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Cheap Business Class Flight Deals to South Africa

 
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Recent business class return flight deals to South Africa

Mon, 5 Oct - Wed, 7 Oct
Norse Atlantic UK Logo
09:40 - 22:10LGW  London Gatwick-CPT Cape Town Intl
11h 30mdirect
Norse Atlantic UK Logo
00:10 - 10:55CPT  Cape Town Intl-LGW London Gatwick
11h 45mdirect
£965Norse Atlantic UK
Sun, 11 Oct - Mon, 12 Oct
Norse Atlantic UK Logo
10:00 - 22:10LGW  London Gatwick-CPT Cape Town Intl
11h 10mdirect
Norse Atlantic UK Logo
00:10 - 10:55CPT  Cape Town Intl-LGW London Gatwick
11h 45mdirect
£965Norse Atlantic UK
Sat, 31 Oct - Wed, 18 Nov
Kenya Airways Logo
10:00 - 10:55LGW  London Gatwick-JNB Johannesburg OR Tambo
22h 55m1 stop Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta Intl
Kenya Airways Logo
12:05 - 06:20JNB  Johannesburg OR Tambo-LGW London Gatwick
20h 15m1 stop Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta Intl
£1,537Kenya Airways
Thu, 22 Oct - Sun, 8 Nov
Kenya Airways Logo
11:00 - 15:50LGW  London Gatwick-JNB Johannesburg OR Tambo
27h 50m1 stop Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta Intl
Kenya Airways Logo
17:00 - 06:20JNB  Johannesburg OR Tambo-LGW London Gatwick
15h 20m1 stop Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta Intl
£1,539Kenya Airways
Tue, 13 Oct - Mon, 19 Oct
Uganda Airlines Logo
20:10 - 12:45LGW  London Gatwick-JNB Johannesburg OR Tambo
15h 35m1 stop Entebbe
Uganda Airlines Logo
03:00 - 17:10JNB  Johannesburg OR Tambo-LGW London Gatwick
15h 10m1 stop Entebbe
£1,730Uganda Airlines
Mon, 2 Nov - Mon, 23 Nov
Ethiopian Air Logo
10:00 - 03:55LGW  London Gatwick-JNB Johannesburg OR Tambo
15h 55m1 stop Addis Ababa Bole
Ethiopian Air Logo
14:30 - 05:40JNB  Johannesburg OR Tambo-LGW London Gatwick
17h 10m1 stop Addis Ababa Bole
£1,745Ethiopian Air
Thu, 22 Oct - Sun, 8 Nov
Multiple Airlines Logo
11:00 - 10:55LGW  London Gatwick-JNB Johannesburg OR Tambo
22h 55m1 stop Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta Intl
Multiple Airlines Logo
17:00 - 09:00JNB  Johannesburg OR Tambo-LGW London Gatwick
18h 00m2 stops Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta Intl Paris Charles de Gaulle
£1,765Multiple Airlines
Mon, 2 Nov - Tue, 17 Nov
Ethiopian Air Logo
10:00 - 03:55LGW  London Gatwick-JNB Johannesburg OR Tambo
15h 55m1 stop Addis Ababa Bole
Ethiopian Air Logo
23:00 - 05:40JNB  Johannesburg OR Tambo-LGW London Gatwick
32h 40m1 stop Addis Ababa Bole
£1,813Ethiopian Air
Tue, 6 Oct - Wed, 28 Oct
Etihad Airways Logo
21:45 - 08:20LHR  London Heathrow-JNB Johannesburg OR Tambo
33h 35m1 stop Abu Dhabi Zayed Intl
Etihad Airways Logo
09:50 - 12:05JNB  Johannesburg OR Tambo-LHR London Heathrow
28h 15m1 stop Abu Dhabi Zayed Intl
£1,861Etihad Airways
Thu, 5 Nov - Tue, 17 Nov
Etihad Airways Logo
20:55 - 08:20LHR  London Heathrow-JNB Johannesburg OR Tambo
33h 25m1 stop Abu Dhabi Zayed Intl
Etihad Airways Logo
09:50 - 12:05JNB  Johannesburg OR Tambo-LHR London Heathrow
28h 15m1 stop Abu Dhabi Zayed Intl
£1,889Etihad Airways

Latest business class flight deals to South Africa

Cheapest return flight prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 5 days
Cape Town
Cape Towndirect£965
Durban
Durban2 stops£3,117
Cape Town
Cape Towndirect£965
Durban
Durban2 stops£3,117

Good to Know - Business Class Flights to South Africa

Low season

July

Average price round-trip

£3,691

Good deal return

£3,138
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 4% lower on average.
(avg. price over the last 2 weeks)
or less

FAQs for South Africa business class flights

  • What is the most popular airline offering Business Class flights to South Africa?

    Among KAYAK users, Lufthansa is the most popular airline offering Business Class seats on flights to South Africa.

  • Which airlines offer Business Class tickets on flights to South Africa?

    Traveling to South Africa and want to offer yourself a Business Class experience? Depending on the origin, the following airlines offer seats in Business Class: Lufthansa, SWISS, Turkish Airlines and Egyptair.

  • How does KAYAK find such good deals on Business Class tickets to South Africa?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can 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 South Africa for economy class as well as Business Class travelers.

  • How much is a business class flight to South Africa?

    Business class tickets to South Africa differ in price depending on the departure airport. On average, business class fares cost £3,320 for a return trip to South Africa, while the cheapest price found on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks was £585.

  • What is the best airline for business class flights to South Africa?

    The highest-rated airline by KAYAK users offering business class flights to South Africa is Emirates, with an overall rating of 8.1.

Top tips for finding business class flights to South Africa

  • Try flying direct if you’re looking to save money, as direct business class tickets are cheaper on average.
  • What’s a good price for a business class ticket between United Kingdom and South Africa? 25% of our users found flights on this route for £1,011 or less one-way and £2,818 or less return.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines flying to South Africa

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly business class to South Africa? 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 3653 reviews
8.2Entertainment
8.0Comfort
7.9Food
8.1Boarding
8.4Crew
Airline reviews

The quality of food is going down comparing with old history of excellent food. It was cold and a bad quality. The crew is always excellent and caring.

8.0 ExcellentYaqoob, Jun 2026
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The quality of food is going down comparing with old history of excellent food. It was cold and a bad quality. The crew is always excellent and caring.

Seat did not recline at all, wi-FI did not work at all. Those are both very unfortunate for a 14 hour flight. Crew and food was of course very nice as always.

Chaos at the gate while boarding - no clear signs or announcements

This777-300 is configured 2/3/2 for Biz class straight out of the 80s!!! Not to mention seats are narrow, bed does NOT FULLY RECLINE FLAT as advertised, and purser didn’t know that!! ARM REST HAS A REMOTE TABLET ON IT FURTHER CONFINING THE ALREADY NARROW SPACE!!! WHO thought this was a good design?? After flying the new A350-900 biz class Montreal to Dubai , this was a total let down!!

Food was great. More vegetarian options on menu would be great!

Flight attendants were great. Comfort of seat and lie down bed pretty good. Food was very mediocre. Wine was good (red French wine) although I should have taken advantage of having more! :-) it was too late on the flight From znz—I was tired…then too early from Dubai. Woman sitting behind me dropped a full bag of garbage on my head while I was sleeping…orange peels, wet partially eaten food and very smelly food garbage which I literally had to pick out of my hair, off my face and away from my pillow. Not the airlines fault but still a very unpleasant experience.

I bought Business class ticket but they treated me like economic class. No lounge allowed at check inn I have to take stuff out while other passengers have more than 25 lb in bag. Because I bought tickets from other than airlines . It’s discriminations from airlines to passengers.

On both legs of my trips (Jhb - Dxb and Dxb - Jhb) the entertainment system did not work.

Flight attendant Catalina was one of best ever. Paid attention to every detail. Food was good. Comfortable private seats in business class. We were not allowed in business class lounge in Dubai because our ticket supposedly didn’t cover this. They said our travel agent should of told us that. That has never happened on any other airline before. Beware of this especially if you have a long layover like we did.

Better information about the delay due to screening for US

I think I previously submitted my feedback about flight lead Katherine in a different field by mistake. Please see those comments. Comments for Hyd to AMS are it was good. The flight lead and service met expectations for satisfactory high quality service but the flight lead did not stand out as exceptional as did the leads on the other two flights so I don’t remember anything specific one way or the other besides the fact I was satisfied.

Flight lead was a gentleman with silver hair and he went out of his way to shake hands and interact with each passenger seated in business class. A medical emergency took place during our flight and he handled it with perfect poise and professionalism. He was gracious and confidently competent. Just what you want from a leader,

The flight lead, Katherine, took care of me in business class and provided exceptional service. She was warm, welcoming, bubbly and proactively accommodating as well as confident, professional, competent and clearly respected by the pilots. Just what I needed on my 17th and final hour of flight time traveling home from a business trip to India.

The required privilege for business class while boarding is not given. Food is average. The seats in business class are bad, worn out and dirty

The flight was 45 mins late leaving, we sat without a/c for some of this, 2nd Meal was a slice of pizza. Movies were good.

Crew is not the cheerful type. very slow meal service (this is their style as have flown this many times)

Short flight so it was okay. Nice crew, all very pleasant and professional. We were near the back in row 27 so just as we got our drinks, we started our descent so had to drink very quickly!

Our first flight was delayed so we missed our connecting flight. However it was easy to book a later flight on their app.

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 .

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

Lounge was top notch h with great variety of food and drinks. Cabin crew were great. Smooth flight.

My seat 3G did not go down fully and the buttons were not working properly

Food was the worst I’ve had on a VA flight. Normally it’s a lot better

These are one of the older seat arrangements facing away from the windows! Not particularly convenient sets. No storage spaces. NO COAT HANGING HOOKS. Inconvenient business class seat compared to any other airlines of similar class. Staff are excellent! Extremely professional, friendly. Food is good too.

The staff was not very polite but the flight was very very nice and comfortable and the entertainment was great

Premium economy more comfortable than economy, but not by much. Did was awful, do not try the omelette. Flight crew were helpful. Flight was delayed by over an hour. Overall but bad, arrived safely and thank God.

Food was excellent. Service was very good. Staff was very helpful to all passengers.

Your flight delayed at Heathrow n I almost missed my mother funeral.you idiots. I had to waste 10 hours in different airports. Thank your stars I'm not suing you.

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….

Very good airline. There is still some room for improvement but overall I’m happy

The seat was wet when I came in. Food was just something. And during a whole 11 to 12 hours in the airplane NO WIFI. Was is the point to buy a business ticket if you can be connected to your relatives and your company. Ethiopian used to do that to theirs customers, TECHNICAL ISSUE, WE ARE SORRY….. I am a gold customer for ET. It is very disappointed!

TV did not work Special food ordered not honored/not received Response to complaint and request not received Request for window seat but given isle seat even after paying for business class ticket

It was a great experience for my first time flying with this airline. I will be flying with them a lot more now. Plane crew was amazing.

The TV wasn't working No music for the whole flight from JFK to LOS It was too burring.

I will fly this going forward especially for ORD to EBB and the reverse.

The Boeing 737 MAX on this route, flown in the middle of the night, is an UTTER FAILURE for business travellers. The whole point of business travel is to arrive alert and recover from travel quickly, and this little aeroplane with its quarter recline uncomfortable business seats does nothing for that. It’s a small step up from economy in that you have decent legroom, but that’s it. Absolute margin at the cost of the traveller.

The flight itself was fine. The exception is that my luggage was destroyed, and I filed a claim that I haven't heard from anyone.

The use of a domestic carrier without entertainment was disappointing and a let down

There where no ear phones provided and the food needs to improve.

The food could be better, the beef was quite tough. The crew were friendly and helpful on this flight, which has not being my experience on other Ethiopian flights.

I have a walker I need it to get from the plane to customs and baggage claim. It had a huge orange tag on it saying it should be given to me as I got off the plane. It was not and the flight staff didn’t know where it was—both on my flight to London and on the return. In It was very frustrating

Had a plane! Have a plan! Have my luggage! 10 hours of travel turned into 50 hours. Good Lord!

The crew made it a great flight. They were friendly and attentive. They made me want to fly British Airways again.

BA has not been handling priority luggage with any special priority. This time our luggage was distinctly very slow to arrive, well after the first half of items to arrive. Business class flights cost a lot and it would be nice to have that reflected in the speed of baggage handling! (I note that this has worsened in our long experience of BA.) On a different note, we spent 2.5 hours on the plane after landing because of an airport mishap at Boston Logan. The pilot provided reasonably frequent update but more could have been done to ensure passenger comfort, such as more beverage and maybe snack services.

Delayed suitcase - terrible service to get my suitcase next day, I was informed it would arrive today in the afternoon (Jun/28). Now, I was informed I may or may not receive it until 3 am (Jun/29).

Generally very good. I think their service is better than some other big names I used to travel with. Their food variety is second to none - and you can place order beforehand. Their seating design is a bit awkward for service, I'd say. Flight attendants must be tall enough - long legs and arms - to reach the window seat passenger while crossing over the isle passenger. Also appreciated the variety on entertainment.

Could have used more leg room for “business class” which is basically coach with a middle seat blocked. Crew was friendly, attentive. Zero entertainment.

Poor service, antiquated plane with 2-3-2. B-class config upstairs. Tight and not comfortable—not what I expected for paying B-class! AND my bag didn’t make the transfer, bag will be delivered the day after it lands!

Business class lounge for my gate was closed and no email was sent, causing me to walk back and forth to different gates, etc for over 20 minutes one way. Flight entertainment was mediocre with very poor choices especially for business class cabin. Original flight was cancelled and rebooking was difficult and no reason given for cancellation.

old seat need to go! outdated and uncomfortable. I waited 40 minutes for my bag

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