GLA - JNB

£478 Find Cheap Flights from Glasgow to Johannesburg

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Cheapest return fare
£523
Overall average: £612
Emirates
Mon 26/1Tue 3/3
GLA - JNB • 1 stop
Cheapest one-way flight
£478
Typical prices: £548-£636
Emirates
Mon 26/1
GLA - JNB • 1 stop
When to book
2 weeks
in advance
Our data shows that travellers who book at least 2 weeks in advance save around 17% compared to booking last minute.
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Cheap Flights from Glasgow to Johannesburg (GLA-JNB)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for return flights from Glasgow to Johannesburg 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.
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Recent return flight deals from Glasgow to Johannesburg

Mon, 26 Jan - Tue, 3 Mar
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13:35 - 10:25
GLA
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JNB
18h 50m1 stop
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18:50 - 11:35
JNB
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GLA
18h 45m1 stop
£523Emirates
Thu, 15 Jan - Thu, 22 Jan
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10:40 - 22:05
GLA
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JNB
33h 25m1 stop
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23:59 - 22:10
JNB
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GLA
24h 11m1 stop
£581KLM
Thu, 15 Jan - Thu, 22 Jan
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17:20 - 22:05
GLA
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JNB
26h 45m1 stop
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19:20 - 09:55
JNB
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GLA
16h 35m2 stops
£606KLM
Wed, 3 Jun - Wed, 17 Jun
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06:00 - 21:20
GLA
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JNB
14h 20m1 stop
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23:15 - 12:55
JNB
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GLA
14h 40m1 stop
£612KLM
Wed, 3 Jun - Wed, 17 Jun
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13:30 - 21:35
GLA
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JNB
31h 05m1 stop
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23:15 - 12:55
JNB
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GLA
14h 40m1 stop
£614KLM
Tue, 3 Mar - Tue, 24 Mar
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09:05 - 22:05
GLA
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JNB
35h 00m1 stop
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23:59 - 22:10
JNB
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GLA
24h 11m1 stop
£616KLM
Tue, 3 Mar - Tue, 24 Mar
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09:05 - 22:05
GLA
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JNB
35h 00m1 stop
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23:59 - 22:10
JNB
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GLA
24h 11m1 stop
£617KLM
Sat, 31 Jan - Sat, 7 Feb
KLM Logo
06:05 - 22:05
GLA
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JNB
14h 00m1 stop
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23:59 - 09:55
JNB
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GLA
35h 56m1 stop
£628KLM
Wed, 3 Jun - Wed, 17 Jun
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13:30 - 11:05
GLA
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JNB
20h 35m2 stops
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23:15 - 08:25
JNB
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GLA
34h 10m1 stop
£637KLM
Sat, 31 Jan - Sat, 7 Feb
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10:30 - 08:40
GLA
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JNB
20h 10m2 stops
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22:00 - 10:45
JNB
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GLA
14h 45m1 stop
£638British Airways
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Glasgow to Johannesburg flights

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

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Glasgow to Johannesburg?

The average price of all round-trip flights from Glasgow Intl Airport to Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

If you are looking for a flight deal from Glasgow to Johannesburg, look for departures on Wednesdays and avoid leaving on a Saturday, as it's usually the priciest day. When flying back from Johannesburg, Tuesday is the cheapest day to fly and Saturday is the most expensive.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Glasgow Intl Airport to Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Glasgow Intl Airport to Johannesburg OR Tambo 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 Glasgow Intl Airport to Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport is January, where tickets cost £612 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and July, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is £898 and £873 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Glasgow Intl Airport to Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Glasgow Intl Airport to Johannesburg OR Tambo 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 Glasgow Intl Airport to Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport, you should book around 2 weeks before departure, which saves you about 17% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 20 weeks before departure.

Good to know - Cheap tickets from Glasgow to Johannesburg

Low seasonMay
Cheapest flight£478
Best time to beat the crowds (14% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 2% lower on average.
Flight from Glasgow to Johannesburg

When to book flights from Glasgow to Johannesburg

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Glasgow to Johannesburg 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 Glasgow to Johannesburg flights

  • What is the cheapest flight from Glasgow Intl Airport to Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Glasgow Intl Airport to Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport was £478 for a one-way ticket and £523 for a return.

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from Glasgow to Johannesburg?

    Glasgow and Johannesburg are both served by 1 main airport. You will leave Glasgow from Glasgow Intl and will be arriving at Johannesburg OR Tambo.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Glasgow to Johannesburg?

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

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Glasgow to Johannesburg?

    Star Alliance, oneworld, and SkyTeam are the airline alliances operating flights between Glasgow and Johannesburg, with Star Alliance being the most commonly used for this route.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Glasgow to Johannesburg, Emirates or KLM?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Glasgow to Johannesburg are Emirates and KLM. With an average price for the route of £779 and an overall rating of 8.1, Emirates is the most popular choice. KLM is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of £628 and an overall rating of 7.7.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Glasgow to Johannesburg?

    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 Glasgow to Johannesburg.

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

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

    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 Johannesburg with an airline and back to Glasgow with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Glasgow to Johannesburg?

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

Reviews of the top 5 airlines flying from Glasgow to Johannesburg

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Glasgow to Johannesburg. 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.
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EmiratesOverall score based on 3440 reviews
8.2Entertainment
7.9Food
8.3Crew
8.1Boarding
8.0Comfort
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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.

Bathrooms were amazing and first class seat was very comfortable. Food was edible but not up to the standards of other first class meals on other airlines. But Caviar was amazing! So much caviar. Dom Perignon 2015 was room temperature. It would have been amazing if it was chilled down a bit more. Slippers were amazing and amenity kit requested was beautiful. Requested Pajamas never came so can’t tell you how nice they were. Loved the design of the seat and personal storage. Suite was much smaller than other airline’s first class and tv screen was tiny and remote difficult to use. I probably wouldn’t pay for this flight again.

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

One of the female staff from the cabin crew, forgot to ask us about what we want to drink and focused more on other specific people rather than treating everyone politely. I asked her about the drinks to which she said oh I forgot.

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

Everything was great but the food portions and quality was awful

We arrived in line for check in at 6:15 p.m. but did not check in until 8:00 p.m. The line for economy check in was very long, and all of the desks 03-13 were not open, although most of them opened sporadically. The crew on board were very nice and helpful, friendly and kind. It has been many years since we flew Emirates (at least 17 years), and we notice that foot rests are no longer available in economy, but we were lucky enough to fly in the upper deck and appreciate your opening some of your flights to economy passengers in the upper deck. We will definitely fly on emirates more often! Thank you.

I would never have been able to make the transfer in time without asking for a wheelchair

Overall was a good experience and this particular flight the crew were great too at least in business class. It’s not always the case with flydubai. Few things would make me think twice in the future on this route. 1. The arrival into T3 might sound good but it is a real pain as it takes almost 30 mins to get to terminal on the bus as the aircraft still park at T2. The bag takes even longer . If they just let us off at T2, I’d be home within 30 mins of walking off the plane. Instead it takes 1.5 hours. 2. Due to the timing, the very tiny lounge in Penang is so crowded because half the lounge is closed for Qatar crew. Hardly anywhere to sit. 3. Flydubai app and site has a long way to go and using it is very unpleasant.

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.

Flight was ok but lack of communication cost me to literally beg to be put on another flight as connecting flight had departed

They forgot to serve food and the crew was very unfriendly. Never experienced such a bad KLM flight. Usually fly from Toronto. New York was different.

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.

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!

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

For a long haul flight, the seats were too narrow. Paid for extra legroom but wish I could have paid for width! I was pressed against another person for the whole donation of the flight.

Delayed flight made my day very long, but other than that KQ got me to my destination in good shape.

The nice treatment and lovely pilots who accepted my son inside for a photo.So lovely of them

Got delayed for over 24 hours. Fight was cancelled. Was put up at a nice hotel whose kitchen was unfortunately not prepared for the sudden influx of guests The headphone jacks on the seat were loose and sound kept getting dropped over the headphones. Food was good though. Certain items (Amarula) were not available for purchase over the on-plane duty free. Had been told i would pick my luggage at my final destination*wrong* had to pick it up in JFK and recheck it and then got charged for it**** too tired to argue with the Delta staff on the issue.... after a 15 hr flight.

This one is not bad even it is late, but they apologize and every time they announced the update.

I’m very disappointed for this trip and I will never travel again in this airline. In addition, I don’t recommend to any human being to travel to Kenya Airways. They keep me at Nairobi for 4 days without care. I was at Nairobi from 6 a.m Morning up to 10 a:m Thursday. For that reason, I have trouble for my work and may be I will lose my job. During for those 4 days I didn’t have my medicine, I didn’t have clothes to change because all my clothes were in my checked bags. On Thursday, when I got flight, they don’t even apologize for all consequences I had. During for those 4 days, I learned many things for this airline. It is their system to treat passengers like this because they had hundreds or thousands passengers around Nairobi waiting for their flights after their original flights cancelled. If I lose my job, I planned to file claim to the airline. This is not airline to travel with.

They weight duty free goods at check in and count the weight as carry on luggage. Results : for 4 bottles I had to opay $150. rip off. Be careful to avoid any duty free shopping at Dubai airport

The boarding was fast, the food was great; however, the seats & leg space were tight.

I enjoyed my flight I arrived safe with all my luggage

No complaints just improve on the food service. Provide enough dinner. People are complaining about that.

Paid for exit row at the back of the plane. Window seat with lots of leg space. Food was inedible (as usual). Brought my own.

Efficiency of staff, and comfort and cleanliness of aircraft was all great. Maybe a hot drink without payment at that time in the morning would be good!

Staff was very professional friendly food was okay i used the lufthansa app and it was great told me immediately what gate I should go i would fly with lufthansa anytime

The plane was late (as was my flight out from Birmingham the day before)

Flight delays made me miss my connections. I almost missed my connecting flight because I had to get my luggage and go through immigration and then back into the airport. Connecting flight said it would be my problem if I missed it. I had to be rerouted through another city and came in 3 hours later than expected and had to hire an uber to get me home when I had everything planned out

The flight was delayed by an hour. Made the connection uncomfortably tight.

It would have been nice if my luggage had made it onto my connecting flight as well. Now I have to wait for my luggage to be delivered and that might take a while, which certainly put a damper on the entire experience.

When we went to the lounge they told us to go into the main lounge and not the full business class section, later they told me that Lufthansa wont pay the full fee to alloq the business class passengers entry to the nicer sectikn where all the other airlines nusiness class passengers go into. Very poor arrangement.

Everything went really well. Snacks could be better and there was no tea/coffee service after dinner. Crew was helpful and friendly.

I came out early, 4 hrs before departure. The flight was changed 4 or 5 times with few minutes between new and schedule time , then 30 minutes delay, then up to 2hrs 30min delay. When I arrived in Frankfurt, no one help us to lead to the custom service. After almost 1 hour asking around then we must line up for another hour to get overnight and rebooking the next flight. We must find out how to get to the hotel by us self. The shuttle bus driver in Germany was not nice, speak German to English speaking and we must predict what she / he tried to tell us. We got up earlier and tried to not coming late to the check in and immigration procedure (we were told by the helping center that the immigration used to be over crowded) then we came there it was almost empty, then we must stay in the airport for hours not necessary. We got the coupons at the airport for compensation for waiting for delay flight for NOK 75 ( as low as 6 Euros) It is not enough to buy food at the airport price and Norwegian cost of living... How to drink a cup of cappuccino for NOK 72 when the stomach was empty for food in 16 hrs (from dinner at 6 pm the day before to 16 pm the day after) At the hotel in Frankfurt, we were offered two options spaghetti with biff or vegan food and a drink for 18 Euro. Almost 60 passenger ate the same food and I was remembered once time in former Soviet Union in 80's I travelled with Aeroflot and the passenger were stranded in the hotel for next flight and we were also offered only one choice of dinner, if we were hunger we must pay 1$ for 1 egg and another 1$ for two loaf of bread and butter. I can't believe Germany is to poor and inferior service like former USSR in 1980 decade. My good remembering of Luft Hansa disappear and changed totally by this service I got this time.

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.

I was in a bulkhead seat and my tray table wasn't level. Eating was difficult.

Nice lounge but had a 5 hour layover which is a lot

Flight on time and priority boarding worked. I travelled economy although business was available as no flights are cheap these days and at least with BA loyalty card I get a baggage allowance for nothing. That made the flight comparable or even cheaper than the ‘budget’ alternative. As for catering and entertainment - not on a BA short haul economy ! At least we were offered biscuits and water! Catering for economy short haul has been reduced to the minimum - no tea or coffee or other drinks than water (from a large bottle with a paper cup on offer). They will say this is better for the environment, which it is, but proper waste management is still needed for empty packets etc. so actually it’s a money saver.

Audi visual not working for a whole group of seats in first class. How does a plane leave the main hub in such poor condition? How much that we can’t see so immediately is also compromised?

The check-in baggage belt was broken (which is understandable) but what was surprising is they would check you in, give a baggage tag and then you have to drag the baggage to a different counter at the end of airport. No vegetarian option in in-flight meal. British Airways remains the worst big name airlines and always my last option while booking.

main meals are horrible but then you dont fly for the food

It was good. Couldn’t Check in online and select seats

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