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 (Kulula, British Airways Comair, Mango and South African Airways). Use our flight price comparison tool on the left.

Airlines	Price comparisons	Coach & train
Business class	airline specials

Airlines operating flights from Cape Town to Johannesburg

Airlines	Airports	Stops
British Airways	Cape Town (CPT) to Johannesburg O.R. Tambo (JNB)	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	SAA
Passengers who opt to fly to Lanseria Airport from Cape Town will enjoy the cheapest flights on the Cape Town to Johannesburg route.
07 June 2013	-	1383	897	1028	1169

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

Travel date	British Airways	SAA
07 June 2013	R3137	R3544

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
The coach prices have remained stable since the last survey done on this route. Our findings show a 0% inflation rate on the overland fares on this route.
07 June 2013	1480	450	645	560	-	560	340	560	2500	13 265

Airline specials

BA specials -	Kulula specials -	flyMango specials -	flySAA specials 10 May 2013
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Unless it's actually the morning of the day of the special, it's unfortunately likely that the special is sold out.

News

4 Jul 2013. The date fastjet airlines initially planned Cape Town to Johannesburg flights, flying under the Federal Airlines license. Because of difficulties in starting up in South Africa, they decided to prioritise their international routes.
29 May 2013. Thabang Makwetla, the Deputy Defence Minister, take off in a Falcon 50 from Cape Town's Ysterplaat AFB heading for Johannesburg, after which an emergency landing has to be made when the plane's hydraulics fail.

2 Nov 2012	1time stops flying from Cape Town to OR Tambo, after filing for bankruptcy.
2 Jun 2012	1time stops flying from Cape Town to Lanseria Airport
5 Mar 2012	1time commences CPT-HLA flights
Feb 2012	Velvet Sky stops CPT-JNB flights as there is a liquidation application against it.
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.