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Cheap Flights from South Africa to England

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

Sun, 13 Sep - Sat, 3 Oct
Norse Atlantic UK Logo
00:10 - 10:55
CPT
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LGW
11h 45mdirect
Norse Atlantic UK Logo
09:40 - 22:10
LGW
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CPT
11h 30mdirect
£500Norse Atlantic UK
Mon, 19 Oct - Tue, 27 Oct
Norse Atlantic UK Logo
00:10 - 10:55
CPT
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LGW
11h 45mdirect
Norse Atlantic UK Logo
07:30 - 21:00
LGW
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CPT
11h 30mdirect
£507Norse Atlantic UK
Thu, 17 Sep - Wed, 23 Sep
Lufthansa Logo
17:55 - 17:40
CPT
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LHR
24h 45m
1 stop
Lufthansa Logo
08:30 - 09:30
LHR
-
CPT
24h 00m
1 stop
£518Lufthansa
Tue, 20 Oct - Tue, 27 Oct
SWISS Logo
19:25 - 11:20
CPT
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LHR
16h 55m
1 stop
SWISS Logo
09:00 - 07:35
LHR
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CPT
20h 35m
1 stop
£537SWISS
Sun, 13 Dec - Thu, 7 Jan
RwandAir Logo
17:45 - 06:20
JNB
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LHR
14h 35m
1 stop
RwandAir Logo
20:20 - 02:20
LHR
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JNB
28h 00m
1 stop
£541RwandAir
Tue, 20 Oct - Tue, 27 Oct
Lufthansa Logo
15:20 - 07:40
CPT
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LHR
17h 20m
2 stops
Lufthansa Logo
18:30 - 13:25
LHR
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CPT
16h 55m
2 stops
£542Lufthansa
Sat, 16 Jan - Thu, 11 Feb
RwandAir Logo
03:10 - 06:20
JNB
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LHR
29h 10m
1 stop
RwandAir Logo
20:20 - 13:25
LHR
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JNB
15h 05m
1 stop
£542RwandAir
Tue, 8 Sep - Tue, 15 Sep
Emirates Logo
13:15 - 18:45
CPT
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STN
30h 30m
1 stop
Emirates Logo
14:55 - 11:30
STN
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CPT
19h 35m
1 stop
£573Emirates
Sun, 13 Sep - Sun, 20 Sep
Emirates Logo
13:15 - 12:55
CPT
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STN
24h 40m
1 stop
Emirates Logo
21:05 - 16:40
STN
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CPT
18h 35m
1 stop
£575Emirates
Tue, 20 Oct - Tue, 27 Oct
SWISS Logo
19:25 - 08:40
CPT
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LCY
14h 15m
1 stop
SWISS Logo
13:30 - 07:35
LCY
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CPT
16h 05m
1 stop
£584SWISS
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KAYAK's insights & trends for flights to England

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

What is the cheapest flight to England?

These are the best return prices found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 5 days.

The cheapest ticket to England from South Africa found in the last 5 days was to London Gatwick Airport, at £128 return. The most popular route is Cape Town (CPT) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW) and the cheapest return ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was £128.

How much is a flight to England?

The average and cheapest price for all round-trip flights to England from each origin found by users searching on KAYAK in the last month.

A flight to England costs £574 on average. The cheapest price found on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks was £128 for the route Cape Town (CPT) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW). The most popular routes on KAYAK are Cape Town to London which costs £724 on average, and Johannesburg to London, which costs £745 on average.

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What is the cheapest month to fly from South Africa to England?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights from South Africa to England, 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 South Africa to England is October, when tickets cost £290 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are August and January, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is £428 and £409 respectively.

What is the cheapest time of day to fly to England?

The average price for all round-trip flights from South Africa to England depending on the time of departure, clicked by users on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

The cheapest time of day to fly to England is generally in the evening, when retur flights cost £506 on average. Morning departures are around 100% cheaper than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to England is generally at night, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is £656.

How far in advance should I book a flight from South Africa to England?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights to England, 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 a flight from South Africa to England, you should book around 5 weeks before departure, which saves you about 4% compared to booking last-minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 18 weeks before departure.

Which is the cheapest airport to fly into in England?

Prices will differ depending on the departure airport, but generally, the cheapest airport to fly to in England is London Gatwick Airport (LGW), with an average flight price of £257.

Good to know - Cheap tickets from South Africa to England

Low season

February

Cheapest flight

£237
Best time to beat the crowds (7% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly (3% more expensive on average)
Flight from Johannesburg to London Gatwick Airport

FAQs for booking flights from South Africa to England

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from South Africa to England?

    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 South Africa to England.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from South Africa to England 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 South Africa to England?

    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 South Africa to England 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 from South Africa to England?

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

  • What is the cheapest day to fly to England?

    Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to England is Wednesday when return tickets can be as cheap as £638. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Friday, when return prices are £685 on average.

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

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying to England. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline from South Africa to England. 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 South Africa to England? 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 3635 reviews
8.0Comfort
7.9Food
8.1Boarding
8.4Crew
8.2Entertainment
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

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.

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.

Hospitality is good. Should improve on buggage handling because l lost a suitcase. Layover in Dubai was too long , 6 hours

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

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.

All was good. Emirates should restart allowing fast track immigration for business class at Manchester airport. Saves a bit of time

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

Because of the long lay over hour, Rwand Air offered a free hotel accomodation and transport. This was highly appreciate d

Pleasant, relaxed flight. I had 2 seats to myself, which was a bonus. I couldn't find a flight tracker ap so I could know where we were but that's a minor complaint. On the plus side, the passenger announcements did not come through my earphones but were on main speakers only. That was a nice touch.

Flight delayed by 3 hours 45 mins and no explanation given or apology. Rebooked on a flight departing to final destination 48 hrs later and baggage not delivered.

My outbound flight was grounded in Lusaka so we never made it to Paris. DO NOT fly this airline you will be stranded and your plans will be completely disrupted

Inflight entertainment with electronic charging stations can help during a long flight.

The flight was delayed with no notice. No inflight entertainment. Communication is vital in any business.

Poor communication: Flight come directly to kigali , didn’t come via mumbasa. Favouring to Rwandan passenger to move from economic to bussiness class after flight depart. Where they don’t asked other older passenger who need more comfort. Rude staff : chekin airport at Mumbai. Talking in local language (marathi) while serving and no sorry no thank you attitude.

Check in at the desk was very slow pus Security, although not Virgin issue at JFK was a nightmare. 50 minuet wait no time to explore airport and get last minuet gifts. total wait 1.5hours

Food has been disappointing in both legs of flight to india

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

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

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.

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

The crew was excellent as ever on Virgin. The special meal was poor unfortunately. More significantly when we arrived at Manchester Airport there was no air bridge provided and we had to exit the plane down a rickety stair case. This is unacceptable for a transatlantic flight. Whilst I understand that this is the airport’s fault at the end of the day the airline is responsible for our transportation and needs to do something.

Super friendly and helpful staff, from check-in desk to cabin crew.

Following a paid seat upgrade for enhanced comfort, I encountered an unacceptable odor in my assigned area. It took three hours for the crew to relocate me, and the replacement seat was unacceptably close to the lavatory, offering no improvement.

From the start everything was perfectly fine. First meal was fantastic. Breakfast needs a lot of work and food was overcooked and not very nice for breakfast. Staff were fantastic friendly nice they came round and check we need anything else to eat or drink

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!

No refreshments apart from a bottle of water. No pillows. No entertainment. Flight delayed by 52 minutes.

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.

Another 35 min delay landing No apology no communication or acknowledgment about this

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

Overall good experience. Polite crew. Good foodandentertainment. Seats are small and bit congested though.

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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Cabin class types available on flights to England

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