Enjoy a flight with Etihad Airways, as they are currently offering the lowest rates for flights from Johannesburg to London. Don't miss out on the Summer events and festivals that are being held in London, such as the Kew's Summer Festival.
*This is not an offer, but merely a snapshot of cheapest airfares as we saw them. There was very limited availability (don't expect it to be on every date, it was the cheapest we could find) when we checked & prices may have increased already. Click through the link on the price to check whether the price is still available.
Cheap Flights from Johannesburg to London
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Best London Accommodation
The 2 best rated spots to stay in London are:
Covent Garden Hotel (10 Monmouth Street). A few minutes walk to Covent Garden or the British Museum. Lovely restaurant with a top notch chef. Enjoyable guest lounge. Beautiful library. Surrounding area is safe & lively. Ask for a deluxe room to take advantage of the larger size, and there's more to see from those rooms facing Monmouth Street.
Haymarket Hotel (1 Suffolk Place). A few minutes walk from Piccadily Circus. Ask for higher up rooms with unobscrutcted windows, so that you can people watch.
Routes of 1-stop flights
Airline
Airports
Stops
Air France
Johannesburg O.R. Tambo International Airport to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)
1-stop (12h25m)
Paris De Gaulle (CDG)
Emirates
Johannesburg O.R. Tambo International Airport to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)
1-stop
Dubai Airport
Etihad Airways
Johannesburg O.R. Tambo International Airport to London
1-stop
Abu Dhabi
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
Johannesburg O.R. Tambo International Airport to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)
1-stop Amsterdam (Schipol)
Egyptair
Johannesburg O.R. Tambo International Airport to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)
1-stop (16h50m)
Cairo Airport (CAI)
Iberia suspended flights to Johannesburg from 1 May 2012
Lufthansa
Johannesburg O.R. Tambo International Airport to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)
1-stop (13h05m)
Frankfurt Airport (FRA)
Qatar Airways
Johannesburg O.R. Tambo International Airport to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)
1-stop (16h15m)
Doha Airport (DOH)
Swiss International Airlines
Johannesburg O.R. Tambo International Airport to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)
1-stop (13h30m)
Zurich Airport (ZRH)
TAP Portugal
Johannesburg O.R. Tambo International Airport to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)
1-stop
Lisbon
Turkish Airlines
Johannesburg O.R. Tambo International Airport to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)
1-stop (15h40m)
Istanbul Airport (IST)
Business Class
Business Class travellers usually want to fly non-stop, which means your options are to fly with BA, SAA or Virgin Atlantic Airways.
Premium Economy Class
Both British Airways and Virgin Atlantic offer what is called a "Premium Economy" class, which is better than economy class but doesn't have all the luxuries of business class.
SA234 (19h45 or 20h10 or or 20h40 or 21h15) SA236 (20h15 or or 21h35 or 22h05)
Swiss International Air Lines
LX289 (20h25)
Turkish Airlines
TK41 (19h45)
Virgin Atlantic
VS602 (21h25)
Time differences between Johannesburg & London
The time difference between Johannesburg (South Africa) and London (UK) varies from being 1 hour ahead in the South African winter (when the UK has daylight saving) to 2 hours and in the South African summer.
Johannesburg
South Africa
GMT + 2
London
UK
GMT + 1 until Sunday 25 October 2009 01:00 GMT
GMT + 0 from Sunday 25 October 2009 01:00 GMT