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Flights from Johannesburg to Buenos Aires

Whilst direct flights from Johannesburg to Buenos Aires are sadly no more, since SAA stopped flying the route, there are a number of 1-stop options. To book the cheapest flight from Joburg's O.R. Tambo International Airport (JNB, South Africa) to Buenos Aires (Argentina) type your flight details into the flight price comparison and reservations engine on the left and make a reservation with the cheapest airline.

News & History

• 28 Mar 2013 SAA flights from Johannesburg to Buenos Aires are discontinued, with the airline issuing the following statement: “Although SAA will discontinue its own operated flights to Buenos Aires next year, SAA customers will still be able to travel between both countries through numerous flights operated by SAA partners in South America. SAA’s approach is to focus on strengthening and expanding partnerships from its own hub airports as well as those of fellow carriers within Star Alliance. SAA will route traffic on thinner markets using its partners’ networks.”

• 11 Nov 2013 There's rumour that Aerolineas Argentinas is thinking of resuming flights to OR Tambo International Airport and Cape Town.

• 5 Nov 2013 ETNW reports that South African Airways is considering cancelling its flights from Johannesburg to Buenos Aires.

• June 2009 SAA increases its frequency to 3 flights a week from JNB to EZE

• 8 April 2009 South African Airways starts flying twice weekly non-stop from JNB to EZE

JNB - Buenos Aires Flight Review

14 September 2013. Average rating of 2 SAA flights: 3.5/5
The flight from Buenos Aires to Johannesburg was with South African Airways. This is so far the only direct flight you fly to the whole African continent departing from Buenos Aires. That was the main reason why I choose SAA in the first place - because it's the fastest way (I usually fly in AA or BA). The plane was good. Clean. Food was O.K. and service aboard was great. Plane was full. Entertainment was quite complete. A decent amount of movies from all over the world, classics included, and Bollywood too for all the many Indians that visit the country. The music department was great. This must have been the first time I could listen to punk rock or music from Africa and the world. Flight was smooth, with all our belongings arriving right on time and the migrations in O.Tambo were fast and easy. The airport is a good one - I spent three nights in an hotel there, so I got to know the place. You can eat a great variety of food and prices are good. Healthy or natural stuff, oysters, sushi, a fat hamburger, pasta - you get everything, but only until 22h00 or so. Then nothing happens. Shops for last minute presents are good and again prices are fair and sometimes cheaper than outside. Service people are polite, bathrooms clean, taxis are safe but expensive. You still have the train if you want to go on the cheap. The airport is very well done and it is easy to get arround, park your car or get a 5star hotel at walking distance. (OR Tambo International Airport is rated 4/5). There are a complete variety of car rentals. All the internationals plus half a dozen of locals. Prices O.K. (Car Rentals at OR Tambo are rated 3/5).

Then I flew from O.Tambo to Nairobi with Kenya Airways. The flight was going to Khartoum and it was full of people flying probably for the first time, so the hostesses had a lot of work trying to make the people sit in the right direction, etc Plane was old. Service was good and I arrived just in time. (Kenya Airways is rated 2/5)

In Kenya I took some small planes. Everything cool.

Then I flew again with SAA from Nairobi back to J´oburg. Red eye flight. Good food and made it just in time just as our belongings.

Last flight SAA from O. Tambo back to Buenos Aires. Empty plane. Modern, confortable. Great service aboard, good food, great wine! Good duty free products aboard (Flight rated 4/5)

Written by Johann Sparragus 

Airlines flying from Johannesburg to Buenos Aires

SAA (South African Airways) is the only airline operating direct flights from Johannesburg to Buenos Aires (so keep an eye out on flight durations as well as airfares). We did a snapshot of flight prices and ordered the airlines from the cheapest at the top (will have changed subsequently):

Airline	Airports	Stops
Emirates	Johannesburg (JNB) to Buenos Aires Ministro Pistarini International Airport (EZE)	1-stop (30 hours) Dubai Airport
Qatar Airways	Johannesburg (JNB) to Buenos Aires Ministro Pistarini International Airport (EZE)	1-stop (36 hours) Doha (DOH)
Turkish Airlines	Johannesburg (JNB) to Buenos Aires Ministro Pistarini International Airport (EZE)	1-stop (32 hours) Istanbul (IST)
South African Airways (SAA)	Johannesburg (JNB) to Buenos Aires Ministro Pistarini International Airport (EZE)	non-stop (11 hours)
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines	Johannesburg (JNB) to Buenos Aires Ministro Pistarini International Airport (EZE)	1-stop (50 hours) Amsterdam (AMS)
Air France	Johannesburg (JNB) to Buenos Aires Ministro Pistarini International Airport (EZE)	1-stop (42 hours) Paris Charles de Gaulle
Lufthansa	Johannesburg (JNB) to Buenos Aires Ministro Pistarini International Airport (EZE)	1-stop (41 hours) Frankfurt (FRA)
British Airways	Johannesburg (JNB) to Buenos Aires Ministro Pistarini International Airport (EZE)	1-stop London Heathrow (LHR)
Iberia Airways - from 1 May 2012, Iberia has suspended its Johannesburg flights

Ministro Pistarini International Airport is commonly known as Ezeiza International Airport.