Flights Cape Town to Johannesburg

You want to get on the cheapest flight from Cape Town to Johannesburg. The way to make sure that you get on a cheap flight is by comparing airline prices. Check Velvet Sky specials, they are often cheapest.

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Airlines operating flights from Cape Town to Johannesburg

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

A flight from Cape town to Johannesburg is scheduled to take some 2 hours. As the crow flies, the distance between Cape Town and Johannesburg is some 1254km (or 779 miles). The driving distance from Cape Town to Johannesburg is some 1393km.

Latest Cape Town - Johannesburg airline survey

flight date	1time	British Airways	Kulula	Mango	Velvet Sky	SAA
In our first survey of 2012, Velvet Sky are easily the cheapest from CPT to JHB. BA are the cheapest since 30 July 2010. Velvet Sky is even cheaper than taking a Greyhound bus (R680).
20 Jan 2012	959	790	759	650	1017	529

Prices are for one-way flights on a Friday evening (see surveys for details). Prices are subject to change and it's unlikely that the prices shown will be achieved.

Business class flights

South African Airways are offering the cheapest business class flight from Cape Town to Johannesburg.

Travel date	British Airways	SAA
20 Jan 2012	R3370	R2579

Latest Cape Town - Johannesburg bus & train survey

	Bus						Train
travel date	Baz Bus	City to City	Greyhound	Intercape	SA Roadlink	Translux	Economy Class	Tourist Class	Premier Class	Blue Train
With Shosholoza Meyl unavailable, SA Roadlink is cheapest, but Velvet Sky airline is cheaper than Greyhound!
20 Jan 2012	1270	-	680	510	499	-	unavailable	540	-	14685

Airline specials

1time specials 13 Dec 2011	BA specials 25 Oct 2011	Kulula specials 11 Dec 2011	flyMango specials 29 Nov 2011	flySAA specials 29 Oct 2011	Velvet Sky specials 19 Dec 2011
489	1018	759	795	1006	529

Unless it's actually the morning of the day of the special, it's unfortuanately likely that the special is sold out.

News

Mid 2013	Airlink plans to begin Cape Town to Grand Central Airport flights (in Midrand).
5 Mar 2012	1time commences CPT-HLA flights
1 Aug 2011	Velvet Sky increases its frequency from 2 to 3 daily flights from Cape Town to Johannesburg.
1 June 2011	Mango Airilines started operating flights from Cape Town to Lanseria Airport.

Cape Town to Johannesburg by road

It's easy to drive from Cape Town to Johannesburg. You would take the N1 national Road, which stretches all the way from Cape Town to Johannesburg via Bloemfontein.