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You want to get on the cheapest flight from Cape Town to Sydney. The way to make sure that you get on a cheap flight is by:

  • typing your flight details into the search engine on the left and seeing what airfare it spits out

  • check the airfare of every airline flying from Cape Town to Sydney (links to airlines online website flight reservation systems below)

Airlines flying from Cape Town to Sydney

Airline
Airports
Stops

Emirates

Cape Town (CPT) to Sydney (SYD)

1-stops
Dubai Airpot (DXB)

Etihad Airways

Cape Town (CPT) to Sydney (SYD)

2-stops (28h15m)
Johannesburg Airport (JNB)
Abu Dhabi(AUH)

Malaysia Airlines

Suspended from 31 January 2012

Qantas Airways

Cape Town (CPT) to Sydney (SYD)

1-stop (15h45m)
Johannesburg Airport (JNB)

Singapore Airlines

Cape Town (CPT) to Sydney (SYD)

1-stop (20h20m)
Singapore Airport (SIN)

South African Airways

Cape Town (CPT) to Sydney (SYD)

1-stop
Johannesburg Airport (JNB)

There are additional flight options from Johannesburg to Sydney. You may wish to hop onto a low cost flight from Cape Town to Johannesburg, and then take one of the flight options from Johannesburg to Sydney.

Flight path from Cape Town to Sydney

The map below shows the shortest flight path from Cape Town to Sydney (ignoring winds, air traffic and restricted flight zones). To fly the shortest flight path, leave Cape Town International Airport (33°57'53"S 18°36'06"E) on an initial heading of 141° (south-east), travel 11012 km until you get to Sydney International Airport (33°56'46"S 151°10'38"E).

flight path from Cape Town to Sydney