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

London
London1 stopR6 878
Manchester
Manchester1 stopR8 615
Birmingham
Birmingham1 stopR8 706
Edinburgh
Edinburgh1 stopR14 263
Belfast
Belfast2 stopsR18 082
Bristol
Bristol1 stopR19 385
Inverness
Inverness2 stopsR20 054
Leeds
Leeds1 stopR11 656
Cardiff
Cardiff2 stopsR16 471
Grimsby
Grimsby1 stopR35 530

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Low season

February

High season

December

Cheapest flight

R3 312
Best time to beat the crowds (16% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly (6% more expensive on average)
Flight from Cape Town to London Gatwick Airport

FAQs - booking United Kingdom flights

  • How long is the flight to the United Kingdom?

    An average direct flight from South Africa to the United Kingdom takes 21h 58m, covering a distance of 15387 km. The most popular route is Johannesburg - London with an average flight time of 11h 20m.

  • What is the cheapest flight to the United Kingdom?

    The cheapest ticket to the United Kingdom from South Africa found in the last 72 hours was R609 one-way, and R6 878 round-trip. The most popular route is Johannesburg OR Tambo to London Heathrow and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was R6 968.

  • Which airlines fly to the United Kingdom?

    British Airways, Iberia & American Airlines fly the most frequently from South Africa to the United Kingdom. The most popular route is from Johannesburg to London, and American Airlines, British Airways and Iberia fly this route the most.

  • What are the most popular destinations in the United Kingdom?

    Based on KAYAK flight searches, the most popular destination is London (95% of total searches to the United Kingdom). The next most popular destinations are Manchester (2%) and Edinburgh (1%). Searches for flights to Birmingham (1%), to Southampton (0,4%) and to Belfast (0,4%) are also popular.

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    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 the United Kingdom

  • Looking for cheap airfare to the United Kingdom? 25% of our users found return tickets to the United Kingdom for the following prices or less: From Cape Town R41 086, from Johannesburg OR Tambo R41 607
  • Book at least 1 week before departure in order to get a below-average price.
  • High season is considered to be July, August and September. The cheapest month to fly from South Africa is February.
  • Enter your preferred departure airport and travel dates into the search form above to unlock the latest United Kingdom flight deals.
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Top 5 airlines flying to the United Kingdom

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

We was missed the flight They doesn’t lest us fly next flight without payment They charge me 606 hundred dollars What is very unacceptable,our first fight ticket was almost 2000 dollars, again paid 700 it’s hurt … airlines need to do something please

6,0 GoodKazi, Nov 2024DXB - MCO
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We was missed the flight They doesn’t lest us fly next flight without payment They charge me 606 hundred dollars What is very unacceptable,our first fight ticket was almost 2000 dollars, again paid 700 it’s hurt … airlines need to do something please

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

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.

Excellent staff! Flights were delayed due to technical issues after everyone was boarded and we sat in the flight for almost 2 hours before taking off. Not enough vegetarian food was available despite pre-ordering. The staff did an exceptional job dealing with both the problems neither of their making.

When you buy emirates you don’t expect low cost. Boarding by bus. Seat will not incline. Line before emergency exit. Eating tray hits belly (and I didn’t grow lately). Entertainment on demand by payment.

When you buy Emirates you don’t expect low cost. Choice of coffee/tea vs water. Entertainment on demand. Seat distance won’t allow food tray to extend without hitting belly (and I didn’t grow lately)

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

Very good ..nice comfort..crew service was good..and no delays in time ..they always on time..

Everything was superb, only bad point was that the fast track on London Heathrow arrivals was not handed out to me and I had to go back to the gate to collect it.

Food service must be faster and make vegetarian food in good quality

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

Terrible plane small airbus good for a 1 hr trip I booked business as it is. A night flight and 4hrs trip it was an ordinary economy seat with no one next to me what a joke what a stupid decision to buy business

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

Crammed like sardines into the middle of the middle 4 seat row for an 11 hour flight was a terrible experience. No attempt made to help passengers sleep by dimming lights or shutting window shades. Small mediocre meals. Not enough good movies/TV options. Hopefully we will never have to do this again.

better announcing at the gate prior to boarding and better organization of various gps

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

Lots of water brought around by staff which is very important to stay hydrated on a long flight. There provided swiss chocolate icecream! The attention to detail is obvious. They really want to make their passengers entertained and comfortable.

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

Excellent Airline. Food, crew and comfort was perfect. Entertainment screens were old. Didn’t like them.

They rebooked our flight and then canceled our trip halfway through the journey without any explanation. Needed to pay by ourselves for alternative flight options without any help from Swiss.

Seats were old and dirty, for a long haul flight you expect to be able to recline and for the av to work properly. Choice for vegans was fruit….

The Virgin Atlantic crew was very good. However, the equipment was OK, the seats were OK, but her bags did not arrive with me. Two bags showed up a day later and I’m still waiting for my third back.

The crew was very good. However, the equipment was a bit dated. Some of the electronics were not working. To top it, three bags didn’t arrive with me. Two of them were delivered a day later. I’m still waiting for the third bag, I was so looking forward to this virgin Atlantic flight, but, I am disappointed.

My only complaint is that the pocket in front of me was ripped and my things, like iPad and airline magazines, kept slipping to the floor.

Flight delayed yet again. Crew apathetic and unhelpful re affect on connecting flight.

I think Virgin is one of the best flying experiences, especially from/to the UK. The staff are so helpful and fun, the food is good, seats comfortable, goof entertainment and great value. Check in and boarding is pretty pain free. I also find that the other passengers are generally so kind and considerate than when I've flown other airlines.

Cabin crew on our flight showed lack of any customer service gruff and acting annoyed if you asked anything and I mean anything Example a man on the seat over dropped his beer on my husbands blanket We asked if we could switch out blankets cabin crew Said. No we don’t have any extras OK well can you take the wet one Cabin crew looked disgusted and annoyed Took it no OK or yes just a growl

Quick flight. But cabin crew were very noisy and talking too much, especially when we were seated at the back of the plane trying to sleep through the night .

My ticket was for Premium Economy and all the seats were taken, I was placed in Economy class and I’m looking for a refund.

Unfortunately delayed 2 hrs due to faulty tyre.. which had to be changed, but better safe than sorry.

The connection between my income flight and the outgoing flight was slightly late and they would not hold the next flight for 7 minutes. The next flight was 4 hours later and we were issued a stand by ticket. So we had to wait to find out if we would even be on that flight. After boarding that flight was delayed for 40 minutes because there wasn’t a ground crew to load the luggage. The airline is not living up to it reputation.

Lufthansa only flew me to Larnaca. I had to find my own way from there, and am out of pocket for a ticket and hotel expenses

Still haven’t finished the flight. Day 2. Missed flight connection for reasons not explained and had to spend night at hotel. Booked on early flight next morning and had to deplane for technical issue. So tired. Not happy. Seat changed to ver back of plane like they did on the outgoing flight. This airline is second rate at best. Bad form. Never again. Not duly compensated

My flight was delayed by 10h the crew was useless didn’t care a bit once we landed they couldn’t get the luggage out of the airplane for another 2h old plain old crew poor service I’ll never fly Lufthansa again

Online check in was awesome and so smooth! It was our first time using it. I got to choose seats for free and I paid for our extra bag so easily. Then check in at the airport was a breeze!

Air Dolomiti personnel were very nice as ever. Got nicked for 80 euros for my bag; something I didn’t agree to when I booked… What’s up with that?

Mechanical problems had to be fixed after all the passengers were boarded, and kept on the plane for over close to two hours with no air conditioning. Did not have enough snacks for everyone to distribute. Also, the movie screen did not work and no-one seem to be interested in helping us fix the problem. And the last, two people from our family got severe food poisoning. Arrived Atlanta 4 hours later than estimated 2:35 pm landing time. Deeply disappointed in Lufthansa, since it has been one of our preferable air companies to fly with.

The plane boarded 5 hours late. This made for a very long travel experience - 3.5 hours for getting to/taking the connecting flight (Air Dolomiti), 5.5 hours layover in Munich, 11.5 hour flight to Houston, 1 hour ride home. After landing at BUSH airport we spent 30 minutes on the tarmac waiting for United staff to prepare the jetway. Flight attendant admonished my wife for briefly opening the window shade midflight to take a look outside.

We did not get to experience LH cityline Flight cancelled 15 minutes before takeoff No alternatives offered

Charging for reserving a seat is really cheap. The seats in economy are very small especially when the passenger directly in front reclines their seat. On long flights they should have coffee/tea and juices available for passengers. Here we have to bother the crew. Other airlines just put drinks and snacks in the back for the passengers.

Great job notifying of 30 minute delay in departure. Fabulous job making up for the time and arriving as scheduled. Air travel is just no fun anymore with the extreme overcrowding, and someone needs to come up with an innovative plan for loading and unloading passengers (load all window seats first, middle seats second, aisle seats last?). Great job getting the luggage on the carousel in record time!

Flight was fine, food much better than anticipated, and flight attendants were helpful and friendly!

Our headphone plug in was broken, especially we are with 5 years old who like to watch a movie

Free food and drink! Got a late start due to mechanical problems w a luggage loader.

App totally screwed me up trying to check in. Would not let me select a reasonable seat and therefore I was stuck in a totally uncomfortable seat for 7 hours. Will not take the chance again and use other airlines in future where no issue choosing seats

Although it was an overnight flight, the crew could’ve have made more refreshment passes.

All and it was good . But no one woke me when meals came around . Please have a don’t not disturb sign if you opted for that . Left very hungry missing all meals .

Not being stuck in the middle seat between strangers but that’s not the airlines fault

On board was excellent—a remarkable positive change. Check in was horrifying. Forced to check in branded cabin baggage approved bags weighing 10 and 12 kgs each, because desk insisted these were not fit for overhead lockers. Got charged £160 for two bags. Behaviour of staff was hostile, motivated and rude. Wonder if BA pays commissions on collection, or borrows staff from Airport operator. Basle evidently is an airport used by budget airline— and customers are treated like consumers.

I was at the airport 10 hour early. I would have loved to drop luggage in advance but this was possible only 3h before the scheduled time, however BA was so kind to move me to the earlier flight as it had space available at no extra cost. Thank you!

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Recent return flight deals

22/1Wed
1 stopSWISS
15h 05mCPT-LHR
29/1Wed
1 stopSWISS
13h 55mLHR-CPT
R6 878
25/1Sat
1 stopSWISS
15h 05mJNB-LHR
12/2Wed
1 stopSWISS
23h 30mLHR-JNB
R7 005
4/2Tue
1 stopLufthansa
15h 25mCPT-LHR
27/2Thu
1 stopLufthansa
14h 25mLHR-CPT
R8 996
16/2Sun
1 stopLufthansa
14h 10mJNB-LHR
23/2Sun
1 stopLufthansa
14h 00mLHR-JNB
R9 593
21/1Tue
directVirgin Atlantic
11h 20mJNB-LHR
28/1Tue
directVirgin Atlantic
11h 00mLHR-JNB
R12 290
22/1Wed
directVirgin Atlantic
11h 20mJNB-LHR
31/1Fri
directVirgin Atlantic
11h 00mLHR-JNB
R12 489
25/1Sat
1 stopEmirates
21h 25mJNB-STN
1/2Sat
1 stopEmirates
18h 20mSTN-JNB
R13 068
10/2Mon
1 stopEmirates
19h 15mJNB-STN
23/2Sun
1 stopEmirates
18h 20mSTN-JNB
R13 104
14/2Fri
directBritish Airways
12h 05mCPT-LHR
23/2Sun
directBritish Airways
11h 45mLHR-CPT
R13 611
22/1Wed
directBritish Airways
12h 05mCPT-LHR
29/1Wed
directBritish Airways
11h 40mLHR-CPT
R13 991

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28/11Thu
directNorse Atlantic UK
11h 35mCPT-LGW
R3 312
12/12Thu
directNorse Atlantic UK
11h 35mCPT-LGW
R3 330
18/5Sun
1 stopEmirates
18h 45mJNB-STN
R7 276
26/1Sun
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30h 40mCPT-LHR
R7 294
27/11Wed
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12/12Thu
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R8 543
26/12Thu
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26/11Tue
multi-stopSWISS
14h 15mCPT-LHR
3/12Tue
multi-stopSWISS
23h 50mLHR-CPT
R8 054
26/11Tue
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24h 00mCPT-LHR
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R8 362
24/11Sun
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14h 45mJNB-LHR
3/12Tue
multi-stopLufthansa
32h 50mLHR-JNB
R8 543
26/11Tue
multi-stopLufthansa
14h 45mJNB-LHR
3/12Tue
multi-stopLufthansa
32h 50mLHR-JNB
R8 670
23/11Sat
directBritish Airways
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29/11Fri
directBritish Airways
11h 05mLHR-JNB
R12 742
24/11Sun
directVirgin Atlantic
11h 20mJNB-LHR
27/11Wed
directVirgin Atlantic
11h 00mLHR-JNB
R13 032
23/11Sat
directBritish Airways
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1/12Sun
directBritish Airways
11h 05mLHR-JNB
R13 050
24/11Sun
directVirgin Atlantic
11h 20mJNB-LHR
1/12Sun
directVirgin Atlantic
11h 00mLHR-JNB
R13 213
22/11Fri
multi-stopEmirates
19h 15mJNB-STN
27/11Wed
multi-stopEmirates
18h 20mSTN-JNB
R13 738
24/11Sun
multi-stopEmirates
39h 45mJNB-STN
27/11Wed
multi-stopEmirates
24h 30mSTN-JNB
R13 810

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