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Cheap Flights from Cape Town to New York

Cape Town to New York flights are epic (in terms of travel time) - ease the pain by booking a cheap flight. The way to make sure that you get on a cheap flight from Cape Town to New York is by comparing all airline prices and checking which is cheapest.

Airlines

11 September 2020: Despite the global knock that COVID-19 gave international travel, United Airlines is still planning on resuming their Cape Town - New York flight in December 2020. This is obviously dependant on international borders opening in time, but we look forward to welcoming back their seasonal flights!

18 July 2019: No direct flights to New York from Cape Town will soon be a thing of the past. United Airlines are introducing non-stop flights from the Mother City to New York's Newark airport on the 16th of December 2019.

Airline	Airports	Stops
United Airlines	Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to New York (Newark)	Non-stop
British Airways	Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to New York	1-stop (21 hours) London (Heathrow)
Emirates	Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to New York	1-stop Dubai (DXB)
Delta Airlines Codeshare with Comair (BA) & KLM.	Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to New York	1-stop Dakar
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines	Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to New York	1-stop (22 hours) Amsterdam (Schipol)
Turkish Airlines	Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to New York	1-stop (30 hours) Istanbul Johannesburg (technical)
Virgin Atlantic Airways (seasonal)	Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to New York	1-stop (21 hours) London (Heathrow)

Things to do

See the views from the top of the Empire State building

Walk across Brooklyn Bridge

Go shopping on 5th Avenue

Take a ferry past the Statue of Liberty

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