Bulawayo to Pretoria flight

Flights from Bulawayo to Pretoria start at €83.32 and take 5h 12m at their fastest.

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The Flights from Bulawayo to Pretoria starts at €83.32 and takes 5h 12m door to door, run by 2 operators over 756 km, with around 1 departure a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.

Checked September 22, 2026Priced for October 13, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 5h 12mDoor to door
  • 1h 49mMoving
  • €93.35 to €222.57From
  • 07:30 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 1Per day
  • 147.3 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 13, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€93.35 to €222.57 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €148.82Wed23
  2. about €222.57Thu24
  3. about €184.22Fri25
  4. about €170.65Sat26
  5. about €118.73Sun27
  6. about €108.70Mon28
  7. about €131.12Tue29
  8. about €119.91Wed30
  9. about €128.76Thu1
  10. about €110.46Fri2
  11. about €97.48Sat3
  12. about €93.36Sun4
  13. about €97.48Mon5
  14. about €93.35Tue6

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on October 13, 2026

Cheapest€83.32
  1. Airlink (SAA) AS568907:301h 19m08:49Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport BUQO.R. Tambo International Airport JNB
  2. Bombela Consession BC167210:1530m10:45Johannesburg Park StationPretoria-Wes

Changes at Johannesburg, with 86 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 5h 12mCO2 147.3 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

Carriers

Airlines

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Airlink (SAA)740 km/hFixed fareNot published
Bombela Consession140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi

The flight gets you into Pretoria. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Pretoria for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Pretoria-Wes and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Bulawayo to Pretoria

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €89.2290 days
  2. €93.3560 days
  3. €78.0145 days
  4. €87.4530 days
  5. €83.3221 days
  6. €93.3514 days
  7. €131.127 days
  8. €184.223 days
  9. €148.821 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €78.01.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 136 percent. The most expensive point is €184.22, 3 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €93.36Sun
  2. €97.48Mon
  3. €93.35Tue
  4. €119.91Wed
  5. €128.76Thu
  6. €110.46Fri
  7. €109.29Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Bulawayo

Air
  • BUQ
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 756 km against 623 km in a straight line, a detour of 21 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Johannesburg. The gap between arriving and leaving is 86 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 11 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Bulawayo at 07:30 and the last at 07:30, across 1 departure The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Bulawayo to Pretoria

The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does the Flight from Bulawayo to Pretoria take?

The Flight from Bulawayo to Pretoria takes 5h 12m door to door, of which 1h 49m is spent moving. The route runs 756 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Flight from Bulawayo to Pretoria cost?

The Flight from Bulawayo to Pretoria starts at €83.32 for one passenger, as of September 22, 2026. A typical fare is €83.32. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Flight from Bulawayo to Pretoria?

2 operators run the Flight from Bulawayo to Pretoria: Airlink (SAA), Bombela Consession. Between them they file around 1 departure a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Flight from Bulawayo to Pretoria use?

The Flight from Bulawayo to Pretoria leaves from Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport BUQ and arrives at Pretoria-Wes. Allow about 1h 57m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

When should I book the Flight from Bulawayo to Pretoria?

Fares for the Flight from Bulawayo to Pretoria bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €78.01. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 136 percent, measured on September 22, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Flight from Bulawayo to Pretoria produce?

The Flight from Bulawayo to Pretoria produces about 147.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 756 km, which works out at roughly 195 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Flight from Bulawayo to Pretoria?

Operators on the Flight from Bulawayo to Pretoria publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 5h 12m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Bulawayo to Pretoria on September 22, 2026: 756 km of route against 623 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €83.32, and 5h 12m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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