Cheap Flights to Cape Town

Cheap flights from London to Cape Town

You want to travel on the cheapest flight from London to Cape Town. The way to make sure that you book a cheap flight is to check the airfare of every airline operating flights from London to Cape Town (links to their online flight reservation tools listed below).

Direct flights from London to Cape Town

British Airways	London to Cape Town Airport (CPT)	non-stop (11h30m)

Virgin Atlantic Airways	London to Cape Town Airport (CPT)	non-stop (12h00m)
South African Airways	London to Cape Town Airport (CPT)	non-stop (11h50m)
bmi British Midland	London to Cape Town Airport (CPT)	non-stop (11h50m)

Other Airlines flying from London to Cape Town

Airline	Airports	Stops
Air France UK	London to Cape Town Airport (CPT)	1-stop Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport
Emirates UK	London to Cape Town Airport (CPT)	1-stop Dubai Airport (DXB)
Etihad Airways	London to Cape Town Airport (CPT)	1-stop Abu Dhabi (AUH)
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines	London to Cape Town Airport (CPT)	1-stop (14h00m) Amsterdam (Schipol Airport )
Lufthansa	London to Cape Town Airport (CPT)	1-stop Frankfurt Airport (FRA)
Iberia	London to Cape Town Airport (CPT)	2-stops Madrid Airport Joburg OR Tambo Airport (JHB)
Qatar Airways	London to Cape Town Airport (CPT)	1-stop Doha Airport (DOH)

A direct flight from London to Cape Town Airport takes about 12 hours.

News

3 Jun 2009	Air Namibia suspends its flights between London & Windhoek (Namibia).
2 Dec 1999	Virgin Atlantic operates its first flight from London to Cape Town

Comparison of flight prices from London to Cape Town

In our comparisons of flight prices from London to Cape Town flight prices have moderated (flights in January are cheaper than flights in December). We have now had a range of KLM flights, Air France flights , British Airways flights, Iberia flights and Qatar Airways flights which have had turns being the cheapest from London to Cape Town.

Survey date Outbound flt Return flt	Air France	British Airways	bmi	Emirates	Iberia	KLM Royal Dutch Airlines	LH	Qatar	SAA	Virgin Atlantic
11 Dec 2009 11 May 2010 18 May 2010	£742	£695	-	£560	£1758	£684	£925	£585	£680	£695
29 May 2008 25 Sep 2008 15 Oct 2008	£686	£890	£807	£566	£649	£689	£660	£493	£838	£947
2 Oct 2007 3 Jan 2008 24 Jan 2008	£621	£794	£768	-	£583	£586	£568	£541	£768	£794
20 Sep 2007 27 Dec 2007 17 Jan 2008	£565	£794	£888	-	£2931	£566	£875	£771	£908	£898
30 Aug 2007 6 Dec 2007 27 Dec 2007	£579	£501	£768	-	£522	£522	£671	£531	£768	£s744
21 Aug 2007 29 Nov 2007 20 Dec 2007	£519	£791	£763	-	£519	£519	£668	£768	£789	£791
7 Aug 2007 15 Nov 2007 6 Dec 2007	£509	£791	£763	-	£509	£509	£752	£767	£2864	£791

Flight path from London to Cape town

The shortest flight path from London Heathrow to Cape Town International Airport is illustrated. This takes an initial heading of 164° (south) from London Heathrow (51°28'39"N 00°27'41"W) and covers a distance of 9647km before arriving at Cape Town International Airport (33°57'53"S 18°36'06"E).

London to Cape Town flight path

Flights from London to Cape Town via Johannesburg

Johannesburg's OR Tambo Airport is the main airline hub in South Africa, and flights from London to Johannesburg are sometimes more competitively priced than flights from London to Cape Town. It's therefore worthwhile to check the cost of (1) flying from London to Johannesburg, and (2) flying from Johannesburg to Cape Town (there are a number of low cost carrier flying from Johannesburg to Cape Town, as well as bus and train options).

Getting from Cape Town International Airport to Cape Town city

It's easy to get from Cape Town's International Airport to Cape Town's city centre, simply follow the N2 national road out of the airport to the city.

Map centred on Cape Town International Airport

Imperial Air Travel London to Cape Town flights

The first flight from London to Cape Town ended on 20 January 1932, when an Imperial Airways biplane carrying mail landed in Cape Town.

Here's an Imperial Air Travel London to Cape Town flight ad flighted in The Illustrated London News on 2 July 1932, less than a year after Imperial Air Travel started offering their 11 day flight from London to Cape Town. Travelling consisted of flying on a 4-engined Handley Page H.P. 42s, on a train, a Kent Flying Boat & finally on a De Havilland DH66 Hercules.