNB
R13 951
23/12Mon
multi-stopEthiopian Air
19h 20mJNB-ATH
31/12Tue
multi-stopEthiopian Air
12h 50mATH-JNB
R18 505
22/12Sun
multi-stopTurkish Airlines
16h 55mJNB-ATH
30/12Mon
multi-stopTurkish Airlines
13h 20mATH-JNB
R20 449
23/12Mon
multi-stopEtihad Airways
19h 50mJNB-ATH
2/1Thu
multi-stopEtihad Airways
25h 55mATH-JNB
R23 797
23/12Mon
multi-stopEgyptair
14h 30mJNB-ATH
30/12Mon
multi-stopEgyptair
31h 20mATH-JNB
R28 837
23/12Mon
multi-stopEthiopian Air
19h 20mJNB-ATH
14/1Tue
multi-stopEthiopian Air
12h 50mATH-JNB
R46 280

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