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Flights from Johannesburg to Kigali

You want to get on a cheap flight from Johannesburg to Kigali (Rwanda). First type your flight details into the flight price comparison tool on the left. Check the price the comparison tool spits out against the prices which the airlines offer on their flight booking sysems (links below).

Airlines flying from Kigali to Johannesburg

Airline
Airports
Stops

South African Airways

Johannesburg Tambo to Kigali

non-stop

Ethiopian Airlines

Johannesburg Tambo to Kigali

1-stop
Addis Ababa

Rwandair Express

Johannesburg Tambo to Kigali

non-stop

News

1 Mar 2012

RwandAir introduces night flights from Johannesburg to Kigali, departing Joburg at 01h00 and arriving in Kigali at 05h00, to allow same-day connections to the rest of their network (Brazzaville, Bujumbura, Dar es Salaam, Dubai, Entebbe, Kamembe, Kilimanjaro, Lagos, Libreville & Nairobi).

17 Jan 2012

South African Airways commences flights from Joburg to Kigali and onwards to Bujumbura (Burundi).

17 Aug 2009

Rwandair introduces a 5th weekly flight between Kigali & Johannesburg (every Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday in daylight hours). The flights to Kigali depart from O.R. Tambo International Airport at 18h30. Rwandair has added a second CRJ to its fleet, to support the additional flight.

Oct 2008

Rwandair Express recommences flights between Johannesburg & Kigali

Flight path from Johannesburg to Kigali

The following map illustrates the shortest flight path from Johannesburg to Kigali (ignoring winds, air traffic and no-fly zones).

Kigali to Johannesburg flight path