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£481 Find cheap flights from Cape Town to Manchester

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Cheap flight deals from Cape Town to Manchester (CPT-MAN)

Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Cape Town to Manchester 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.
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23:15 - 13:05CPT-MAN
14h 50m1 stop
05:55 - 21:25MAN-CPT
14h 30m1 stop
£481KLM
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Tue, 21 May - Tue, 28 May
23:15 - 22:05CPT-MAN
23h 50m2 stops
05:55 - 21:25MAN-CPT
14h 30m1 stop
Tue, 21 May - Tue, 28 May
17:45 - 08:20CPT-MAN
15h 35m1 stop
09:05 - 10:00MAN-CPT
23h 55m1 stop
£585Lufthansa
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Thu, 16 May - Mon, 20 May
14:10 - 08:05CPT-MAN
18h 55m2 stops
18:45 - 14:30MAN-CPT
18h 45m2 stops
£600SWISS
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Wed, 22 May - Wed, 29 May
13:00 - 19:50CPT-MAN
31h 50m1 stop
08:25 - 10:50MAN-CPT
25h 25m1 stop
£675Qatar Airways
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Fri, 31 May - Fri, 21 Jun
13:05 - 08:05CPT-MAN
20h 00m2 stops
18:45 - 14:30MAN-CPT
18h 45m2 stops
£698SWISS
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Sun, 26 May - Thu, 30 May
13:05 - 07:45CPT-MAN
19h 40m1 stop
21:15 - 16:50MAN-CPT
18h 35m1 stop
£714Emirates
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Wed, 22 May - Wed, 29 May
13:05 - 07:45CPT-MAN
19h 40m1 stop
09:50 - 16:50MAN-CPT
30h 00m1 stop
£739Emirates
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Sun, 26 May - Thu, 30 May
13:00 - 13:15CPT-MAN
25h 15m1 stop
19:40 - 10:50MAN-CPT
38h 10m2 stops
£806Qatar Airways
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Sun, 26 May - Thu, 30 May
10:55 - 08:20CPT-MAN
22h 25m2 stops
06:05 - 16:40MAN-CPT
33h 35m2 stops
£822Lufthansa
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Thu, 16 May - Mon, 20 May

Flights from Cape Town to Manchester - Travel Insights & Trends

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

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Cape Town to Manchester?

The average price of all flights from Cape Town to Manchester clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
Your flight ticket price will generally be cheaper if you fly to Manchester on a Sunday and more expensive on a Friday. On your return trip to Cape Town, you should consider flying back on a Monday, and avoid Fridays for better deals.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Cape Town to Manchester?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights from Cape Town to Manchester, 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 from Cape Town to Manchester is November, where tickets cost £570 on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are August and July, where the average cost of tickets is £732 and £729 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Cape Town to Manchester?

To calculate daily average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each day before departure over the last year for flights from Cape Town to Manchester, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each month.
To get a below average price on the flight from Cape Town to Manchester, you should book around 2 days before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 81 days before departure.

Good to know - Cheap tickets from Cape Town to Manchester

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December

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When to book flights from Cape Town to Manchester

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Cape Town to Manchester based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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FAQs for booking flights from Cape Town to Manchester

  • What is the cheapest flight from Cape Town to Manchester?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Cape Town to Manchester was £603 for a return ticket.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Cape Town to Manchester?

    We unfortunately don’t have that data for this specific route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Cape Town to Manchester?

    SkyTeam, Star Alliance, and oneworld are the airline alliances operating flights between Cape Town and Manchester, with SkyTeam being the most commonly used for this route.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Cape Town to Manchester, Emirates or KLM?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Cape Town to Manchester are Emirates and KLM. With an average price for the route of £718 and an overall rating of 8.1, Emirates is the most popular choice. KLM is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of £659 and an overall rating of 7.8.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Cape Town to Manchester?

    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 from Cape Town to Manchester.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Cape Town to Manchester?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Manchester from Cape Town is likely to change within 7 days, so travelers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Cape Town to Manchester?

    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 Manchester with an airline and back to Cape Town with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Cape Town to Manchester?

    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 Manchester from Cape Town up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

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Top 5 airlines serving from Cape Town to Manchester

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Cape Town to Manchester. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
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EmiratesOverall score based on 4023 reviews
8.2Boarding
8.3Entertainment
8.1Comfort
7.9Food
8.3Crew
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Emirates is always great experience, however, they should reopen their lounge in Istanbul. The IGA lounge is not worth it

10.0 ExcellentAli, Apr 2024IST - DXB
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Emirates is always great experience, however, they should reopen their lounge in Istanbul. The IGA lounge is not worth it

Absolutely terrible delays for 3 hours changed seats after we paid an upgrade on both legs. It appears it’s up to us to request a refund after they down graded our seat. Never again !!

Superb experience. I hope they bring back the fast track option at Heathrow immigration.

The lounge Emirates uses at Jeddah airport is horrible even with the opening of the new section. Food selection is poor and never enough seating . Staff are not friendly. Boarding process at Jeddah always an absolute mess

Had the salad which tasted awfully spat it out but still got food poisoning 1 after running to toilet crew would not let me sit near toilets I was stuck in window seat

I liked theAVML food. Taste was alright and quantity was enough. Sometimes during the flight I felt that the smell from toilet was coming to the cabin

The individual attention the crew gives to passengers is commendable and I find them positively helpful.

Everything was perfect except boarding . Have to wait @ gate for 45 minutes after announcing boarding ..

For such a long flight I feel the spacing of seats could’ve been better to make it more comfortable for passengers. Very little space to move & stretch legs.

The flight was delayed in Jhb and I could have had some help in Dubai trying to get to my connecting flight to London

The flight was again delayed for more then 2 hours with some lousy explanation regarding the reason of the delay. Although the flight was delayed for more than 2 hours, no refreshments were offered (according to EU regulations). Last 4 flights on KLM - always at least 2 hrs late. So be prepared that you cannot plan anything with KLM.

We left one hour late because of technical difficulties. The economy comfort seats are great for the price. The crew was mediocre, they do not provide a pleasant experience, they just deliver food and drinks and give orders, not very amicable, no service and hospitality focus.

I thought KLM was the best airline but the Lima - Amsterdam was 1 hours late, the Brussels - Amsterdam was 2.30 hours late and the Amsterdam - Lima was 30 minutes late

The food was ok. The crew seemed like they were cranky. I had one guy get mad at me for passing in between the storage area to get to the other toilet. I can understand if it's not allowed but reprimanding me like I'm a student saying "This is the last time!" was not appropriate. During my meal time, there was a French family around me. No problems there but when we usually have meals, they are supposed to put their chair in the upright position. These people did not do it and the steward did not tell them to raise their seat in the upright position. However, I was told to do so! So, me and another person next to me had to eat with the monitor almost touching our faces. Furthermore, a lady in front of me was putting her feet up and preventing another elder passenger from putting her seat back. To make it worse, she was continuously hitting her back into her seat, shaking my monitor while I was watching a movie. A crew member did speak to her about it but then she accused me of pushing her seat forward! The crew member gave me a death stare and told me to stop pushing the seat forward. I did not even touch her seat at all, if I did, she would know it. Her boyfriend also stood up and tried to push her seat even further past the maximum decline to no avail. None of these people were reprimanded but the steward, some bald guy, was extremely friendly with them and did not even try to instruct them to do anything until it was time to land. I resisted the urge to really argue with them because I would have obviously been seen as the aggressor (I have no idea why). I hardly said anything on this flight except "more wine please" and "sorry" if I bumped into someone accidentally. Overall, it was an annoying flight and I had to resist the urge to yell at the steward and the people he was overly friendly with. The happiest moment of this flight was leaving it.

The worst airline. Cancelled flight 30 min before boarding and rebooked on flight after 3 days.

The flight itself it was great nice food the crew were very nice and helpful, Checking in from Birmingham wasn't great long queues for bag dropped, And I had my hand luggage case taken away from me even though I requested to have it with me as I had breakables items. I was told I can not because of the length of the flight with no explanation at all no options was given for me to take my fragile items out of my case it was taken away with hold buggage I find the staff member who was checking me in very unpleasant !! Can we please be advise if the rules have changed about the the carry on hand luggage it will be easier to be advise on booking your tickect if we not allowed to take the hand luggage with me. Overall I had a good flight .

One of their staff was so rude with discriminative. Such a reputed airline shouldn't hire such kind of arrogant attendants.

Amazing KLM service and brilliant economy comfort seats. Well worth the extra.

one of my bags was drenched with fish smelling water and all my new clothes bought at dublin and the 23kg checked in bag were all gone waste with very pungent fish smell and also having stains

The Crew have no idea about the food they're serving the passengers. The Crew MUST be instructed before each flight about the menu that will be served to the passengers, whether the food is vegetarian or non-vegetarian, whether it is Halal, Kosher or not.

The flight was very dirty and the food was very bad

Process for on line checking needs a lot of improvement. Very frustrating.

Friendly crew. Computer systems had trouble keeping my Star Alliance status linked to my reservation. Inflight Wi-Fi was slow and expensive. No standard power outlet, but medium-power USB-C port slowly charged my laptop. No option to buy whisky in economy.

I canceled this flight after turkish airlines did not provide any consideration for a death in the family while in Singapore

Crew on this flight was terrible. Especially one practicular female , she was harassing us and other families with children. Flight was good overall, if not her being rude and aggressive

Pathetic flight. No inflight entertainment and seats were very cramped

It would be good to choose between a Turkish based meal and an American meal option.

The 787 economy was a disaster for long haul. The space was too little compared to 777 or 747. Also the extremely low tray table behind the seat made any dining effort a nightmare. However, the movies were up to date, and the food taste was good, despite of terrible serving process caused by small space.

I could not check in online 24 hours before the flight. Very inconvenient. Flight was delayed.

The flight was delayed by 1.5 hours without much explanation and they ran out of complimentary bag for inflight comfort. Would like to know if i can can get compensation

Try to humanize onboarding and take AI out. It's embarrassing and useless

Overall good experience. Polite crew. Good foodandentertainment. Seats are small and bit congested though.

I ended up buying (for $340) "extra space" seats because I my flying partner was given a STY boarding pass, leading me to conclude that she was on standby and that we had to buy seats on the flight. I later learned that the flight was not sold out and that we could have gotten on as usual. To be honest, I felt swindled.

I'm Canadian. I have the unfortunate experience of pretty not having the choice to fly with them. THEY ARE TERRIBLE.

The process overall was pretty seamless, and the crew were very friendly (especially Michael). Considering we booked expecting Lufthansa and the flight was operated by United, it was still a very good service and journey overall. The in-flight entertainment was great, with lots of quality options. One slight negative was that I had selected a vegetarian meal prior to flying, but received a vegan one. I think there should be more dietary options as it meant I missed out on some food that I would have preferred (and it seemed like the standard meals and snacks had a vegetarian option anyway). There was also a group of people who were moving around a lot and being generally disruptive at the quietest part of the flight, when the lights were off and most people were sleeping. I would have appreciated staff stepping in to encourage them to be mindful of others). Towards the end of the flight (which was very early in the morning in both time zones), the lights suddenly came on and breakfast was served. In my opinion, this was too early, and everyone was rudely awoken from sleep. After breakfast was cleared away, the lights went off again for about 45 minutes, allowing people to sleep some more. Then the lights came on again for landing. It seems like if they had served breakfast later, the lights on-lights off-lights on shenanigans could have been avoided, and people could have slept longer (and staff could have rested longer too).

You only get a chocolate square and small bottle of water.!

Efficient boarding process. Staff are nice. Food should be better.

to be bussed around the airport, then have to sit on the plane for an hour whilst the plane was deiced not once, but twice, then to have to wait for a tug driver is unacceptable. The Captain was very good at communicating.

Staff was nice. Plane was new and clean. The food/sandwich was horrible. Absolutely disgusting for a four hour flight. I’d rather not get anything.

Their service , specifically the way Lufthansa manages luggages is terrible

The seats were tiny, being of a fairly petite build, I don’t usually expect to feel crammed and cramped in a seat, but I definitely was on this flight. I couldn’t even bend over to get anything out from under the seat in front and getting up to go to the bathroom at night with the seat backs reclined was nearly impossible. I had to do gymnastics to get over and out. For an airline that does long flights overnight, it’s kind of ridiculous.

Food not so good. Need more veggies and whole grain especially the late food. Couldn’t figure out how to use the entertainment system.

Check in was horrendous! Economy took 2 hours before seeing an agent. Business class was 0.5 - 1 hour.

The first class flight itself was first class, however getting to the airport and getting through the airport was agony. The BA flight sat on the taxiway for ages and caused us to miss our connecting flight which meant half a day lost. Our return flight on BA was cancelled so a dawn flight was made and we lost another half day. Goodby BA

In economy and food was ok, but with limited leg space (and I was in a 2 seat configuration) it was difficult to eat with a tiny seat tray. I spilt wine on my trousers. First time on British Air (I usually fly Turkish Air) and in a 777. Heathrow was pleasant but changing terminals awkward.

Starting with the flight Cairo to London the plain was so poor no entertainment at all uncomfortable seats although it’s 5 hours long,then an American airline plain took me from London to Miami it was a bad experience the crew most of flight time not available and they asked us to help our selves for any snacks if we need. From Miami to London actually was perfect flight with a huge plain and perfect crew but from London to Cairo was horrible plain with stiff fixed seats not movable no entertainment or wi fi very poor Menu which is unacceptable for a business class

There was some delay at Heathrow where a machine needed to "start the engines" wasn't available and they couldn't even find the team tasked to do it. Unacceptable. Caused about an hour delay and seemed unnecessary. Also saw several passengers abusing the overhead luggage situation, having too many large bags and not leaving enough space for others. The crew was good and the refreshments were good in quality and quantity.

They cancelled our ticket, gave us no warning, they reissued it 4 days prior to trip and it was cancelled again when we got to the airport- very stressful, the flight was overbooked so they drove us across Milan to malpensa

Great little city hopper plane. Unfussy and roomy. Nice little snack provided too

I've done hundreds of flights in my life, and this flight was one of the best I've ever taken, From beginning to end, everything went smoothly, professionally, and with a smile and friendly attitude from all employees I interacted with. The food was delicious (and free), as were the drinks. There was just a genial and effective way in the way that British Airways organized the flight -that reminded of days in the 70's, 80's, and 90's, when flying was a fun, and exciting adventure. I enjoyed and had confidence in the abilities of the flight crew, I'll be flying British Airways several more times this summer. Thank you so much for the great experience! Cheryl Olso

Last minute flights from Cape Town to Manchester

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 from Cape Town to Manchester that are departing in the next 10 days.
5/5Sun
multi-stopEthiopian Air
18h 40mCPT-MAN
14/5Tue
multi-stopEthiopian Air
18h 15mMAN-CPT
£642
3/5Fri
multi-stopEthiopian Air
18h 40mCPT-MAN
25/5Sat
multi-stopEthiopian Air
18h 15mMAN-CPT
£728
5/5Sun
multi-stopSWISS
24h 25mCPT-MAN
14/5Tue
multi-stopSWISS
20h 55mMAN-CPT
£745
5/5Sun
multi-stopKLM
23h 20mCPT-MAN
14/5Tue
multi-stopKLM
14h 30mMAN-CPT
£786
3/5Fri
multi-stopEmirates
19h 40mCPT-MAN
25/5Sat
multi-stopEmirates
37h 20mMAN-CPT
£822
3/5Fri
multi-stop
18h 00mCPT-MAN
25/5Sat
multi-stop
15h 00mMAN-CPT
£834
5/5Sun
multi-stop
23h 15mCPT-MAN
14/5Tue
multi-stop
22h 15mMAN-CPT
£864
5/5Sun
multi-stopKenya Airways
29h 30mCPT-MAN
14/5Tue
multi-stopKenya Airways
22h 55mMAN-CPT
£928
3/5Fri
multi-stop
18h 40mCPT-MAN
25/5Sat
multi-stop
22h 00mMAN-CPT
£1,117
3/5Fri
multi-stopEthiopian Air
24h 25mCPT-MAN
25/5Sat
multi-stopEthiopian Air
23h 20mMAN-CPT
£1,487

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Cape Town (CPT)South Africa

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