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Cheapest return fare
£616
Typical prices: £651-£737
Lufthansa
Sun 2/8Tue 25/8
DUR - LHR • 2 stops
Cheapest one-way flight
£231
Typical prices: £295-£317
Qatar Airways
Thu 15/10
DUR - LHR • 2 stops
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Cheapest • from £616 (return)
Best reviews • 8.1 score
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Cheapest • Avg £730 (return)
Shortest trip • 19h 35m (one-way)
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Our data shows that travellers who book at least 2 weeks in advance save around 9% compared to booking last minute.
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Cheap Flights from Durban to Heathrow (DUR-LHR)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for return flights from Durban to Heathrow 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.
Discover the best prices for you by selecting your travel dates on KAYAK.

Recent return flight deals from Durban to Heathrow

Sun, 2 Aug - Tue, 25 Aug
Lufthansa Logo
11:15 - 22:40
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LHR
36h 25m
2 stops
Lufthansa Logo
18:30 - 14:00
LHR
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DUR
18h 30m
2 stops
£616Lufthansa
Tue, 8 Sep - Tue, 10 Nov
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19:10 - 18:00
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LHR
23h 50m
2 stops
Qatar Airways Logo
20:10 - 10:55
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DUR
36h 45m
2 stops
£617Qatar Airways
Sun, 2 Aug - Tue, 25 Aug
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11:15 - 22:40
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LHR
36h 25m
2 stops
Lufthansa Logo
18:30 - 14:00
LHR
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DUR
18h 30m
2 stops
£618Lufthansa
Thu, 6 Aug - Mon, 17 Aug
Qatar Airways Logo
19:10 - 08:00
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LHR
37h 50m
2 stops
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15:05 - 17:40
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DUR
25h 35m
2 stops
£623Qatar Airways
Thu, 6 Aug - Sat, 29 Aug
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19:10 - 06:25
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LHR
36h 15m
2 stops
Qatar Airways Logo
15:05 - 10:35
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DUR
18h 30m
2 stops
£627Qatar Airways
Fri, 11 Sep - Mon, 21 Sep
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12:05 - 06:25
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LHR
19h 20m
2 stops
Qatar Airways Logo
19:25 - 17:40
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DUR
21h 15m
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£628Qatar Airways
Tue, 28 Jul - Thu, 28 Jan
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11:15 - 22:40
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LHR
36h 25m
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18:40 - 14:00
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17h 20m
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£634Multiple Airlines
Thu, 6 Aug - Sat, 29 Aug
Qatar Airways Logo
19:10 - 06:25
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LHR
36h 15m
2 stops
Qatar Airways Logo
15:05 - 10:35
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DUR
18h 30m
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£635Qatar Airways
Thu, 6 Aug - Fri, 21 Aug
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19:10 - 08:00
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LHR
37h 50m
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08:25 - 17:25
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32h 00m
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£635Qatar Airways
Wed, 22 Jul - Thu, 14 Jan
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12:05 - 08:00
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20h 55m
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14:15 - 10:55
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18h 40m
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£640Qatar Airways
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KAYAK’s insights & trends for Durban to Heathrow flights

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

How much is a return flight from Durban to London Heathrow Airport?

This analysis is based on the cheapest return trip price found on KAYAK in the last 12 months by searching for a flight from Durban to London Heathrow Airport departing in August.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Durban to London Heathrow Airport?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Durban to London Heathrow Airport, 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 Durban to London Heathrow Airport is February, where tickets cost £589 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and August, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is £704 and £695 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Durban to London Heathrow Airport?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Durban to London Heathrow Airport, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.

To get a below average price on the flight from Durban to London Heathrow Airport, you should book around 2 weeks before departure, which saves you about 9% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 22 weeks before departure.

Good to know - Cheap tickets from Durban to London Heathrow Airport

Low seasonFebruary
Cheapest flight£231
Best time to beat the crowds (12% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly (3% more expensive on average)
Flight from Durban to London Heathrow Airport

When to book flights from Durban to Heathrow

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Durban to Heathrow 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 Durban to London Heathrow Airport flights

  • Is there an easy way to get to King Shaka International Airport in Durban?

    The easiest option is to use the airport shuttle to King Shaka International Airport. It operates from Durban city centre or one of the hotels or popular spots along the way. Get all the details by mailing airportbus@mweb.co.za. The fares vary between R100,00 and R150,00 depending on where you hop on to the shuttle.

  • How do I get into central London from Heathrow International Airport?

    The Heathrow Express operates from the airport every 15 minutes to London Paddington Station. The ride from Terminals 2 and 3 to London Paddington is 15 minutes long. Add on an extra three minutes if you catch it from Terminal 5. You can purchase tickets online, using the Heathrow Express app, or at the desk in the Arrivals hall. A single ride is around £25 (about R500,00) or a return ticket is around £37.00 (about R750,00).

  • What is the cheapest flight from Durban to London Heathrow Airport?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Durban to London Heathrow Airport was £231 for a one-way ticket and £616 for a return.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Durban to London Heathrow Airport?

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

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Durban to London Heathrow Airport?

    Star Alliance, and oneworld are the airline alliances operating flights between Durban and London Heathrow Airport, with Star Alliance being the most commonly used for this route.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Durban to London, Emirates or Qatar Airways?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Durban to London are Emirates and Qatar Airways. With an average price for the route of £692 and an overall rating of 8.1, Emirates is the most popular choice. Qatar Airways is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of £687 and an overall rating of 7.3.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Durban to London Heathrow Airport?

    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 Durban to London Heathrow Airport.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Durban to London Heathrow Airport?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to London Heathrow Airport from Durban is likely to change within 7 days, so travellers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Durban to London Heathrow Airport?

    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 London Heathrow Airport with an airline and back to Durban with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Durban to London Heathrow Airport?

    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 London Heathrow Airport from Durban up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

KAYAK’s top tips for finding a cheap flight from Durban to London Heathrow Airport

  • La Mercy Airport in Durban is the same airport as King Shaka International Airport. Because of its location in the La Mercy area, it is also known as that name. King Shaka International Airport services the towns and cities around Durban and Pietermaritzburg. The city centre of Durban is 34 kilometres from the airport, which is a 30-minute drive and Pietermaritzburg is an hour away with a drive of 104 kilometres.
  • King Shaka International Airport Terminal consists of two operating levels and a third level that houses the premium lounges. The ground floor services domestic and international arrivals, while level one caters to the domestic and international departures.
  • Health and hygiene are prioritised at Heathrow International Airport giving passengers confidence while travelling. The airport offers touchless water refill stations where you can fill your water bottles. Contactless payment is available at all the shops and restaurants and hand sanitiser stations are located throughout the airport.

Reviews of the top 4 airlines flying from Durban to Heathrow

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Durban to London. 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.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Durban to Heathrow? 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 3606 reviews
8.4Crew
8.2Entertainment
8.1Boarding
7.9Food
8.0Comfort
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Very bad service and food variety will never come back again

2.0 MediocreAmbrose, Apr 2026
DXB - LGW
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Very bad service and food variety will never come back again

My baby was with me it was really good experience with emirates

Fantastic as ever. Great staff super catering and excellent service.

Flight and entertainment great. Food needs to be improved, only one choice on the menu. Staff worked well throughout.

There is an issue with A380 when it arrives in Munich, because a business class passengers like me have to wait for the first class passengers to disembark, which takes some time while you are also offloading economy passengers this causes an issue at customs where your business class passengers end up behind a large bulk of economy passengers This is a frustration and the early dislocation should be and is supposed to be a benefit of business class

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.

The internet connection did was not functioning as per normal.

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

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

You can improve in many ways First the crew in general is good, but needs to work with passion to their works not like robots Second, collecting the ear headphones long time before landing is strange The crew should deal with the passengers with respect and descent way not like giving orders

The crew were fabulous. We travelled Doha to Miami and the crew in board we exceptional too.

Qatar was pretty OK for their services but Arangrant was awful at theirs and frankly lied to me. Qatar offers four business class fares and only three of them allow lounge access. This is a horrible policy when you pay so much for business class and shame on them for denying the simple use of their lounges for this confusion. When I requested my business class ticket with Arangrant I knew this and specifically told them I would only purchase the lowest class business seat that would still permit me lounge access on all legs of my trip. They lied to me and said I did and then I was refused this service on my return flights. I had no less than 4-8 schedule changes and got screwed by a late departure from DCA on my double connection to JNB. I lost nearly a full day on my outbound and then had little to no use of the lounges on my outbound flights. To then be denied access on my return flights made the 27 hour trip home pretty awful. Kayak should no longer work with Arangrant as they are dishonest and liars. Qatar should price all four of their business class fares to include lounge access and stop the insanity they have forced on people. My return trip home nearly ruined my entire trip to South Africa and I blame Arangrant for telling me lies and for Qatar for offering insane rules and regulations on such expensive business class fares. For the money I paid to Qatar, I did not receive the full services I was promised. I will probably never use Arangrant and their ignorant services ever again. I will question whether I ever fly on Qatar Airways again as well. When you pay so much and get such little in return, it leaves a bad taste in your mouth. Arangrant gives the whole industry a bad name and Qatar is not far behind them. I can honestly say that the wretched service and way I was treated by both have soured me on travel companies and airlines. It is bad enough that we have an idiot, felon, racist and bigoted president and administration to contend with while he has started an illegal war, I did not expect to get screwed over by Arangrant and Qatar as well. Shame on all of you.

Plane was good Crew was good Food was just ok Could have had more entertainment options But overall good

The flight was delayed and one member of the crew was a bit rude. But apart from that all good.

As gold member there is no priority checkin. Meaning you either have to board with your zone or last with business class pax. As economy pax all the baggage bays are filled by the time you arrive

Besides the flight cancellation, everything else was prefect. Kudos to Malaysian Airlines.

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

I had first class service from them. A little late taking off, but no major problem

The flight was quite comfortable for a 12 hour flight! Food was excellent. The service was good, the entertainment was fine. All in all, one of the better long-haul flights I’ve experienced.

The food was terrible The flight attendance was sloppy and late with everything!! Never again

Flights were delayed and due to a checked hand luggage bag by an overzealous gate agent in Berlin I missed my ground connection costing me another £80. Food was cold and bland, I honestly expect better from a national carrier operating out of one of their major hubs.

A bit more space? Not practical, I know. I felt squished in but part of that could have been the man sitting next to me.

It was my first experience in business class. It was everything I expected and more. Service was impeccable, food was delicious and I felt rested once I arrived to London

Missed our flight to London and we were put on coach seats to Munich.

Seats were terribly uncomfortable! Couldn’t sleep! I paid for good seats when scheduled with Lufthansa, got crappy mid-section seats on Air Canada!

The seats are much too narrow and the arm rests are hard and awkwardly high, resulting in shoulder cramps. I am an average sized person ( definitely not overweight). The seats are a similar size to car seats with the added discomfort of incorporating hard plastic arm rests, that force average height individuals (I'm 5 ft 7 (f)) to hold their arms uncomfortably for several hours. The seats are much too close to the ones in front and behind making it extremely difficult to allow fellow passengers to get out, especially when the seat in front is declined. The leg room also necessitates knees banging into passengers backs for the entire flight. This used to be a quality airline who now offer mediocre service for premium cost, coupled with charging exorbitant prices for basic needs, like a seat, or luggage. Blatant and unabashed gouging of clients.

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

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).

They lost my luggage on my way to Namibia (I was unable to review that flight as I was in the bush/off line) It took 3 days to get my bag and I had to pay $375.00 to have it transported to my location as it was over 100 Kilometers from that Airport and the local Airlink carrier would not got that far.

Great flight, last one out the air-conditioning was far to hot and the return it was to cold and then issued blankets. On the outward bowned the headset connector didn't work properly. You had intermittent sound from the audio socket.

Terrible service especially for premium economy. Much more comfortable seats on other providers

Friendly hosts/hostesses; dinner was of acceptable, but mediocre standard

Our original booking with Kayak -our first experience -was exactly what we wanted and worked well. Updates were friendly and reassuring as were the contacts with UnderPricer so a big win-win. We learned a lot on your reliability and will definitely put you on our organisational list for the future.

It was just ok. Half the bathrooms were broke on the flight.

If they wouldn't have canceled the flight WITHOUT informing me until I looked at my ticket and saw I had 2 extra layovers in 2 different cities than the ones I paid for? That would have been nice.

Poor BA get a lot of stick and have some problems getting your bags to the same destination BUT the whole experience is very much 5 star and probably due to excellent, helpful and sooo British staff. We travelled in economy plus.

The flight was uncomfortably warm. We asked a member of the crew to adjust the temperature, and they said they would but it didn't make a noticeable difference. They really cram you into the plane, too, in economy. It was quite uncomfortable for an 11 hour flight.

The 7 hour delay in Johannesburg was extremely tiresome, with poor communication at check-in and a sad R120 voucher as compensation. All in all sitting for 10 hours on an airport was pretty bad. At arrival the baggage arrival took 2 hours. All in all, a very, very long trip.

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