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Find cheap flights from South Africa to Manchester from £252

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Flights to Manchester - Travel Insights & Trends

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

What is the cheapest day to fly to Manchester?

The average price of all flights to Manchester clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to Manchester is Wednesday where tickets can be as cheap as £630. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Saturday, where prices are £699 on average.

What is the cheapest month to fly to Manchester?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights to Manchester, 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 Manchester is May, where tickets cost £674 on average for one-way flights. On the other hand, the most expensive months are July and August, where the average cost of tickets from South Africa is £755 and £751 respectively. For return trips, the best month to travel is February with an average price of £493.

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

The average price for all flights to Manchester depending on the time of departure, clicked by users on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.
The cheapest time of day to fly to Manchester is generally in the morning, when flights cost £582 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Manchester is generally in the afternoon, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is £684.

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

To calculate daily average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each day before departure over the last year for flights to Manchester, 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 0 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 32 days before departure.

How long is the flight to Manchester?

The duration of your flight to Manchester depends on your departure and arrival airports. Obviously any flights that include a layover will also be longer. The most popular routes to Manchester on KAYAK are from Johannesburg, which takes 13h 30m, Cape Town, which takes 15h 35m, and Port Elizabeth, which takes 17h 20m.

How many direct flights to Manchester are there each day?

There are around 28 direct flights from within South Africa to Manchester every day. Most flights depart in the morning, with 10:00 the most common departure time and 47% of flights departing in the morning.

How many direct flights to Manchester are there each week?

Each week there are around 191 direct flights from within South Africa to Manchester. The most common day for departures is Monday, with 17% of flights taking off on this day.

Good to know - Cheap tickets from South Africa to Manchester

Low season

January

High season

December

Cheapest flight

£252
Best time to beat the crowds (13% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly (9% more expensive on average)
Flight from Johannesburg to Manchester

FAQs - booking Manchester flights

  • How far is Manchester from central Manchester?

    Manchester is 9 miles from the centre of Manchester.

  • What is the name of Manchester’s airport?

    Manchester is served by Manchester, also commonly referred to as Manchester or Manchester Intl. The airport code is MAN.

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

    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 Manchester.

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

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

    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 Manchester 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 Manchester?

    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 Manchester 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 Manchester?

    Of the 5 airlines that fly to Manchester, Loganair offers the most flights, with around 63 per week, followed by British Airways with 48 flights per week.

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Direct departures

South Africa to Manchester

Monday

ANA, AccesRail, Aegean Airlines, +79 more

ANA, AccesRail, +80 more

Tuesday

ANA, AccesRail, Aegean Airlines, +78 more

ANA, AccesRail, +79 more

Wednesday

ANA, AccesRail, Aegean Airlines, +77 more

ANA, AccesRail, +78 more

Thursday

ANA, AccesRail, Aegean Airlines, +79 more

ANA, AccesRail, +80 more

Friday

ANA, AccesRail, Aegean Airlines, +80 more

ANA, AccesRail, +81 more

Saturday

ANA, AccesRail, Aegean Airlines, +74 more

ANA, AccesRail, +75 more

Sunday

ANA, AccesRail, Aegean Airlines, +81 more

ANA, AccesRail, +82 more

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Direct returns

Manchester to South Africa

Monday

ANA, AccesRail, Aegean Airlines, +79 more

ANA, AccesRail, +80 more

Tuesday

ANA, AccesRail, Aegean Airlines, +78 more

ANA, AccesRail, +79 more

Wednesday

ANA, AccesRail, Aegean Airlines, +77 more

ANA, AccesRail, +78 more

Thursday

ANA, AccesRail, Aegean Airlines, +79 more

ANA, AccesRail, +80 more

Friday

ANA, AccesRail, Aegean Airlines, +80 more

ANA, AccesRail, +81 more

Saturday

ANA, AccesRail, Aegean Airlines, +74 more

ANA, AccesRail, +75 more

Sunday

ANA, AccesRail, Aegean Airlines, +81 more

ANA, AccesRail, +82 more

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Top 5 airlines serving from South Africa to Manchester

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying to Manchester. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline from South Africa to Manchester. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
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8.1
EmiratesOverall score based on 4001 reviews
8.3Crew
8.2Boarding
7.9Food
8.1Comfort
8.3Entertainment
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I liked everything accept the delay try to improve in that area

8.0 ExcellentRolla, Apr 2024NBO - DXB
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I liked everything accept the delay try to improve in that area

The crew manager let the staff down by not ensuring special dietary requirements meal were coming in drips . The poor cabin crew did not stop . If organised the cabin could take a short break ..The cabin crew were AWESOME UNLIKE THIER TWO MANAGES!

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

The lounge Emirates uses at Jeddah airport is horrible even with the opening of the new section. Food selection is poor and never enough seating . Staff are not friendly. Boarding process at Jeddah always an absolute mess

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.

I bought Business class ticket but they treated me like economic class. No lounge allowed at check inn I have to take stuff out while other passengers have more than 25 lb in bag. Because I bought tickets from other than airlines . It’s discriminations from airlines to passengers.

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.

On both legs of my trips (Jhb - Dxb and Dxb - Jhb) the entertainment system did not work.

The food from Lagos to Amsterdam was was very poor compared to AMS-YYZ

The flight was again delayed for more then 2 hours with some lousy explanation regarding the reason of the delay. Although the flight was delayed for more than 2 hours, no refreshments were offered (according to EU regulations). Last 4 flights on KLM - always at least 2 hrs late. So be prepared that you cannot plan anything with KLM.

Seats are fair enough for medium tall people. Good food all the trip. Fight attendances are warm

I thought KLM was the best airline but the Lima - Amsterdam was 1 hours late, the Brussels - Amsterdam was 2.30 hours late and the Amsterdam - Lima was 30 minutes late

The food was ok. The crew seemed like they were cranky. I had one guy get mad at me for passing in between the storage area to get to the other toilet. I can understand if it's not allowed but reprimanding me like I'm a student saying "This is the last time!" was not appropriate. During my meal time, there was a French family around me. No problems there but when we usually have meals, they are supposed to put their chair in the upright position. These people did not do it and the steward did not tell them to raise their seat in the upright position. However, I was told to do so! So, me and another person next to me had to eat with the monitor almost touching our faces. Furthermore, a lady in front of me was putting her feet up and preventing another elder passenger from putting her seat back. To make it worse, she was continuously hitting her back into her seat, shaking my monitor while I was watching a movie. A crew member did speak to her about it but then she accused me of pushing her seat forward! The crew member gave me a death stare and told me to stop pushing the seat forward. I did not even touch her seat at all, if I did, she would know it. Her boyfriend also stood up and tried to push her seat even further past the maximum decline to no avail. None of these people were reprimanded but the steward, some bald guy, was extremely friendly with them and did not even try to instruct them to do anything until it was time to land. I resisted the urge to really argue with them because I would have obviously been seen as the aggressor (I have no idea why). I hardly said anything on this flight except "more wine please" and "sorry" if I bumped into someone accidentally. Overall, it was an annoying flight and I had to resist the urge to yell at the steward and the people he was overly friendly with. The happiest moment of this flight was leaving it.

It was nice to be on a legacy airline, people try at least.

The flight itself it was great nice food the crew were very nice and helpful, Checking in from Birmingham wasn't great long queues for bag dropped, And I had my hand luggage case taken away from me even though I requested to have it with me as I had breakables items. I was told I can not because of the length of the flight with no explanation at all no options was given for me to take my fragile items out of my case it was taken away with hold buggage I find the staff member who was checking me in very unpleasant !! Can we please be advise if the rules have changed about the the carry on hand luggage it will be easier to be advise on booking your tickect if we not allowed to take the hand luggage with me. Overall I had a good flight .

The food quality is poor. The staff are very friendly and accommodating. The entertainment program was limited. I experienced a delay of 30 minutes due to two issues. Passenger luggage had to be removed and there was a technical issue with the stairs not detaching from the aircraft. The pilot managed to compensate and we arrived only 15 minutes later. The luggage at Dubai airport was very slow. I waited over an hour.

I requested wheel chair assistance , it was confirmed via email that inwoood get it but I didn’t get it . The last leg of my trip to Nigeria was the worst.

Amazing KLM service and brilliant economy comfort seats. Well worth the extra.

Flight was late and crew were unwilling to help with information on connections. Call light had been on for 61 minutes without tesponse.

SO disappointing. I spent so much money on this ticket, for them to cancel and not be able to rebook me in time. They were very unhelpful, and condescending throughout the whole Swiss airport. Will not be flying again.

Super friendly crew. Leg space and entertainment system are below average

The plane was so hot upon boarding. Their boarding process was so unnecessarily long. Service was subpar.

I guess just the food, but besides, amazing experience flying with swiss

Swiss ground crew was again at its prime and although I’m United 1K (Star Alliance Gold) they created problems with my hand luggage - while other passengers were boarding with more handbags and larger hand luggages, were critical on my 2 young kids attending the lounge with me and boarding the plane with me on the priority lane.

Everything was on time and efficient - expected from a Swiss crew. But the entertainment system was pretty bad - the display was old. Food was pretty bad and a couple of times they started serving drinks and then just skipped past my row (and likely several others)

I was pleasantly surprised with the whole experience. Thank you

Liked being hydrated. Carryon weight was limited for cold weather clothes that are heavy... could test to improve if possible.

United Airlines flights serviced by Swiss Airlines provide for zero communication with Swiss Airlines almost impossible to contact Swiss airlines to make seat selection, upgrades or changes. I won’t do that again if it can be helped.

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

The food wasn’t great and it would be nice if the airlines showed documentaries about the countries we are flying into.

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

I ended up buying (for $340) "extra space" seats because I my flying partner was given a STY boarding pass, leading me to conclude that she was on standby and that we had to buy seats on the flight. I later learned that the flight was not sold out and that we could have gotten on as usual. To be honest, I felt swindled.

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.!

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

In a half empty plane LH put me on the only row in Economy plus were 3 people were sitting. Instead of asking either one of us if we'd like to switch to an empty center row , they moved people from the back to the empty middle rows. In the end I felt cheated because I paid more for my seat and lost out.

We missed the flight to Barcelona because the flight from Baltimore was delayed. We flew on Vueling VW6653. Our luggage didn’t arrive. Please help us get our luggage. We are staying at Hotel Gran Via in Barcelona

They allowed some guy to move seats after 3hours of him being next to someone very sick, There were several empty seats, but they moved him to mine. I find that incredibly inconsiderate and should not have been done.

Excellent. Very nice and comfortable business class. Only negative is that it was difficult to hear the pilot’s announcement.

The seats were tiny, being of a fairly petite build, I don’t usually expect to feel crammed and cramped in a seat, but I definitely was on this flight. I couldn’t even bend over to get anything out from under the seat in front and getting up to go to the bathroom at night with the seat backs reclined was nearly impossible. I had to do gymnastics to get over and out. For an airline that does long flights overnight, it’s kind of ridiculous.

Food not so good. Need more veggies and whole grain especially the late food. Couldn’t figure out how to use the entertainment system.

Check in was horrendous! Economy took 2 hours before seeing an agent. Business class was 0.5 - 1 hour.

The first class flight itself was first class, however getting to the airport and getting through the airport was agony. The BA flight sat on the taxiway for ages and caused us to miss our connecting flight which meant half a day lost. Our return flight on BA was cancelled so a dawn flight was made and we lost another half day. Goodby BA

In economy and food was ok, but with limited leg space (and I was in a 2 seat configuration) it was difficult to eat with a tiny seat tray. I spilt wine on my trousers. First time on British Air (I usually fly Turkish Air) and in a 777. Heathrow was pleasant but changing terminals awkward.

Starting with the flight Cairo to London the plain was so poor no entertainment at all uncomfortable seats although it’s 5 hours long,then an American airline plain took me from London to Miami it was a bad experience the crew most of flight time not available and they asked us to help our selves for any snacks if we need. From Miami to London actually was perfect flight with a huge plain and perfect crew but from London to Cairo was horrible plain with stiff fixed seats not movable no entertainment or wi fi very poor Menu which is unacceptable for a business class

There was some delay at Heathrow where a machine needed to "start the engines" wasn't available and they couldn't even find the team tasked to do it. Unacceptable. Caused about an hour delay and seemed unnecessary. Also saw several passengers abusing the overhead luggage situation, having too many large bags and not leaving enough space for others. The crew was good and the refreshments were good in quality and quantity.

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Recent return flight deals

 
These are the cheapest return flights to Manchester found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
23/5Thu
1 stopLufthansa
15h 35mCPT-MAN
30/5Thu
1 stopLufthansa
14h 50mMAN-CPT
£501
26/5Sun
1 stopEgypt Air
16h 45mJNB-MAN
30/5Thu
1 stopEgypt Air
15h 40mMAN-JNB
£520
25/9Wed
1 stopBritish Airways
13h 40mJNB-MAN
16/10Wed
1 stopBritish Airways
16h 25mMAN-JNB
£658
26/5Sun
2 stopsSWISS
20h 00mCPT-MAN
30/5Thu
2 stopsSWISS
18h 45mMAN-CPT
£681
27/7Sat
1 stopKLM
20h 45mCPT-MAN
31/7Wed
1 stopKLM
24h 50mMAN-CPT
£712
26/5Sun
2 stopsSWISS
17h 15mCPT-MAN
30/5Thu
2 stopsSWISS
28h 40mMAN-CPT
£734
30/5Thu
1 stopEmirates
17h 50mJNB-MAN
27/6Thu
1 stopEmirates
25h 10mMAN-JNB
£735
26/5Sun
1 stopEmirates
19h 40mCPT-MAN
30/5Thu
1 stopEmirates
20h 30mMAN-CPT
£740
21/7Sun
1 stopKLM
18h 30mCPT-MAN
1/8Thu
1 stopKLM
26h 55mMAN-CPT
£756
13/8Tue
1 stopBritish Airways
15h 50mCPT-MAN
15/9Sun
1 stopBritish Airways
14h 20mMAN-CPT
£768

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best deals for one-way flights to Manchester found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
13/5Mon
2 stopsKenya Airways
27h 20mJNB-MAN
£252
19/5Sun
1 stopSWISS
23h 25mJNB-MAN
£265
27/5Mon
2 stopsKenya Airways
27h 20mJNB-MAN
£267
2/6Sun
2 stops
29h 35mJNB-MAN
£269
13/5Mon
2 stops
20h 30mJNB-MAN
£277
16/5Thu
1 stopLufthansa
14h 20mJNB-MAN
£281
27/5Mon
1 stopQatar Airways
18h 10mJNB-MAN
£296
30/5Thu
1 stopQatar Airways
18h 10mJNB-MAN
£325
14/5Tue
1 stopEmirates
37h 35mJNB-MAN
£372
23/6Sun
1 stopKLM
23h 20mCPT-MAN
£1,856

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Last minute flights to Manchester

Last minute flight, train and bus deals

 
These last-minute flight deals are the cheapest flights found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours for flights to Manchester that are departing in the next 10 days.
7/5Tue
multi-stopLufthansa
14h 20mJNB-MAN
14/5Tue
multi-stopLufthansa
13h 20mMAN-JNB
£492
7/5Tue
multi-stopLufthansa
23h 00mJNB-MAN
14/5Tue
multi-stopLufthansa
13h 20mMAN-JNB
£504
7/5Tue
multi-stopLufthansa
23h 00mJNB-MAN
14/5Tue
multi-stopLufthansa
32h 30mMAN-JNB
£531
6/5Mon
multi-stopKLM
20h 45mJNB-MAN
13/5Mon
multi-stopKLM
24h 45mMAN-JNB
£560
9/5Thu
multi-stopKenya Airways
18h 45mJNB-MAN
11/8Sun
multi-stopKenya Airways
22h 45mMAN-JNB
£579
9/5Thu
multi-stopKenya Airways
27h 20mJNB-MAN
4/11Mon
multi-stopKenya Airways
24h 10mMAN-JNB
£630
6/5Mon
multi-stopKLM
22h 55mJNB-MAN
13/5Mon
multi-stopKLM
36h 05mMAN-JNB
£638
9/5Thu
multi-stopEmirates
17h 50mJNB-MAN
4/11Mon
multi-stopEmirates
25h 25mMAN-JNB
£658
6/5Mon
multi-stopEthiopian Air
18h 45mJNB-MAN
13/5Mon
multi-stopEthiopian Air
30h 20mMAN-JNB
£760
7/5Tue
multi-stopEthiopian Air
34h 40mJNB-MAN
14/5Tue
multi-stopEthiopian Air
38h 00mMAN-JNB
£894

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Flights to Manchester, England

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