Flights from Edinburgh to Cape Town

You want to get on the cheapest flight from Edinburgh to Cape Town. The way to book a cheap flight from Edinburgh to Cape Town is by:

1. typing your flight details into the flight comparison and booking tool on the left, and seeing what airfare it spits out

2. going to the online flight reservation system of each airline operating flights from Edinburgh to Cape Town (listed below), and seeing which airline charges the lowest airfare

Airlines operating flights from Edinburgh to Cape Town

• 28 May 2014 : Qatar Airways flights from Edinburgh to Doha are launched, creating 1-stop options from Edinburgh to Cape Town, via Doha.

Airline	Airports	Stops
Air France UK	Edinburgh to Cape Town (CPT)	2-stops Paris de Gaulle Johannesburg
British Airways	Edinburgh to Cape Town (CPT)	1-stop (14h55m) London Heathrow
Lufthansa	Edinburgh to Cape Town (CPT)	1-stop (14h25m) Frankfurt (FRA)
South African Airways	Edinburgh to Cape Town (CPT)	1-stop (16h35m) London Heathrow
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines	Edinburgh to Cape Town (CPT)	1-stop (14h35m) Amsterdam Schipol
Qatar Airways	Edinburgh to Cape Town (CPT)	1-stop Doha

There are no direct flights from Edinburgh to Cape Town (South Africa).

Flights from London to Cape Town

There are more options for flights from London to Cape Town. If you can make your way from Edinburgh to London, you may wish to look at the list of airlines flying from London to Cape Town.

Travel to Cape Town via Johannesburg

Flights from Edinburgh to Johannesburg and flights from London to Johannesburg are more competitive than the equivalent flights to Cape Town, so sometimes it's cheaper to fly to Cape Town via Johannesburg.

Travel from Edinburgh to Johannesburg, Johannesburg to Cape Town

Check what it costs to fly from Edinburgh to Johannesburg, and then travel from Johannesburg to Cape Town on one of the South African low cost carriers (or a higher cost carrier if you have a fat wallet!).

Travel from London to Johannesburg, Johannesburg to Cape Town

Here the strategy is to first fly from Edinburgh to London, then travel from London to Johannesburg, and thereafter travel from Johannesburg to Cape Town.

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