Flying From UK To South Africa

October 26th, 2009 • Related • Filed Under

There are many airlines that offer flights from UK to South Africa. This makes it easy for you to even choose a convenient airport to fly from. You will find flights to South Africa at the following airports London (LON), London Heathrow (LHR), Glasgow (GLA), Manchester (MAN), Newcastle (NCL) or Birmingham (BHX) airport.

You can also get to pick a particular airport that you want to arrive at in South Africa. There are about 10 airports there but there are only 3 international airports i.e. the OR Tambo International airport in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban international airports. Unless you definitely have an interest in the other cities then OR Tambo airport is good arrival point.

In fact most of the flights that eventually get to Durban or Cape Town from UK make a stop at Johannesburg first.

London (LON), UK to Johannesburg, South Africa

There are six airlines that are operating on this route. That is, Swiss air, Lufthansa, Emirates, Air France, Etihad Airways and the South Africa airways. If you are looking for non-stop flights UK to South Africa then consider the latter.

The flight takes 11 hours and 35 minutes, which is the shortest time on this route. This flight will leave London for Johannesburg at 18.00 hrs and arrive at 07.25 hrs the next day.

If you are looking into leaving early in the morning then consider Air France. It will leave for South Africa at 06.40 hrs and go via Paris De Gaulle. It will arrive there at 09.00hrs and takes off for Johannesburg at 10.30 hrs where it will arrive at 22.00 hrs.For more information and detals about airfares and travel arrangements check out any of these:

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