It's hard to believe that the school holidays are around the corner, but the best time to find affordable flights is now. Schools close on the 30th of June and the lengthy break ends on the 23rd of July 2017, with those dates being the busiest travel dates. Below we've priced the most popular
travel dates at the beginning and end of the school holidays to help you find the cheapest flight.
* Please remember that there is as always very limited availability for the flights listed below. Prices may also have changed even by the time you read this newsletter. Prices are for one-way, economy class flights. For the sake of fairness, prices were pulled from airline websites.
Start of the School Holidays:
30 June 2017 Flights
Route
SAA
BA
Mango
kulula
FlySafair
Johannesburg - Cape Town
R951*
R1620*
R974*
R1025*
R898*
Lanseria - Cape Town
-
-
R1027*
R1092*
R699*
Johannesburg - Durban
R1066*
R1041*
R1015*
R924*
R898*
Lanseria - Durban
-
-
R949*
R1001*
-
Port Elizabeth - Cape Town
-
-
-
-
R898*
Cape Town - Johannesburg
R951*
R1048*
R904*
R867*
R898*
Cape Town - Lanseria
-
-
R756*
R821*
R699*
Cape Town - Durban
-
R1263*
R912*
R1331*
R898*
End of the School Holidays:
23 July 2017 Flights
Route
SAA
BA
Mango
kulula
FlySafair
Cape Town - Johannesburg
R951*
R1620*
R1391*
R1277*
R998*
Cape Town - Lanseria
-
-
R1212*
R1106*
R699*
Durban - Johannesburg
R1066*
R735*
R491*
R924*
R699*
Durban - Lanseria
-
-
R576*
R1015*
-
Cape Town - Port Elizabeth
-
-
-
-
R898*
Johannesburg - Cape Town
R951*
R1048*
R804*
R867*
R699*
Lanseria - Cape Town
-
-
R844*
R910*
R799*
Durban - Cape Town
-
R1393*
R912*
R935*
R898*
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FlySafair seems to have come out tops, but when taking the additional R150 for checked luggage into account, they are often beat by kulula and Mango. So it is worth planning everything before making your final travel arrangements to ensure that you get the cheapest flight best suited to your needs.
"Despite my love for aviation I never had the opportunity to visit any airport or to see an airplane up close. I only ever got to them high in the sky, like a small flying bird to my eyes. I was always dreaming about seeing it next to me. I used to visit Cape Town and Johannesburg and spent hours travelling on busses, but it became too uncomfortable in my old age. I couldn't believe how big the plane was when I finally got to visit
Cape Town airport on a visit to my husband. My children recently gave me one of the biggest surprises and booked me a flight on FlySafair from East London to Cape Town. I was both excited and nervous, but seeing the aircraft set me at ease. FlySafair staff members assisted me at the airport and directed me to my flight, which was definitely a full five star experience! I can't imagine ever spending 13 hours on the road to Cape Town again. I still find it hard to believe that I can depart
East London at 11h45 and arrive in Cape Town at 13h00. Affordable flights like the ones FlySafair offer make me smile."Zimaseka Jikeka
Views expressed here aren't necessarily those of SouthAfrica.TO's.
Prices subject to change, perhaps even by the time you read this. Errors & omissions occur from time to time
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Karen, Rob & the rest of the SouthAfrica.TO team
