Cheap flights from Johannesburg to Cape Town

You want to travel on a cheap flight from Johannesburg to Cape Town International Airport. The way to make sure that you book a cheap flight from Johannesburg to Cape Town is by typing your date of departure and return date into the flight quotations and bookings engine and seeing what airfare it spits out, and booking your outbound flight seperately from your return flight (the same airline isn't necessarily cheapest on your outbound as well as your return flight).

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Latest Johannesburg to Cape Town airlines survey

flight date	1time airline	British Airways	Kulula	Mango	SAA	Velvet Sky
Mango Lanseria has opened up a night route from Johannesburg to Cape Town and is the cheapest at only R822.
10 Feb 2012	1659	1156	839	822	1320	-

Luxury travel from Johannesburg to Cape Town

These are the most expensive business class flight prices we have seen.

travel date	BA business class	Mango Flex	Mango Plus	SAA business class	Premier Classe train	Blue train
10 Feb 2012	3364	-	-	3280	2210	10930

Latest Johannesburg to Cape Town bus survey

							Shosholoza Meyl train
travel date	Baz Bus	City to City	Greyhound	Intercape	SA Roadlink	Translux	Economy class	Tourist Class
10 Feb 2012	1270	430	535	535	-	530	260	430

Prices will change.

Airlines operating flights from Johannesburg to Cape Town

Airlines	Airports	Stops
Velvet Sky Airlines	Johannesburg O.R. Tambo (JNB) to Cape Town International Airport (CPT)	non-stop
British Airways	Johannesburg O.R. Tambo (JNB) to Cape Town International Airport (CPT)	non-stop
Kulula Airlines	Johannesburg Lanseria (HLA) to Cape Town International Airport (CPT)	non-stop
Kulula Airlines	Johannesburg O.R. Tambo (JNB) to Cape Town International Airport (CPT)	non-stop
Mango Airlines	Johannesburg O.R. Tambo (JNB) to Cape Town International Airport (CPT)	non-stop
Mango Airlines	Johannesburg Lanseria (HLA) to Cape Town International Airport (CPT)	non-stop
South African Airways	Johannesburg O.R. Tambo (JNB) to Cape Town International Airport (CPT)	non-stop
1time Airlines	Johannesburg O.R. Tambo (JNB) to Cape Town International Airport (CPT)	non-stop
1time Airlines	Johannesburg Lanseria (HLA) to Cape Town International Airport (CPT)	non-stop

To fly from Johannesburg to Cape Town takes just over 2 hours, taking you over almost the full stretch of South Africa. The distance between Johannesburg and Cape Town is some 1254km (or 779 miles). The driving distance from Johannesburg to Cape Town is some 1393km.

Number of flights from Johannesburg to Cape Town

The Johannesburg to Cape Town flight route is the busiest in South Africa. As at 12 Sep 2011, these were the number of daily flights which each airline operated from Johannesburg to Cape Town:

1time airline	British Airways	Kulula Airline	Mango Airline	Nationwide	SAA	velvet Sky
6 flights	12 flights	? flights	7 flights	9 flights	17 flights	2 flights

News

Mid 2013	Airlink plans to beging flights from Johannesburg's Grand Central Airport to Cape Town.
5 Mar 2012	1time begins HLA-CPT flights
1 Aug 2011	Velvet Sky increases its frequency to 3 flights daily.
1 Jun 2011	Mango Airlines starts flying between Johannesburg Lanseria and Cape Town.
24 Mar 2011	Velvet Sky's inaugural flight between Johannesburg and Cape Town was at 10h15 on the 24th March 2011.
20 Nov 2009	Interlink Airline quits flying between Johannesburg and Cape Town, and starts flights between Pretoria and Cape Town.
27 Jun 2008	Interlink starts Johannesburg - Cape Town flights.
29 Apr 2008	Nationwide ceases operations.
28 Oct 2008	Kulula increased the frequency of their flights from Johannesburg Lanseria to Cape Town from 20 to 35 flights per week (Sunday flights increase from one to five and weekday flights from 3 to 6).
29 Oct 2007	Kulula Lanseria flights to Cape Town were increased to 3 daily.

Last flight price specials from Johannesburg to Cape Town

These specials run out very quickly after coming out, so unless it's the morning of the day of the special it is probably sold out.

1time special	BA special	Kulula special	Mango special	SAA special	Velvet Sky special
R489 (16 Jan 2012)	R1 018 (25 Oct 2011)	R499 (9 Jan 2012)	R795 (29 Nov 2011)	R1 006 (29 Oct 2011)	R449 (16 Jan 2012)

Don't want to fly from Johannesburg to Cape Town?

Johannesburg to Cape Town by road

An alternative is to drive from Johannesburg to Cape Town. You would take the N1 national Road, which stretches all the way through several of South Africa's provinces.

Johannesburg to Cape Town by bus

If you don't want to drive yourself, you can catch a bus trip from Johannesburg to Cape Town:

Baz Bus	Baz Bus operates a hop-on hop-off bus tour across South Africa, and is especially popular amongst backpackers, stopping off at 180 youth hostels along its route
Greyhound bus	The Greyhound bus operates a traditional bus service through the main centres of South Africa, Mozambique and Zimbabwe (Bloemfontein, Bulawayo, Butterworth, Cape Town, Durban, East London, Empangeni, Harare, Johannesburg, Kimberley, Nelspruit, Newcastle, Maputo, Mossel Bay, Port Elizabeth, Pretoria, Queenstown, Swinburne and Umtata)
Intercape bus	The Intercape bus operates a traditional bus service across a vast network of South Africa and some of its neighbouring countries.

Johannesburg to Cape Town by train

Spoornet's Shosholoza Meyl operates train trips from Johannesburg to Cape Town, and their central reservations may be contacted at 086 000 8888. Alternatively, take the Premier Classe train from Johannesburg to Cape Town (also 086 000 8888).