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Cheap Flights from South Africa to Manchester

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

Mon, 14 Sep - Sun, 20 Sep
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07:40 - 15:30
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MAN
32h 50m
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21:45 - 21:10
MAN
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CPT
22h 25m
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£591Multiple Airlines
Wed, 9 Sep - Wed, 16 Sep
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19:30 - 20:15
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MAN
25h 45m
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07:55 - 10:15
MAN
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25h 20m
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£606Multiple Airlines
Wed, 9 Sep - Wed, 16 Sep
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19:30 - 20:15
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MAN
25h 45m
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08:05 - 10:15
MAN
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CPT
25h 10m
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£608Qatar Airways
Wed, 9 Sep - Wed, 16 Sep
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13:15 - 06:20
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MAN
18h 05m
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08:05 - 10:15
MAN
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CPT
25h 10m
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£610Qatar Airways
Thu, 26 Nov - Thu, 4 Feb
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09:50 - 17:55
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MAN
34h 05m
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13:50 - 08:20
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JNB
16h 30m
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£619Etihad Airways
Mon, 14 Sep - Mon, 19 Oct
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09:45 - 18:50
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MAN
34h 05m
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20:45 - 08:20
MAN
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JNB
34h 35m
1 stop
£621Etihad Airways
Thu, 17 Dec - Sun, 10 Jan
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17:00 - 22:05
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MAN
31h 05m
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13:40 - 15:50
MAN
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JNB
24h 10m
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£623Kenya Airways
Thu, 24 Sep - Thu, 1 Oct
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17:00 - 22:00
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MAN
30h 00m
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08:55 - 00:15
MAN
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JNB
38h 20m
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£624Kenya Airways
Tue, 8 Dec - Sun, 10 Jan
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13:30 - 21:25
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MAN
33h 55m
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10:45 - 11:00
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22h 15m
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£624Turkish Airlines
Mon, 18 Jan - Thu, 21 Jan
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18:50 - 09:40
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MAN
16h 50m
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14:00 - 09:40
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41h 40m
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£627Turkish Airlines
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KAYAK's insights & trends for flights to Manchester

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 flight to Manchester?

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

In the last 5 days, the cheapest flight deal to Manchester was found on the route from Cape Town, at £591 return. The most popular connection is from Johannesburg to Manchester, while KAYAK users have found return deals for as low as £618 in the last 5 days.

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 round-trip 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 November, where tickets cost £587 on average for return flights. On the other hand, the most expensive months are July and June, where the average cost of tickets from South Africa is £700 and £681 respectively. For one-way flights, the best month to travel is May with an average price of £282.

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

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights to Manchester, 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 4 weeks before departure, which saves you about 6% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 18 weeks before departure.

Good to know - Cheap tickets from South Africa to Manchester

Low season

February

Cheapest flight

£266
Best time to beat the crowds (1% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly (6% more expensive on average)
Flight from Cape Town to Manchester

FAQs - booking Manchester flights

  • What is the cheapest flight to Manchester?

    In the last 5 days, the cheapest flight deal to Manchester was found on the route from Cape Town, at £591 return. The most popular connection is from Johannesburg to Manchester, while KAYAK users have found return deals for as low as £618 in the last 5 days.

  • How far is Manchester Airport from central Manchester?

    Manchester Airport is 9 miles from the centre of Manchester.

  • What is the name of Manchester’s airport?

    Manchester is served by Manchester Airport, 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.

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

    Each week there are around 390 direct flights from within South Africa to Manchester. The most common day for departures is Sunday, with 17% of flights taking off on this day.

Top tips for finding cheap flights to Manchester

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

Reviews of the top 5 airlines flying 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.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with to Manchester? 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 3640 reviews
8.4Crew
8.0Comfort
8.2Entertainment
8.1Boarding
7.9Food
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

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

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

Manchester airport facilities for special assistance was nothing short of disgraceful. Not an Emirates issue but they should be made aware.

The premium economy seat was the wurst one I have ever experienced

We’ve never been more uncomfortable on a flight than we have on this particular one. The seats in front of us reclined so far back that when the person reclined their seat of broccoli, it almost hit me in the face and left me with literally no room to move that said I had to recline my seed in which made the person behind me upset. It seemed like the seats also would recline without even pressing the button in the armrest and would unrecline as well for that same reason, and it also seemed that some seats reclined more than others. The bottom cushions of the seat were so thin that even after one hour of an 11 hour flight, our tailbones were so sore. It seemed like an overall old airplane. It also didn’t have individual air vents and it was extremely hot the entire flight. Several passengers were commenting on how hot it was. The breakfast was some kind of flavorless triangle, puffy egg, laying in a watery bed of steamed peppers and onions and spinach. It was not appetizing at all. The flight crew was extremely nice so that was a nice thing this flight attendant. They let us try different types of Swiss sodas, which was really nice and the dinner was actually delicious but still overall given the other considerations. It was pretty much a miserable flight without basic seat comfort.

Zürich-NY part of the trip was really good! Enjoyed professionalism and courtesy of the crew, comfort and cleanliness of the aircraft.

Everything was fairly easy just hard when you get to Heathrow not know your Gate number until an hour before but otherwise really everything great. Did not get my texts in time though to do me any good but that is why I still like everything the old fashioned way and print everything out.

-Swiss airlines online check in app crashed multiple times -Zurich airport does not have very many bathrooms accessible to people with disabilities - closest disability accessible bathroom to departure gate was 1/4 mile away.

For the price of the ticket it's probably the best service in the world

I have no complaints. The crew was attentive, pleasant and heloful

The only problem is, we arrived in Miami with no luggage. We waited an hour and 20 minutes at the carousel. There was no one to tell us that all the luggage had come out. There were many people in the same disposition. They say 20% of the luggage never arrived in Miami.

No fault of the crew, but the the rear lavatories were closed the entire flight. The front lavatories were blocked off for the first part of the flight by the food cart. Then some minor turbulence occurred so the fasten seatbelt sign came on for the second part of the flight. Heroic containment engaged! It was not fun.

Missed connecting train since flight was late into Zurich and I had to stay at airport hotel because of it as well as I had to repurchase train ticket

The crew were fabulous. We travelled Doha to Miami and the crew in board we exceptional too.

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.

The boarding experience did not follow the Zones that were listed on the boarding passes. This was a two-level aircraft with many passengers. Because zones were not called out by the airline staff, there was simply a mob trying to board and it was not a pleasant experience.

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

The only thing that could have been better, is that the food trays get left way to long after a meal. We had a snack 8 hrs into the trip, and they left us with the boxes and cups for way too long. It is not fun being trapped in your seat unnecessarily

As gold member there is no priority checkin. Meaning you either have to board with your zone or last with business class pax. As economy pax all the baggage bays are filled by the time you arrive

Good staff, good intent, decent entertainment. More seat space would always be of benefit

Very Old flight. I didn’t expect to see this old flight. The entertainment system was very poor for a 15+ hours flight. The staff was amazing and food could is no bad could be better.

The crew was not very warming, need to be more helpful .

Flight delayed by an hoir or more. Food service is slow. Also, the crew is not following up on orders. Travelled in business class and was a platinum member, but still didn't receive the expected service .

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

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

Paid extra for more leg room but the aircraft was changed and they gave me the last seats in the back with no room to even recline backwards.

Everything about the flight is better,just to work on the food Everything about the food is very poor

The plane was a long way from departure lounge. The plane looked tired but got us there.

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.

No problems except for a completely full flight. But we were add one because of a previous delayed flight.

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.

Better training for staff, I didn’t even get a napkin with my drink so it was dripping all over !

We already had a five hour layover in London, and then they cancelled our flight about half hour before we were due to board. They wouldn't give us access to the lounge and hanging around the extremely busy terminal for another three hours until our next flight was crappy. 8 hours in a busy terminal is awful. The least they could have done was give us access to one of their quiet, comfortable lounges for the inconvenience. I heard from others that they do this a lot -- cancel these short flights if they're not completely full. When we got onto the next flight it was absolutely packed and uncomfortable. Just very disappointing. British Airways used to be a great airline to fly with, but it doesn't feel that way at all now.

Everything was fine, on the first leg of my journey from Manchester to London. But, as happened on my outbound journey from the US, there were immense problems. The plane was delayed more than 2 1/2 hours which led to me missing my connecting flight in the US. No hotels were available and I was forced after a 25 hour journey to take a bus to my house. Just unacceptable.

The flight was provided by Aer Lingus and our seats were in a poor condition (15A & 15C). They looked like they needed repairing/replacing and were uncomfortable for such a long flight. Also the arm rests on Aer Lingus planes do not lift more than around 45 degrees, instead of the usual 90 degrees upright, meaning you cannot maximum the space between you & your travel companion so as to be more comfortable for such a long flight.

Boarding took way longer than it needed to, direction to the gate was abysmally indirect at the terminal and late to be displayed. So i had trouble finding the area, and after getting there no display of what group was boarding and it took so long to get anyone boarded

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