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£781
Typical prices: £727-£1,231
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Cheap Flights to East London

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for return flights to East London 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 to East London

Fri, 21 Aug - Mon, 31 Aug
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19:15 - 08:15
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ELS
36h 00m
2 stops
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15:10 - 13:50
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LHR
23h 40m
2 stops
£781Multiple Airlines
Thu, 27 Aug - Thu, 3 Sep
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18:25 - 16:35
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ELS
21h 10m
2 stops
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09:30 - 16:15
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31h 45m
2 stops
£801Multiple Airlines
Wed, 7 Oct - Sat, 7 Nov
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18:25 - 19:30
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ELS
24h 05m
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07:30 - 15:30
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34h 00m
2 stops
£808Multiple Airlines
Thu, 27 Aug - Thu, 3 Sep
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18:25 - 19:30
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24h 05m
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09:30 - 16:15
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31h 45m
2 stops
£822Multiple Airlines
Wed, 7 Oct - Sat, 17 Oct
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20:40 - 19:30
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ELS
45h 50m
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07:30 - 08:00
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LHR
25h 30m
2 stops
£910Qatar Airways
Tue, 20 Oct - Tue, 27 Oct
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20:40 - 19:30
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ELS
45h 50m
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07:30 - 06:15
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24h 45m
2 stops
£911Qatar Airways
Thu, 17 Sep - Mon, 21 Sep
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16:50 - 19:30
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ELS
25h 40m
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12:35 - 20:15
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32h 40m
2 stops
£913Emirates
Thu, 17 Sep - Mon, 21 Sep
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16:50 - 19:30
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25h 40m
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12:35 - 20:15
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32h 40m
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£916Emirates
Thu, 27 Aug - Thu, 3 Sep
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18:30 - 12:00
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16h 30m
2 stops
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12:35 - 08:40
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21h 05m
2 stops
£1,026Lufthansa
Wed, 22 Jul - Wed, 23 Sep
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09:15 - 12:00
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25h 45m
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12:35 - 08:40
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21h 05m
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£1,079Lufthansa
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KAYAK's insights & trends for flights to East London

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

What are the most popular airlines flying to East London?

The most popular airline among KAYAK users flying to East London is Lufthansa, followed by British Airways and Qatar Airways.

Good to know - Cheap tickets to East London

Low seasonJanuary
Cheapest flight£781
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 29% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly (30% more expensive on average)
Flight from London Heathrow Airport to East London

When to book flights to East London

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel to East London based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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KAYAK looks at all historical flight data for each date to provide a predicted price for one-way trips or returns with a duration up to 40 days. The information is for flights to East London based on your location. While we try to provide actual minimum prices for each date, some prices are predictions and actual prices may differ.

FAQs - booking East London flights

  • How far is East London Airport from central East London?

    Central East London is 5 miles away from East London Airport.

  • What is the name of East London’s airport?

    All flights to East London land at East London Airport. The airport code is ELS,and it can also be referred to as East London.

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

    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 East London.

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

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

    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 East London 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 East London?

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

Top tips for finding cheap flights to East London

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

Reviews of the top 3 airlines flying to East London

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying to East London. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline from the United Kingdom to East London. 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 East London? 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.
7.3
Qatar AirwaysOverall score based on 3742 reviews
7.9Crew
7.3Food
7.5Boarding
7.3Entertainment
7.3Comfort
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I am a big person and have back pain and swelling in my legs, so this was a challenging flight due to confined space. I didn't find the crew very friendly either. I will think twice before flying long distances with Qatar again, due to the lack of legroom.

6.0 GoodBelinda, Dec 2025
DOH - JNB
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I am a big person and have back pain and swelling in my legs, so this was a challenging flight due to confined space. I didn't find the crew very friendly either. I will think twice before flying long distances with Qatar again, due to the lack of legroom.

Terrible experience resolving missed connection after flight was delayed. 3 hour queue at transit desk, not enough staff, no organisation, worst ever flying experience.

The rows of seats in economy class are seriously close to one another making eating and resting just about impossible - there is hardly any legroom. Anyone larger than average size would have an incredibly uncomfortable flight. I had to basically share my seat with the lady passenger next to me as she was too big to fit into her allotted seat.

Food was good, attendants were friendly. Seats were not comfortable. Did not receive any amenities such as eyemask or earplugs that would have helped sleep. Additionally a large group of passengers boarded very late into boarding and were a disruption for almost the whole flight. Flight attendants did their best but the kids were making so much noise, kicking seats, and half the time no adult was sat with them so they weren’t being managed.

I staff or crew they were very friendly and humbly, they done theirs service very well, I appreciate them and thank you to the company or Qatar 🇶🇦 Government for providing as good service in their flight ,once again, thank you 😊 🙏 😀 😉 👍

Crews are very rude and unhelpful. Cramped seats in economy. Foods are useless

Lovely aircraft and I flight entertainment. Good leg room. Full flight crew struggled a bit

Food not good as good as last time flew with them

Seats very uncomfortable, impossible to sleep. Food average, bakery items not fresh. Pockets in seats not large enough to hold a book and a few other items. Cabin temperature too cold, even with blanket. Good selection of movies. Other than that 12 hours of torture!

I moved to H row in the economy class. There was a crew member who's name might be shanya. She was not at all respectful for me. She was arrogant. While I was leaving the plane. The pilots and crew meter were saying Thank you and good bye to the passengers before and after me. And ignored Me.

The crew were excellent, smiling and kind. The seats were good for economy though my seat back got a bit sticky from getting out of the reclining position. The food was good for a Kosher meal, better than usual. Entertainment was okay, but there was no Wi-fi available the entire flight. Overall the flight was fine for an overnight flight. The flight attendant in my section was absolutely delightful.

Flight map did not work. Crew was great, food was good, plane took off on time and landed early. That's all I can ask.

Paid for exit row at the back of the plane. Window seat with lots of leg space. Food was inedible (as usual). Brought my own.

Efficiency of staff, and comfort and cleanliness of aircraft was all great. Maybe a hot drink without payment at that time in the morning would be good!

The plane was late (as was my flight out from Birmingham the day before)

The flight was delayed by an hour. Made the connection uncomfortably tight.

When we went to the lounge they told us to go into the main lounge and not the full business class section, later they told me that Lufthansa wont pay the full fee to alloq the business class passengers entry to the nicer sectikn where all the other airlines nusiness class passengers go into. Very poor arrangement.

Staff are really not attentive. Seem rather disinterested in attending to the customers in general.

Food was OK.. nothing to rave about but it was tasty enough. Many choices to choose from for entertainment. Seats tight but comfortable. Flight attendants cheerful & helpful.

The flight was smooth and on time. Check-in and boarding was very efficient. The flight was very comfortable and there was good entertainment and food on offer.

The staff were fantastic and couldn't have been more accomodating; however, the air-conditioning was broken in our section of the aircraft, leaving us feeling extremely cold and unwell on arrival in Johannesbury. The head sets were also faulty, causing difficulty when listening to announcements and entertainment.

Terrible, We experienced massive delays and then couldn’t book a hotel through the link provided, nothing was available. We then went to the airport the next day and experienced further delays, almost no communication was given. We had dinner at lunchtime and breakfast at midnight. We then landed in Jhb at 1am and had to book another hotel as our flight to durban was at 8am. The experience was painful and very expensive.

Ok we did get an upgrade and the flight was delayed 45 minutes BUT without any bias. The crew were excellent, friendly, efficient and verging on exuberant, they all were so happy to do their jobs. Food excellent and the new safety video is fun to watch.

old seat need to go! outdated and uncomfortable. I waited 40 minutes for my bag

Flight on time. Food was poor - low quality and hard to eat due to poor layout

The crew on board were all very pleasant and happy to help. The flight had the old business class seats. The departure board in the business lounge did not update and kept on saying ' gate open' but never said boarding. When I got nervous about the departure time and walked to the gate I was told off rudely for being late.

Struggled with boarding pass on my iPhone.Suggest taking a printed copy. We sat upper deck at the rear on right hand side and best Economy flight in years. Bins below the windows made a massive difference for storage etc. inflight entertainment played up for a few pax but we were fine. Crew were first rate. Overall an excellent flight

They ran out of starter options but the alternative was okay. Just disappointed

Flight Beverly delayed and communication around that was poor. The actual boarding was lengthy and confusing.

Staff was wonderful. There was no breakfast because a cooling system had not been repaired. My luggage didn’t make it on the plane in London, so I had to wait to have my luggage delivered. I’m a long ways from home to be without items in my bag. We have to wait to be reimbursed for costs

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