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Cheap flights from Johannesburg to Hong Kong

You want to geto on the cheapest flight from Johannesburg to Hong Kong. The way to make sure that you book a cheap flight is by:

  • typing your flight details into the flight comparison and bookings engine on the left and see what airfare it spits out

  • check the airfare of every airline operating flights from Johannesburg to Hong Kong (links to the various airlines online flight reservations systems are listed below)

Airlines flying from Johannesburg to Hong Kong

Airline
Airports
Stops

Emirates

Johannesburg (JNB) to Hong Kong (HKG)

1-stop
Dubai

Singapore Airlines

Johannesburg (JNB) to Hong Kong (HKG)

1-stop
Singapore (SIN)

Air FranceAir France widget

Johannesburg (JNB) to Hong Kong (HKG)

1-stop
Paris De Gaulle (CDG)

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines

Johannesburg (JNB) to Hong Kong (HKG)

1-stop
Amsterdam (Schipol)

Cathay Pacific Airways

Johannesburg (JNB) to Hong Kong (HKG)

non-stop

El Al Israel Airlines

Johannesburg (JNB) to Hong Kong (HKG)

1-stop
Tel Aviv (TLV)

Ethiopian Airlines

Johannesburg (JNB) to Hong Kong (HKG)

1-stop
Addis Ababa (ADD)

Malaysia Airlines

South African flights suspended from 31 January 2012

Qantas Airways

Johannesburg (JNB) to Hong Kong (HKG)

1-stop
Sydney (SYD) / Perth (PER)

Thai International Airways

Johannesburg (JNB) to Hong Kong (HKG)

1-stop
Bangkok (BKK)

South African Airways

Johannesburg (JNB) to Hong Kong (HKG)

non-stop

Virgin Atlantic Airways

Johannesburg (JNB) to Hong Kong (HKG)

1-stop
London (Heathrow)

flight path from Johannesburg to Hong Kong, China

History

1974

SAA commences flights from Johannesburg to Hong Kong via the Seychelles.

SAA Johannesburg - Hong Kong stamp

Holiday in Hong Kong

by Jill

My favourite travel experience would simply have to be my trip to Hong Kong. Why? It was a time I’ll never forget and an experience well worth popping into my store of momentous memories.

In 1992 my father remarried, my Mother having passed away in 1991, a lady by the name of Pam. They lived in Johannesburg – as does my two brothers and sister. Pam has a son, Neil, who is an airline flight engineer. Although he lived in Durban he and I met when he had to come to Cape Town on business and my father suggested the two of us meet. Neil and I got along famously from the very start. From then on he often met me in Cape Town and we spent many hours getting to know one another. It was so special to feel as if I’d acquired another brother.

Neil was horrified to learn that I had never been overseas as, by the very nature of his job, he travels all over the world. In his view my reasons for never having ventured abroad needed to be rectified – sooner rather than later.

One day Neil phoned me to say that the airline he worked for was allowing family members to fly as a very low cost to any destination as long as their staff member was working on the flights as booked. I eagerly jumped at the opportunity and chose Hong Kong as the destination because friends of my parents had travelled there and it seemed very far away. I was also interested in having a chance to see an eastern way of living.

It wasn’t long when Neil and I were jetting off. My excitement started before we even landed in Hong Kong. Upon approaching the airport, Neil had an air hostess call me into the cockpit. I sat directly behind the Pilot as he landed the aeroplane negotiating it from the runway that began on top of the South China Sea!

From then on the holiday in Hong Kong was one exciting experience after another. I stayed in a hotel with Neil and the other senior flight crew whilst the stewardesses stayed in a different hotel. The result was I had around eight very well-travelled gentlemen at my disposal. They were keen to show around a complete novice such as I.

The traffic in Hong Kong was absolutely bezerk. I was so busy gazing at the people always on mobile phones, buildings, limousines [by the dozen] that I often had to be yanked back out of the traffic by my ‘assistants’. They bought me a T-shirt with “I survived Hong Kong” emblazoned on it.

We had dinner on the Jumbo Floating Restaurant that claimed to be the largest floating restaurant in the world. I had a baked Alaska – another first for me.

We ferried across the South China Sea to various islands and saw many more sights, but that’s another story for another time…