£50 Find Cheap Flights from England to Africa – Compare and Save

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 England to Africa.

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

Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional return ticket. You could then fly from England to Africa with an airline and back with another airline.

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

England and Africa are connected by different airlines. The airlines that fly that route the most regularly are easyJet (178 flights per week), British Airways (121 flights per week), and Ryanair (72 flights per week).

There are 308 airports in Africa. The busiest airport is OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg (JNB), with 11% of all flights arriving there.

Prices will differ depending on the departure airport, but generally, the cheapest airport to fly to in Africa is Fez Sais Airport (FEZ), with an average flight price of £53.

Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to Africa is Monday when return tickets can be as cheap as £875. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Tuesday, when return prices are £896 on average.

The cheapest time of day to fly to Africa is generally at night, when retur flights cost £870 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Africa is generally in the morning, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is £1,019.

The cheapest ticket to Africa from England found in the last 5 days was to Marrakech, at £30 return. The most popular route is London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Casablanca (CMN) and the cheapest return ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was £190.

The cheapest month for flights from England to Africa is October, when tickets cost £333 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and July, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is £497 and £409 respectively.

To get a below-average price on a flight from England to Africa, you should book around 3 weeks before departure, which saves you about 9% compared to booking last-minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 19 weeks before departure.

From England, there are direct flights to Africa from 7 cities. The city with the most direct flights is London, with 734 direct flights each week.

There are around 126 direct flights from within England to Africa every day. Most flights (31%) depart in the evening.

Each week there are around 879 direct flights from within England to Africa. The most common day for departures is Sunday, with 17% of flights taking off on this day.

An average direct flight from England to Africa takes 9h 09m, covering a distance of 3554 miles. The shortest route is London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Marrakech (RAK) with an average flight time of 2h 35m.

Each week, there are around 254 long-haul flights (6-12 hour flight duration), 325 medium-haul (3-6 hours), and 300 short-haul (up to 3 hours) flights to Africa. The most long-haul flights depart from London.

Based on KAYAK flight searches, the most popular destination is Lagos (17% of total searches to Africa). The next most popular destinations are Johannesburg (11%) and Cape Town (11%). Searches for flights to Accra (11%), to Marrakech (9%), and to Cairo (7%) are also popular.