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Find cheap flights from South Africa to London Gatwick Airport from £249

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Flights to Gatwick - Travel Insights & Trends

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

What is the cheapest day to fly to London?

The average price of all flights to London Gatwick Airport clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to London is Monday where tickets can be as cheap as £586. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Saturday, where prices are £669 on average.

What is the cheapest month to fly to London Gatwick Airport?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights to London Gatwick 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 to London Gatwick Airport is May, where tickets cost £556 on average for one-way flights. On the other hand, the most expensive months are June and January, where the average cost of tickets from South Africa is £679 and £661 respectively. For return trips, the best month to travel is February with an average price of £445.

What is the cheapest time of day to fly to London Gatwick Airport?

The average price for all flights to London Gatwick Airport depending on the time of departure, clicked by users on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.
The cheapest time of day to fly to London Gatwick Airport is generally in the morning, when flights cost £562 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to London Gatwick Airport is generally in the evening, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is £604.

How far in advance should I book a flight to London Gatwick Airport?

To calculate daily average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each day before departure over the last year for flights to London Gatwick Airport, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each month.
To get a below average price, you should book around 2 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 43 days before departure.

How long is the flight to London Gatwick Airport?

The duration of your flight to London depends on your departure and arrival airports. Obviously any flights that include a layover will also be longer. The most popular routes to London on KAYAK are from Johannesburg, which takes 11h 05m, Cape Town, which takes 11h 55m, Port Elizabeth, which takes 14h 45m, and Durban, which takes 19h 30m.

How many direct flights to London Gatwick Airport are there each day?

There are around 26 direct flights from within South Africa to London Gatwick Airport every day. Most flights depart in the morning, with 07:00 the most common departure time and 49% of flights departing in the morning.

How many direct flights to London Gatwick Airport are there each week?

Each week there are around 179 direct flights from within South Africa to London Gatwick Airport. The most common day for departures is Thursday, with 16% of flights taking off on this day.

How many long-haul flights are there to London Gatwick Airport each week?

Each week there are around 222 long-haul flights (6-12 hour flight duration), 366 medium-haul (3-6 hour flight duration) and 1,919 short-haul (up to 3 hour flight duration) flights to London Gatwick Airport. The most long-haul flights depart from New York.

How many cities have direct flights to London Gatwick Airport?

From South Africa, there are direct flights to London Gatwick Airport from 6 cities. The city with the most direct flights is Belfast Intl Airport, with 58 direct flights each week.

Good to know - Cheap tickets from South Africa to London Gatwick Airport

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January

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December

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Flight from Johannesburg to London Gatwick Airport

FAQs - booking London Gatwick Airport flights

  • How far is London Gatwick Airport from central London?

    London Gatwick Airport is 24 miles from the centre of London.

  • How much is a flight to London?

    On average, a flight to London costs £520. The cheapest price found on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks cost £477 and departed from Cape Town Intl Airport.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights to London Gatwick 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 to London Gatwick Airport.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to London Gatwick Airport 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 London Gatwick 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 Gatwick Airport 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 London Gatwick 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 Gatwick Airport up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

  • Which airline offers the most flights to London Gatwick Airport?

    Of the 3 airlines that fly to London Gatwick Airport, easyJet offers the most flights, with around 153 per week, followed by Eastern Airways with 19 flights per week.

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Direct departures

South Africa to London Gatwick

Monday

AccesRail, Aer Lingus, Aerolineas Argentinas, +63 more

AccesRail, Aer Lingus, +64 more

Tuesday

AccesRail, Aer Lingus, Aerolineas Argentinas, +62 more

AccesRail, Aer Lingus, +63 more

Wednesday

AccesRail, Aer Lingus, Aerolineas Argentinas, +61 more

AccesRail, Aer Lingus, +62 more

Thursday

AccesRail, Aer Lingus, Aerolineas Argentinas, +63 more

AccesRail, Aer Lingus, +64 more

Friday

AccesRail, Aer Lingus, Aerolineas Argentinas, +62 more

AccesRail, Aer Lingus, +63 more

Saturday

AccesRail, Aer Lingus, Aerolineas Argentinas, +62 more

AccesRail, Aer Lingus, +63 more

Sunday

AccesRail, Aer Lingus, Aerolineas Argentinas, +63 more

AccesRail, Aer Lingus, +64 more

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Direct returns

London Gatwick to South Africa

Monday

AccesRail, Aer Lingus, Aerolineas Argentinas, +63 more

AccesRail, Aer Lingus, +64 more

Tuesday

AccesRail, Aer Lingus, Aerolineas Argentinas, +62 more

AccesRail, Aer Lingus, +63 more

Wednesday

AccesRail, Aer Lingus, Aerolineas Argentinas, +61 more

AccesRail, Aer Lingus, +62 more

Thursday

AccesRail, Aer Lingus, Aerolineas Argentinas, +63 more

AccesRail, Aer Lingus, +64 more

Friday

AccesRail, Aer Lingus, Aerolineas Argentinas, +62 more

AccesRail, Aer Lingus, +63 more

Saturday

AccesRail, Aer Lingus, Aerolineas Argentinas, +62 more

AccesRail, Aer Lingus, +63 more

Sunday

AccesRail, Aer Lingus, Aerolineas Argentinas, +63 more

AccesRail, Aer Lingus, +64 more

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Top 5 airlines serving from South Africa to Gatwick

Need help choosing which airline to fly with to Gatwick? 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 KAYAK reviews.
8.1
EmiratesOverall score based on 4156 reviews
81comfort
81overall
83entertainment
82boarding
83crew
79food
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Superb experience. I hope they bring back the fast track option at Heathrow immigration.

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

Overall good but one thing I didn’t understand is why they didn’t allow me to pick my own seat.

Had the salad which tasted awfully spat it out but still got food poisoning 1 after running to toilet crew would not let me sit near toilets I was stuck in window seat

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

The individual attention the crew gives to passengers is commendable and I find them positively helpful.

More space all around is practically essential on long international fights, and Emirates definitely delivers. But food selection and taste was only average. Otherwise, the flight was smooth and the cabin crew service was fine.

Lovely experience. I feel like travelling in Emirates.. The flights are always superb.Vegan food served was really good..

Serving food took so long . Almost time close to lend. Plus during landing air pressure in cabin cuss ear blocked took long time to unblock.

Emirates is usually on time, but not this trip. Also, during the flight the attendants disappear unless called upon. Very strange. I have watched the quality of Emirates service diminish over the last five years.

Quality and tasty Food and service, bigger seat comfort and leg room, etc.

Asian Veng meal have Non Veg items which is not ok. Pure veg meals option are too less and they have inclusion of Vedgan and Lactos etc... which is taste less

Overall good but staff in the place looked extremely tired after 8hrs in 14 hrs journey and then service was cut short and response time for calls increased in later part of flight. Food was ok not astonishing

The staffs were very good and helpful especially since we were traveling with a toddler

Was unable to check in via app or website with supplied booking code (something to do with flight being operated by a partner airline, although the code didn’t work on the partner’s website either) Specified a vegetarian meal during booking, but that somehow wasn’t captured in airline’s system By the time flight crew got to my row, now vegetarian food was available. Had nothing to eat on flight from Philadelphia to Doha! Flight attendant was completely unconcerned and actively apathetic to the situation

There was no phone charger, uncomfortable seats, unprofessional flight attendants, didn’t like food

This was a really enjoyable flight. Even though I was in economy, I had a great deal of leg space, I had a nice meal, and the flight staff was helpful and friendly. A really great flight.

Staff was helpful. Flight was on time. Overall excellent experience. Thank you will fly again.

need to improve management and air hostess services. Rest of it’s OK.

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.

Qatar screwed up by delaying our onward journey for refueling, which resulted in missing our connecting flight to India. the airport qater staff at Doha, herded us like cattle in a very incohesive and uncoordinated way. We were then given 2 options: either catch our original flight the Next day ( After 24.hrs) or catch 2 flights instead , to goto our destination in India. All this, for paying a premium for Qatar.

seat didn't fold children noise in the air plain. no foot space

COmpared to my experience in the business class of other airlines the food variety and offerings were meager. They did not have any cookies or crackers for snacking! They were unable to offer some other items. This has never been my experience in other airlines.

Great ground-check in crew. Pleasant flight attendant crew. Very short flight

Just on time arrival and departure would make it great

Paying for reserved seats and never received the seats I paid for !! Just fake and a surprise out of their " box "

I paid for reserved seats but didn't got them at all

I’m unclear why I had to pay extra for assigned seats as Turkish airlines did not honor the seating. We were placed across the aisle from each other on TK 34, and were seated behind one another on TK 694. Because my name was misspelled on e-ticket (Klawiter, instead of Klawitter) I could not log onto website to get the connection gate number in Istanbul. The monitors in the airport were a jumbled mess 1/2 Arabic and 1/2 English.

The airplane from IAD to Istanbul was too old. The chairs were to tight and uncomfortable. I continued my travel from Istanbul to Bangkok. This airplane was better and newer than the first one. Even food was better.

Better attitude training for staff at airport, better training for flight attendants, better food, don’t put us with all the crying babies that cried nonstop for 12 plus hours.

My whole body was paining after such long flight. Seats are small. Leg space is too small. Food is good.

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).

You only get a chocolate square and small bottle of water.!

Very organized check in and boarding experience. Good crew very helpfull.

Efficient boarding process. Staff are nice. Food should be better.

to be bussed around the airport, then have to sit on the plane for an hour whilst the plane was deiced not once, but twice, then to have to wait for a tug driver is unacceptable. The Captain was very good at communicating.

Terrible. This airline will cancel flights at very short notice.

Overall good experience, just the delay of 2.5 hrs was a bummer.

It was pretty bad delays I missed my train in Sweden, twice.

The flight attendants were just awesome. Friendly, professional, timely, etc.

Quick boarding Clean aircraft Departure delayed but landed early Evening wrap was very good, breakfast was okay.

We were kept waiting at the gate for 2 hours without explanation

On boarding, I used the bathroom. There was dirt (perhaps food) on the bathroom floor, and the sink in the bathroom was overflowing (old dirty water in the sink). There was zero entertainment, no charging capabilities for phones, and there was no food. The only complimentary beverage was a cup of water. This is atrocious for a 4 hour international flight. British Airways should be embarassed!

I was unable to input the API information in online. I phoned and a member of staff input it for me, however when I went to check in online was told that I had not entered the API needed. It took 7 seperate calls to get all the information added. I added bags separately to booking the flights. When I went to check bags in at the airport and print the lable the machine kept telling me I didn't have bags, despite the online information telling me that I had. A helpful member of staff at Gatwick sorted and printed the lables.

Horrible experience! We sat in the plane at the gAte and had a delay of about 4 hours! Captain said it was due to the tug not being able to disengage from the aircraft . When we finally took off it was evident that we had missed out connection and tbough BA rebooked us on a later flight it caused us to miss an orientation meeting and dinner in Geneva. Once in the second flt from gatwick to Geneva we again were delayed( again sitting in the plane )for an hour after boarding waiting for apparently an air traffic problem to resolve. Another annoyance was paying seat fees twice to upgrade our seats towards the front of the plane to ensure overhead cabin space and were told at the gate they are boarding from the rear! This should be stated when making reservations!! On the first flight from Jfk there was a sick person on board snd they asked for assistance. For the rest I of the flight a person kAyed on the glue if the planes covered in blankets . Very unsettling to say the least!I have several flights booked with BA and I’m seriously rethinking this. Kathleen Ditta

Good flight. Was delayed, but that wasn’t a big deal. The crew were nice. Unfortunately the seats still recline, I had to ask the passenger in front of me to get her seat upright, as she made herself too comfortable and I was unable to move in my seat. EasyJet seats are fixed now to avoid such aggravation. About one third of the plane was empty, but when I checked in before departure, I was unable to change my seat without incurring expenses. That leaves a bitter taste in the mouth.

Awful flight. My pre-booked seat was given to a crew member and I was substituted with an awful seat next to the toilet. When I asked about it I was treated with contempt for daring to ask. Par for the course on BA at present.

Lounge access restricted due to capacity. Boarding long and free for all. Good crew service Food awful.

the headphone jack was damaged making it impossible to keep a clear sound. while it is beyond the airline's control how many children are on each flight, it becomes very difficult to enjoy the flight when there are 5 or 6 children all crying and screaming at the same time. I know there is no good solution at the industry level, but I think there are good reasons to try to develop some solutions rather than just say it is the luck of the draw. maybe you could show a seating map where children who are booked are a different color, that would allow us to know what to expect and possibly rebook to a different seat or take a different flight. maybe some of the covid-related ideas about redesigning the cabin for more privacy and hygiene could be further developed and tested. on my leg from London to Washington DC, the passenger next to us was coughing consistently for long periods of time. it was obvious she had been ill and knew it before boarding. this leads me to think we should consider additional screening measures because some of the public is no longer acting responsible or ethical in regards to covid and health protocols. just answering questions on a check-in survey does not seem sufficient to convince people to not fly when they are ill and symptomatic.

Overall, very good. It should be noted however there was a 1.5 hour delayed departure time for BA175.

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Recent return flight deals

 
These are the cheapest return flights to London found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
26/5Sun
1 stopEthiopian Air
32h 20mJNB-LGW
16/6Sun
1 stopEthiopian Air
32h 50mLGW-JNB
£358
20/5Mon
1 stopEthiopian Air
16h 45mCPT-LGW
3/6Mon
1 stopEthiopian Air
25h 50mLGW-CPT
£364
18/7Thu
1 stopQatar Airways
18h 05mJNB-LGW
22/8Thu
1 stopQatar Airways
31h 00mLGW-JNB
£543
20/5Mon
1 stopLufthansa
24h 15mCPT-LGW
25/5Sat
1 stopLufthansa
15h 15mLGW-CPT
£543
16/7Tue
1 stopTurkish Airlines
19h 45mJNB-LGW
23/8Fri
1 stopTurkish Airlines
15h 50mLGW-JNB
£548
16/7Tue
1 stopTurkish Airlines
19h 45mJNB-LGW
20/8Tue
1 stopTurkish Airlines
16h 15mLGW-JNB
£556
5/5Sun
1 stopQatar Airways
35h 25mJNB-LGW
7/5Tue
1 stopQatar Airways
25h 05mLGW-JNB
£558
28/6Fri
1 stopLufthansa
24h 15mCPT-LGW
21/8Wed
1 stopLufthansa
15h 15mLGW-CPT
£573
27/4Sat
1 stopEmirates
18h 25mJNB-LGW
4/5Sat
1 stopEmirates
22h 05mLGW-JNB
£581
4/5Sat
1 stopEmirates
25h 35mJNB-LGW
5/10Sat
1 stopEmirates
17h 30mLGW-JNB
£596

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3/4Wed
1 stopSAUDIA
29h 15mJNB-LGW
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£253
9/5Thu
1 stopQatar Airways
18h 10mJNB-LGW
£258
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24h 15mCPT-LGW
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9/7Tue
1 stopTurkish Airlines
19h 45mJNB-LGW
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1 stopTurkish Airlines
19h 45mJNB-LGW
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£317
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1 stopEmirates
19h 15mCPT-LGW
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7/7Sun
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£323
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These last-minute flight deals are the cheapest flights found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours for flights to London that are departing in the next 10 days.
1/4Mon
multi-stopSWISS
23h 15mJNB-LGW
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£506
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16h 50mJNB-LGW
16/4Tue
multi-stopEthiopian Air
25h 55mLGW-JNB
£513
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22h 25mJNB-LGW
18/4Thu
multi-stopRwandAir
23h 10mLGW-JNB
£541
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24h 15mCPT-LGW
13/4Sat
multi-stopLufthansa
21h 45mLGW-CPT
£604
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multi-stopLufthansa
16h 25mJNB-LGW
15/4Mon
multi-stopLufthansa
13h 45mLGW-JNB
£604
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multi-stopEmirates
18h 25mDUR-LGW
18/4Thu
multi-stopEmirates
17h 50mLGW-DUR
£699
2/4Tue
multi-stopEmirates
26h 05mDUR-LGW
14/4Sun
multi-stopEmirates
17h 50mLGW-DUR
£717
30/3Sat
directBritish Airways
12h 10mCPT-LGW
10/4Wed
multi-stopBritish Airways
24h 50mLGW-CPT
£1,478
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multi-stopQatar Airways
18h 40mCPT-LGW
3/8Sat
multi-stopQatar Airways
24h 50mLGW-CPT
£1,644
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multi-stopQatar Airways
18h 15mJNB-LGW
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multi-stopQatar Airways
23h 50mLGW-JNB
£3,221

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Flights to London Gatwick Airport

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London Gatwick Airport (LGW)United Kingdom

Return flight deals:

London Gatwick Airport - South Africa

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