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Cheap Flights from South Africa to Birmingham

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for return flights from South Africa to Birmingham 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 South Africa to Birmingham

Tue, 21 Jul - Wed, 26 Aug
Lufthansa Logo
17:55 - 09:50
CPT
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BHX
16h 55m
1 stop
Lufthansa Logo
18:15 - 09:30
BHX
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CPT
14h 15m
1 stop
£593Lufthansa
Thu, 17 Sep - Mon, 21 Sep
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13:30 - 16:40
JNB
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BHX
28h 10m
2 stops
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17:35 - 09:40
BHX
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JNB
39h 05m
2 stops
£599Turkish Airlines
Thu, 23 Jul - Wed, 26 Aug
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17:55 - 12:05
JNB
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BHX
19h 10m
1 stop
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10:00 - 09:40
BHX
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JNB
22h 40m
2 stops
£600Turkish Airlines
Sat, 5 Sep - Tue, 8 Sep
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14:05 - 13:40
JNB
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BHX
24h 35m
1 stop
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08:10 - 04:00
BHX
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JNB
18h 50m
1 stop
£602Qatar Airways
Tue, 8 Sep - Tue, 22 Sep
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13:15 - 13:40
CPT
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BHX
25h 25m
1 stop
Qatar Airways Logo
08:10 - 17:30
BHX
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CPT
32h 20m
1 stop
£604Qatar Airways
Thu, 23 Jul - Wed, 26 Aug
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19:20 - 08:05
JNB
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BHX
13h 45m
1 stop
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18:50 - 09:20
BHX
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JNB
13h 30m
1 stop
£604SWISS
Wed, 21 Oct - Fri, 6 Nov
Qatar Airways Logo
13:15 - 06:40
CPT
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BHX
18h 25m
1 stop
Qatar Airways Logo
14:10 - 17:25
BHX
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CPT
25h 15m
1 stop
£606Qatar Airways
Tue, 21 Jul - Tue, 25 Aug
Lufthansa Logo
17:55 - 09:50
CPT
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BHX
16h 55m
1 stop
Lufthansa Logo
17:55 - 09:30
BHX
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CPT
38h 35m
2 stops
£608Lufthansa
Sun, 26 Jul - Sun, 2 Aug
Multiple Airlines Logo
18:05 - 12:30
PLZ
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BHX
43h 25m
2 stops
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14:35 - 13:00
BHX
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PLZ
45h 25m
2 stops
£831Multiple Airlines
Sun, 26 Jul - Sun, 2 Aug
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10:20 - 13:40
PLZ
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BHX
28h 20m
2 stops
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15:10 - 17:45
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PLZ
25h 35m
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£1,026Multiple Airlines
Booking Insights

KAYAK's insights & trends for flights to Birmingham

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

What is the cheapest month to fly to Birmingham?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights to Birmingham, 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 to Birmingham is February, where tickets cost £393 on average for return flights. On the other hand, the most expensive months are April and August, where the average cost of tickets from South Africa is £513 and £496 respectively. For one-way flights, the best month to travel is July with an average price of £165.

How far in advance should I book a flight to Birmingham?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights to Birmingham, 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, you should book around 6 weeks before departure, which saves you about 11% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 21 weeks before departure.

Good to know - Cheap tickets from South Africa to Birmingham

Low seasonFebruary
Cheapest flight£282
Best time to beat the crowds (6% less expensive on average)
Flight from Cape Town to Birmingham

FAQs - booking Birmingham flights

  • How far is Birmingham Airport from central Birmingham?

    You’ll need to travel 7 miles to reach the Birmingham city centre from Birmingham Airport.

  • What is the name of Birmingham’s airport?

    There is only 1 airport in Birmingham, called Birmingham Airport (BHX). It can also be referred to as Birmingham or Birmingham Intl.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights to Birmingham?

    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 to Birmingham.

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

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

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights to Birmingham?

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

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

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

  • How many direct flights to Birmingham are there each week?

    Each week there are around 182 direct flights from within South Africa to Birmingham. The most common day for departures is Monday, with 16% of flights taking off on this day.

Top tips for finding cheap flights to Birmingham

  • Enter your preferred departure airport and travel dates into the search form above to unlock the latest Birmingham flight deals.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines flying from South Africa to Birmingham

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying to Birmingham. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline from South Africa to Birmingham. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with to Birmingham? 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 3590 reviews
8.0Comfort
8.2Entertainment
7.9Food
8.1Boarding
8.4Crew
Airline reviews

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

Everything was perfect. Staff were informative and professional and flight boarding, flying and de-embarking was smooth. I would certainly travel with Emirates 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.

Everything was great except the boarding experience. After the check in, they "packed us" in a small area, very hot there. It would be nice to be aware of this, I'd wait on the outside area

Always enjoyed flying with Emirates, flown with others but they don't really measure up. The others are cheaper without a doubt, but not as good as Emirates

The stewardess took a picture as a gift , if you asked for it. Every thing was very good, Especially the food, big and tasty. The service was good, they served water several times, very frequent.

Child’s meal was great along with other nice touches for kids.

Mostly good and consistent of Emirates service. Christmas menu was great initiative and tasted good. Taking the bus from terminal to the plane spoilt the experience a little.

As always, it’s a pleasure to travel with KLM. It is one of my favorite airlines.

As per usual when you Hit the UK it's a slow process through customs Not as efficient at Thailand for sure

There were no charge points for phones on the economy seats. The seats were comfortable overall. Food was okay.. flight was on time

The crew were unprofessional with a racist element. I was physically abused as well from one of the crew members

Empty seats next to me - wish it had been for a longer flight!!

I’m grateful for the KLM Air France shuttle bus service to Ottawa. However due to construction and other issues related to the chaotic Uber pickup system at YUL, it’s a challenge to find the Kelios bus service to Ottawa. The signs are not clear or even available. No staff to guide passengers. It’s a stressful experience.

Flight was on time, staff are friendly and helpful onboard.

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

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.

On time arrivals and departure, good in flight entertainment, courteous flight attendants, decent meals, reasonable seat space

Didn't make the connection as my primary flight was 3 hrs late, I had to basically beg to be put on a different airline to continue my trip otherwise I would have been sitting on the airport for 8 hrs

Boarding was very chaotic, we had to stand in two different lines that were not clearly marked, and the announcements were not understandable from the microphones, and we speak both German and English. We paid Kayak $120+ for seat assignments when we purchased our tickets but when we printed our boarding passes, suddenly we had been changed to 16 rows further back than our assigned seats we paid for. The seats we were assigned to on our boarding passes had no usable overhead bins and so we had to sit with our carry on backpacks underneath our feet in an already crowded space. One video/entertainment screen kept crashing and thus was useless for viewing anything. It was not an enjoyable flight.

One would expect far better service and quality of seats from Swiss. The crew was super cold at best. My wife and I are both Star Alliance gold members and none of them even bothered to come and acknowledge our status and make us feel special. Seat is in need of a major overhaul. It’s simply outdated and the TV screen is far too small. Food and drinks selection was very sub par.

The flight and all amenities were good to excellent. SWISS was awful to deal with. Every step of the way they nickel and dime you. Chose your seats? $14. Change your seats… No accounting for the prior payment. You get billed again. 17 pound restriction on overhead luggage, nonsense. It’s a weight in the plane whether it’s in the overhead or in check baggage. They just milk you for every cent they can and I resent it. The flight was excellent.

The seat and leg room is small on the 2 seated row. Otherwise, very good crew and service.

The flight was very nice but the food selection for the people in the last rows was limited to vegetarian meals only. I think vegetarian meal should not be offered as a main selection.

No food was served on this short flight and we had no entertainment. Please add a box to check. We were served delicious Swiss chocolate though! The boarding process was fast and the crew very friendly.

We still don't have our luggages... flight was Saturday Jan 3rd and today is Wed 7th...even after fling the delayed/missing baggage report on saturday night and contacting SWISS (which is not answering) we still dont have our luggages...

Water bottles could be in more sustainable packaging than plastic bottles

Older plane with finicky seats. Crew often seem to focus on "pet" clients and over extend services to some over others. I get less attention since I'm not a regular business class client. Regardless, I've paid the money and would expect equal attention.

Excellent experience with business class area. Staff was attentive and food was amazing. Only one bathroom for business class which was logistically difficult for the staff while preparing meals. Need to offer fluids with meals. I did not get enough water to drink. But overall I rate it 5 star.

Great food, and lots of it. They made us come to the gate two hours before the flight and you were stuck in the enclosure until you boarded with no bathroom or food or drink. My seat in business class was very claustrophobic, I could barely get into it and a large board blocked the window and made it even more claustrophobic

Food wasn’t good but not their fault as I should have pre selected

Istanbul to Lahore flight was less than standard for international business class cabins. Seat did not were not flat and it did not operate easily. I had to push buttons hard repeatedly to operate the seat. I was in 5A seat

Cabin was kept very hot and it was uncomfortable. Entertainment system did not work at my seat. Crew and service is fantastic

the cabin was kept too hot. couldn't sleep as a result

it was great honestly for the melbourne flight a kit with blindfold and slippers was probided to each passenger on the seat and the food was really great will definitely recommend people take turkish airlines for travel not just on the sin-melbourne route.

I was asked window seat on check in in Dar-es-Salaam. The person on the deck told me "yes, no problem", but gave me 10e and 25b seats! Better just to say "no"

After arriving in Istanbul, the transit information on the electronic board showed a tight departure time, and the gate changed in the middle, making it difficult to make it on time.

Really good food and service. Qatar Airways is again and again provided an exceptional experience.

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.

Top, only problem about Weather but not depended Qatar Airways. Anyway staff offered kimbo Refreshments

The seat cushions are absolutely lacking, not sure if they know the passengers are traveling for 14 hours straight, but the padding made our back and butt ache like crazy. The entertainment console had its own problems, either the headphone jack wasn't working or the power outlet via usb or ac outlet was not working. Not to mention the seat handles were not adjustable in some planes in the middle or on the aisle. Qatar/Indigo may be operating a very old fleet of planes to make as much profit as possible, but passengers may not be following them for long, should this treatment of its customers continue. Qatar/Indigo, wake up and do it right by your customers, or they may not be your customers anymore.

Nice airline. I was in a really weird seat which had extra leg room, but no basket or stowage. And the people next to me were pretty noisy during the flight, so it was hard to rest. I wish staff came around to pick up trash more often as I had no where to put it except my lap or the floor.

Looks like a local flight. Food was horrible. No entertainment system.

I wish I knew in advance that the connecting flight was by indigo air

Very efficient and professional staff. Food was good and so was entertainment selection.

All good. Over four hours flight if provided snacks like Qatar Airways would be better

Seated in row 6 you are separated from business class close to the toilets. The is a high panel in front that obscures forward viewing, coupled with no window view. Service is limited as the area is not in view of the attendants. It is closer in proximity to economy than business class.

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