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Find cheap flights from South Africa to Edinburgh from £260

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Flights to Edinburgh - Travel Insights & Trends

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

What is the cheapest day to fly to Edinburgh?

The average price of all flights to Edinburgh clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to Edinburgh is Sunday where tickets can be as cheap as £625. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Thursday, where prices are £719 on average.

What is the cheapest month to fly to Edinburgh?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights to Edinburgh, 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 Edinburgh is February, where tickets cost £642 on average for one-way flights. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and January, where the average cost of tickets from South Africa is £853 and £779 respectively. For return trips, the best month to travel is February with an average price of £553.

What is the cheapest time of day to fly to Edinburgh?

The average price for all flights to Edinburgh depending on the time of departure, clicked by users on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.
The cheapest time of day to fly to Edinburgh is generally in the morning, when flights cost £598 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Edinburgh is generally at night, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is £687.

How far in advance should I book a flight to Edinburgh?

To calculate daily average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each day before departure over the last year for flights to Edinburgh, 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, you should book around 0 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 4 days before departure.

How long is the flight to Edinburgh?

The duration of your flight to Edinburgh depends on your departure and arrival airports. Obviously any flights that include a layover will also be longer. The most popular routes to Edinburgh on KAYAK are from Johannesburg, which takes 14h 05m, Cape Town, which takes 18h 30m, and Port Elizabeth, which takes 23h 10m.

How many direct flights to Edinburgh are there each day?

There are around 65 direct flights from within South Africa to Edinburgh every day. Most flights depart in the morning, with 08:00 the most common departure time and 57% of flights departing in the morning.

How many direct flights to Edinburgh are there each week?

Each week there are around 450 direct flights from within South Africa to Edinburgh. The most common day for departures is Thursday, with 16% of flights taking off on this day.

Good to know - Cheap tickets from South Africa to Edinburgh

Low season

January

High season

December

Cheapest flight

£260
Best time to beat the crowds (0% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly (12% more expensive on average)
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FAQs - booking Edinburgh flights

  • How far is Edinburgh from central Edinburgh?

    Central Edinburgh is 7 miles away from Edinburgh.

  • What is the name of Edinburgh’s airport?

    There is only 1 airport in Edinburgh, called Edinburgh (EDI). It can also be referred to as Edinburgh, Edinburgh Turnhouse, or Turnhouse.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights to Edinburgh?

    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 Edinburgh.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh?

    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 Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh?

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

  • Which airline offers the most flights to Edinburgh?

    Of the 5 airlines that fly to Edinburgh, easyJet offers the most flights, with around 154 per week, followed by British Airways with 138 flights per week.

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Prefer to fly direct to Edinburgh Turnhouse?

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

Direct departures

South Africa to Edinburgh Turnhouse

Monday

Aegean Airlines, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +60 more

Aegean Airlines, Aer Lingus, +61 more

Tuesday

Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, Air Canada, +57 more

Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +58 more

Wednesday

Aegean Airlines, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +57 more

Aegean Airlines, Aer Lingus, +58 more

Thursday

Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, Air Canada, +60 more

Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +61 more

Friday

Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, Air Canada, +59 more

Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +60 more

Saturday

Aegean Airlines, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +56 more

Aegean Airlines, Aer Lingus, +57 more

Sunday

Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, Air Canada, +59 more

Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +60 more

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Direct returns

Edinburgh Turnhouse to South Africa

Monday

Aegean Airlines, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +60 more

Aegean Airlines, Aer Lingus, +61 more

Tuesday

Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, Air Canada, +57 more

Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +58 more

Wednesday

Aegean Airlines, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +57 more

Aegean Airlines, Aer Lingus, +58 more

Thursday

Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, Air Canada, +60 more

Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +61 more

Friday

Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, Air Canada, +59 more

Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +60 more

Saturday

Aegean Airlines, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +56 more

Aegean Airlines, Aer Lingus, +57 more

Sunday

Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, Air Canada, +59 more

Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +60 more

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Top 5 airlines serving from South Africa to Edinburgh

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying to Edinburgh. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline from South Africa to Edinburgh. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with to Edinburgh? 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.
7.8
KLMOverall score based on 1604 reviews
7.2Entertainment
8.4Crew
7.3Food
7.8Boarding
7.6Comfort
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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.

8.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Feb 2024AMS - ATL
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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.

Booked connecting flights with KlM. My serving flight was the furthest part of the airport. On arrival in Zurich. My two cases arrived but only one carry on belong to my son. His three suitcase didn't arrive. After enquiring we discovered they were still in Amsterdam. We landed at 11.12. We eventually left the airport just after one.

Seats are fair enough for medium tall people. Good food all the trip. Fight attendances are warm

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

Overall a good experience. We were disappointed when we had to check our carry on due to the plane being full. KLM hadn’t notified us and we had valuable items in the carry on but they still made us check it. Some of the food was great and some was mediocre. Crew is really kind and funny.

I travel frequently. The flight was late again... KLM should really try and be on time

The plane was clean and the staff was friendly. Food and drinks as expected on international flights. The entertainment system was old style, with a pullout controller, and selections not as extensive as on other flights.

I requested wheel chair assistance , it was confirmed via email that inwoood get it but I didn’t get it . The last leg of my trip to Nigeria was the worst.

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

The boarding was one of the worst I’ve ever experienced. The fault lays on Ohare Airport and not so much the airline. The waiting area by the gate was the size to accommodate a regional flight for 20-30 people and right next to a busy walkway. When you cramped nearly 300 passengers into that space is was unbearable.

Good staff, good intent, decent entertainment. More seat space would always be of benefit

More facilities to transport to the gates......felt too much walking distance

For a short flight, Qatar Airways offers very good onboard service.

Suddenly Flight has been change by Qatar and there’s no information is there of us from Bom to Doha and counter person is behaving like Qatar owner next I will not buy Qatar and I will not suggest anyone to fly in Qatar

The staff at the check in lied. I requested aisle seats he said he gave me aisle seats. In actuality he only gave me aisle seat for 2 hour Karachi to Doha flight. From Doha to Dallas flight he gave me middle seat .

I had already opted for Vegan food before 2 months yet they say we have no record for it,

I liked the overall service and comfort. The only annoying thing was paying for excess baggage at the airport. They have limited options and they don't take all cards.

Too many boarding protocols. Never experienced with other international flights.

After going through security and waiting for the flight at the gate, there was no access to bathrooms and no place to charge a phone while waiting for the flight. But once I was on the plane, everything was very good.

Was unable to check in via app or website with supplied booking code (something to do with flight being operated by a partner airline, although the code didn’t work on the partner’s website either) Specified a vegetarian meal during booking, but that somehow wasn’t captured in airline’s system By the time flight crew got to my row, now vegetarian food was available. Had nothing to eat on flight from Philadelphia to Doha! Flight attendant was completely unconcerned and actively apathetic to the situation

Friendly cabin crew and the flight was on time. Would recommend toanyone

The seat did not recline and we called the stewardess, he forced it to recline, but when we landed, it did not come forward because the seat was broken. The stewardess came, He tried to do it but couldn't do it, the flight commander came and spoke to us in a bad tone, telling us to get out of here, she waited at the head and acted as if there was a child and we couldn't get up, it was very shameful, I don't even know if it's true, but she said if you don't get up, the plane will not land and will keep turning around. Then a passenger pushed the seat from behind and it worked. Then we wanted to talk to the supervisor again, but she did not come next to us. We fly so much and this is the first time we encountered such a style.

Horrible. Boarding was terrible. For a huge airplane, we needed to be transported to the plane. The boarding area was overcrowded and frantic. .The seats were so uncomfortable. The food was fine.

Loved the check-in experience. Very friendly staff and not crowded. I did wind up with a middle-middle seat, which was quite uncomfortable. Always appreciate the very professional staff on TAL.

3 of us were in the business class. All good except the Flight out of Mumbai is too early. It is at 6:30 am. Reporting is at 4 am. We had to get up at 3 am. US connection has 4-5 hours of layover. It would be nicer to start the India flight late (give more time to sleep at home) and have less layover duration in IST.

There was a Turkish Airlines employee sitting in front of us, we noticed from her conversations we witnessed with the cabin crew and the fact that she boarded business class. She was sat in 16A. Firstly she was talking loudly the majority of the flight with two other men, one of which was leaning over the seat in front of her. This was disturbing as they were talking loudly and we were not able to sleep. The 12 hour long flight turned into a nightmare, even the noise cancellation didn’t work for their chatter. Secondly she requested extra meals from the crew for her male friends. We believe the meals came from business class. They also took their e-cigarettes out and were caught the cabin crew, but no further action was taken. Sitting in economy and seeing this is extremely disheartening. Next time I will book Emirites, I don’t think their staff would be allowed to behave like this.

the worst experience we had. they put connection label to our luggages with mistake and we had to wait for 5 hours to pick them up

Great ground-check in crew. Pleasant flight attendant crew. Very short flight

Quality of service on board was very inconsistent. FA service primarily seemed robotic and they barely engaged with passengers

First class payment but wife’s seat broken, would recline but not lay flat. On previous flight, delays and ground crew malfunctions connecting jetway made us miss flight to Houston. I asked twice for a cart to assist us getting across the massive Istanbul Airport, but was denied. We are both over 70.

German crew were very kind. Food was okay but can be better, especially bread was not good, Garbage collection was very poor.

Another 35 min delay landing No apology no communication or acknowledgment about this

Terrible. There was a rattling noise the whole flight. The internet didn't work after I paid. Boarding is very disorganized.

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.

Never flown with LH before so all in all wasba good experience. Also good to know that approx 24hrs prior the flight opens up for being able to organise the seating free.

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.!

We missed the flight to Barcelona because the flight from Baltimore was delayed. We flew on Vueling VW6653. Our luggage didn’t arrive. Please help us get our luggage. We are staying at Hotel Gran Via in Barcelona

They allowed some guy to move seats after 3hours of him being next to someone very sick, There were several empty seats, but they moved him to mine. I find that incredibly inconsiderate and should not have been done.

Excellent. Very nice and comfortable business class. Only negative is that it was difficult to hear the pilot’s announcement.

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.

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Recent return flight deals

 
These are the cheapest return flights to Edinburgh found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
17/5Fri
1 stop
23h 55mJNB-EDI
24/5Fri
2 stops
20h 40mEDI-JNB
£618
17/10Thu
1 stopQatar Airways
24h 35mJNB-EDI
31/10Thu
1 stopQatar Airways
18h 30mEDI-JNB
£622
17/5Fri
1 stop
23h 55mJNB-EDI
24/5Fri
1 stop
13h 25mEDI-JNB
£625
17/5Fri
2 stops
21h 10mJNB-EDI
24/5Fri
2 stops
20h 40mEDI-JNB
£676
13/9Fri
1 stopQatar Airways
17h 55mJNB-EDI
21/9Sat
1 stopQatar Airways
25h 15mEDI-JNB
£691
13/9Fri
2 stopsLufthansa
15h 30mJNB-EDI
21/9Sat
1 stopLufthansa
18h 45mEDI-JNB
£747
16/5Thu
2 stopsKenya Airways
32h 10mJNB-EDI
24/5Fri
2 stopsKenya Airways
20h 30mEDI-JNB
£765
16/10Wed
2 stopsKenya Airways
23h 10mJNB-EDI
31/10Thu
2 stopsKenya Airways
23h 40mEDI-JNB
£779
12/7Fri
1 stopKLM
24h 50mCPT-EDI
20/7Sat
1 stopKLM
14h 25mEDI-CPT
£865
23/6Sun
1 stopBritish Airways
14h 05mJNB-EDI
5/7Fri
1 stopBritish Airways
16h 55mEDI-JNB
£1,037

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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 Edinburgh found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
3/6Mon
2 stopsKenya Airways
33h 55mJNB-EDI
£260
3/6Mon
1 stopQatar Airways
35h 15mJNB-EDI
£281
26/5Sun
1 stopQatar Airways
18h 30mCPT-EDI
£300
19/5Sun
2 stops
25h 30mCPT-EDI
£339
3/6Mon
3 stops
29h 00mJNB-EDI
£347
19/5Sun
1 stopLufthansa
24h 35mCPT-EDI
£407
23/8Fri
1 stopBritish Airways
17h 15mJNB-EDI
£492
19/5Sun
1 stopTurkish Airlines
18h 05mCPT-EDI
£524
24/8Sat
1 stopLufthansa
18h 05mJNB-EDI
£1,234
26/5Sun
1 stopTurkish Airlines
18h 05mCPT-EDI
£2,148

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