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Cheap Business Class Flight Deals to South Africa

 
These are the cheapest deals for flights from the United Kingdom to South Africa currently on KAYAK along with options from the most popular airlines KAYAK users selected for this route. 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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Recent business class return flight deals to South Africa

Tue, 24 Feb - Wed, 18 Mar
Ethiopian Air Logo
10:00 - 03:55
LGW
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JNB
15h 55m1 stop
Ethiopian Air Logo
08:20 - 05:40
JNB
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LGW
23h 20m1 stop
£1,524Ethiopian Air
Thu, 26 Mar - Sun, 12 Apr
Kenya Airways Logo
10:20 - 03:55
LGW
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JNB
15h 35m1 stop
Kenya Airways Logo
10:45 - 06:50
JNB
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LGW
21h 05m1 stop
£1,545Kenya Airways
Sun, 15 Mar - Mon, 25 May
Ethiopian Air Logo
10:00 - 03:55
LGW
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JNB
15h 55m1 stop
Ethiopian Air Logo
08:20 - 06:20
JNB
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LGW
23h 00m1 stop
£1,576Ethiopian Air
Sun, 15 Mar - Mon, 25 May
Ethiopian Air Logo
10:00 - 03:55
LGW
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JNB
15h 55m1 stop
Ethiopian Air Logo
08:20 - 06:20
JNB
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LGW
23h 00m1 stop
£1,577Ethiopian Air
Sun, 15 Mar - Mon, 25 May
Air Algerie Logo
14:00 - 08:30
LHR
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JNB
16h 30m1 stop
Air Algerie Logo
22:25 - 13:30
JNB
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LHR
16h 05m1 stop
£1,781Air Algerie
Wed, 11 Feb - Tue, 3 Mar
KLM Logo
20:05 - 22:05
LCY
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JNB
24h 00m1 stop
KLM Logo
23:59 - 18:25
JNB
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LCY
20h 26m1 stop
£1,960KLM
Wed, 11 Mar - Sun, 22 Mar
Lufthansa Logo
18:10 - 09:30
LCY
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JNB
13h 20m1 stop
Lufthansa Logo
10:40 - 17:40
JNB
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LCY
57h 00m2 stops
£2,112Lufthansa
Thu, 14 May - Tue, 30 Jun
Lufthansa Logo
09:15 - 08:35
LCY
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JNB
22h 20m1 stop
Lufthansa Logo
10:40 - 08:40
JNB
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LCY
23h 00m2 stops
£2,127Lufthansa
Sun, 12 Apr - Fri, 10 Jul
Turkish Airlines Logo
17:45 - 11:50
STN
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CPT
17h 05m1 stop
Turkish Airlines Logo
16:35 - 22:10
CPT
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STN
30h 35m1 stop
£2,379Turkish Airlines
Thu, 23 Apr - Sat, 9 May
Turkish Airlines Logo
17:45 - 11:50
STN
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CPT
17h 05m1 stop
Turkish Airlines Logo
16:35 - 16:50
CPT
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STN
25h 15m1 stop
£2,381Turkish Airlines

Latest business class flight deals to South Africa

Cheapest return prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Cape Town
Cape Town1 stop£1,758
Durban
Durban2 stops£2,058
Port Elizabeth
Port Elizabeth2 stops£2,136
George
George2 stops£2,066
Cape Town
Cape Town1 stop£1,758
Durban
Durban2 stops£2,058
Port Elizabeth
Port Elizabeth2 stops£2,136
George
George2 stops£2,066

Good to Know - Business Class Flights to South Africa

Low seasonJune
Average price round-trip£2,486
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 1% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 1% lower on average.
(price for this month)

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, Air France, KLM and SWISS.

  • 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 £2,721 for a return trip to South Africa, while the cheapest price found on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks was £1,044.

  • 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

  • The most expensive day to fly Business Class to South Africa is Wednesday, while the cheapest is Tuesday.
  • To get a below average price, try to book at least 1 week in advance of your departure date.

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 3443 reviews
8.3Crew
8.1Boarding
7.9Food
8.2Entertainment
8.0Comfort
Airline reviews

The journey was nice, all the crews were very good and services are excellent

10.0 ExcellentSABINA, Nov 2025
MAN - DXB
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The journey was nice, all the crews were very good and services are excellent

Great flight - Clubhouse met our needs, and the staff provided good service. Boarding felt a little chaotic, but given the size of the aircraft, it's always going to be challenging. Whilst the crew were friendly, the number of passengers meant that we received our breakfast items, but had finished breakfast before we were served a drink. Lunch was much better organised, and throughout the flight, the crew were attentive. Found the seats and ICE to be excellent. Disembarkation was fine, and everything possible to expedite the process was being done.

It was delayed for 2 hrs. Flight attendants were not attentive.

Crew were excellent and the bar service and chat fantastic. Cheese board delicious. Amenity kit good, very disappointing not getting pyjamas on this leg of the flight and needed to reuse from earlier flight.

We loved flying with Emirates in business class, the staff were fabulous, going above & beyond

Emirates First Class is always a treat with Caviar and service is always personalised.

They should resume the fast track for business / first class passengers

Wifi was not operational for the whole trip. Other than this, flight was well received .

The seating is spaced out nicely, The crew could have offer more drinks.

Food no so good. Extra charge to much for front seats cost me £163 then other people sat near me for nothing 🤬

Terrible last row seats many seats available but no offer to move to better seat

Delay on my previous leg, had to run to catch my flight. But that happens. Overall ok.

Delay and had to run between flight to get my connection due to this delay but besides that the overall experience was ok. I arrived with just an hour of delay.

At the airport, terrible, I do not want to even remember it. It was too humiliating for a business class passenger.

Couldn’t get boarding pass in SLC even with help from a redcoat, so had to find a desk in AMS to get boarding pass. Technical problems so not sure why. Very inconvenient. The KLM app is not as user friendly as most apps. Also had to wait almost an hour on the tarmac for a fuel truck, which caused us to miss a connecting bus in LUX.

The immigration hall in Amsterdam was understaffed, so passport checking was slower than it should be for a major airport. They need to get the automatic readers up and running for non EU passport holders. Waiting in line after a long flight feels a bit abusive.

First of all we couldn’t check in online, then we learn at the airport we were on stand by for KLM’s mistake of overbooking. The seats were not comfy at all. Our luggage got lost.

Ad experience - been flying many years with them but they are losing out to other carriers with their service and bagage / seating policy. My 2 12-yo kids were not placed with the parent. Absurdity.

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!

KLM remains a quality flag carrier airline which maintains its standards whilst all their competitors are lowering theirs.

Food has been disappointing in both legs of flight to india

Great staff great experience, made a 2 hour delay very bearable

Great staff, great experience, made a 2 hour delay very bearable

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

I was my pleasure to fly virgin on my birthday for my first solo trip ever 🫶🏼

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.

Overall, flight was excellent but check in was very slow for Premium Economy. Economy queue was shorter but we weren't allowed to use it.

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

Great crew - old style upper class seats on the older fleet now feels dated

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.

Check in took over an hour because printer was not working. Attendant did not know how to give free layover Addis Ababa hotel vouchers or update frequent flyer number. After repeated attempts, got voucher emailed. However hotel wanted printed voucher hence more delay. Bus time from hotel back to airport was printed 4:50 hours, but hotel reception called at 3 pm saying bus will leave at 4 pm. Then hotel reception called again saying 4:15 pm. We rushed at 4:15 pm and bus was not ready until 4:40 pm. Many audio outlets were not working in planes.

I had a memorable experience. I dont have any comments at this time regarding waht could be better.

The crew was not helping us in the airports ..Very bad experience..the washrooms are not meeting the expectations..need more good service... The hotel service was good but there is a very long wait time which wasted time to go through..

Need to do a lot of improvement on service and cleaness

Our first flight was delayed and when we got off that plane, nobody was really helping to direct us to the next gate. It was very frustrating. One staff simply said hurry, which wasn’t helpful. We had to go a long way to get to the next gate. Another issue on the plane itself was the bathrooms were disgusting and filthy and it didn’t seem like anybody was checking on them were cleaning them and it was a long flight. There was urine on the floor and they stunk. Also, the screen in front of my seat did not work, and I tried different headphones and still had no sound. You would think somehow those things are reviewed occasionally for working order.

They only gave us 30 minutes to make an international connecting flight. We didn’t make the connection but they did do a good job rebooking us despite the chaos. Our bags didn’t make it back and their process for customer support is pretty bad when it comes to luggage.

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 food was terrible and the seating was uncomfortable, but the airline did a great thing letting us board in Abbis Ababa on our connecting flight after our original flight was very delayed.

Lost suite case and pillow that’s used by senior and they didn’t leave it at the airport

Forgotten Suite inside of the top compartment but went back to ask and they didn’t leave at the lost and found place. Also the checking in was so horrible. I had multi city and one of the passenger saint have visa go go go Dubai. The Ethiopian airlines never had information about requirement for US permanent resident so couldn’t go to Dubai. And when coming back to US we were told we can not use our Addis to Washington ticket and they forced us to get new ticket. Very horrible experience.

The business class seating arrangement for LHR to MAA was very uncomfortable. The movie options were terrible.

Ohooo it's fantastic 👏 I love it 😀 😍 ❤️ it's on time ⏲️

Very bad. Business class money is paid but service is worst than economy with empty middle seat. Very low grade food, very poor toilet. This should be highlighted as worst business class in the world. Government of Jordan should ban British airways for misleading information.

Great seat in premium economy, great food and drinks throughout lots of in flight entertainment. 1 hour 40 min delayed flying out , 2 1/2 hour wait at passport control in tampa

Even in business class, no 2 members of our family including kids were able to sit together. I booked the tickets months in advance. The all my luggage was left in London and arrived 2 days later. It took hours to report the missing luggage at the airport and 3-4 hours to recover one of the bags from the airport with mind bending amount of paperwork. Worst experience ever, I would seriously reconsider traveling by British Airways again.

Crew attentiveness and service as well as the quality of on board dining could be better. Seats and controls are very dated.

My seat cushion was poor. The cushion was compressed and was uncomfortable for such a long flight.

People were nice. Seats are so cramped my knees had to be pressed into the seat in front of me.

Overall, the food and entertainment were great. The staff were amazing, polite and professional. They did not have WiFi on board on this leg but that was okay. There was a delay in boarding from London and landing at Mumbai airport but the pilot communicate DC the reason for the delayed landing. They even sent us an apology afterwards for the delayed landing.

Big queues on arrival at airport despite having already checked in and only needed to drop bags off. Flight delayed which impacted on connecting flight.

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