Flights to Malawi

38 routes and 5 operators. Fares below are the cheapest we currently sell on each.

We sell 38 Flights routes in Malawi, serving 8 places through 5 operators. 34 of those routes cross a border. The cheapest fare is €33.77 and the median route runs 1,365 km.

Checked September 29, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

The network

Flights in Malawi, in numbers

What we actually sell, counted rather than claimed.

  • 38Routes we sell
  • 8Places served
  • 5Operators
  • 4Domestic routes
  • 34Cross border routes
  • 1,365 kmMedian route
  • 2,789 kmLongest route
  • 6Countries
Routes

The busiest Flights routes in Malawi

Priced from the same engine that answers the search box, on the next three weeks of departures.

The routes we sell in Malawi, busiest first, priced over the next three weeks.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Blantyre to Lilongwe flight€33.773h 55m241 km
Lilongwe to Blantyre flight€33.773h 55m241 km
Lilongwe to Lusaka flight€60.914h 27m613 km
Lusaka to Lilongwe flight€60.914h 26m613 km
Harare to Lilongwe flight€67.994h 21m519 km
Lilongwe to Harare flight€67.994h 16m519 km
Lusaka to Blantyre flight€89.234h 37m721 km
Blantyre to Lusaka flight€91.004h 40m721 km
Dar es Salaam to Lilongwe flight€122.274h 55m995 km
Lilongwe to Dar es Salaam flight€122.274h 54m995 km
Johannesburg to Blantyre flight€151.185h 31m1,365 km
Lilongwe to Johannesburg flight€159.445h 41m1,486 km
Johannesburg to Lilongwe flight€160.035h 49m1,486 km
Blantyre to Johannesburg flight€163.575h 22m1,365 km
Lilongwe to Nairobi flight€167.705h 37m1,449 km
Nairobi to Lilongwe flight€172.425h 43m1,449 km
Blantyre to Nairobi flight€174.195h 43m1,625 km
Nairobi to Blantyre flight€179.506h 1m1,625 km
Addis Ababa to Lilongwe flight€259.157h 22m2,614 km
Lilongwe to Addis Ababa flight€272.727h 3m2,614 km
Addis Ababa to Blantyre flight€275.677h 22m2,789 km
Blantyre to Addis Ababa flight€291.017h 27m2,789 km

The flight is the simple part. What you do once you are in Lilongwe is somebody else's catalog.

A guided tour group

Things to do in Lilongwe

Day trips that leave Lilongwe in the morning and cover a good part of Malawi by evening.

Partner links. We do not sell tours or tickets. We earn a commission on a booking, and it never changes the price.

Catchment

How far people travel to get here

Every origin we sell by Flights, grouped by how far it is in a straight line.

Straight line distance from each origin we sell, not the distance the route runs.
DistanceRoutesShareNearest of them
200 to 600 km821%Blantyre, 241 km
600 to 1,500 km2258%Lilongwe, 613 km
Over 1,500 km821%Blantyre, 1625 km
Across the border

Where Malawi connects to

Countries reachable from Malawi by Flights on a route we sell.

Counted by route, so a country with several cities on the corridor counts once per route rather than once per city.
CountryRoutesShare
Kenya824%
South Africa824%
Zambia618%
Ethiopia412%
Tanzania412%
Zimbabwe412%
Carriers

Airlines

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

  • Ethiopian Airlines
  • Kenya Airways
  • South African Airways

Flight destinations

Common questions about Flights to Malawi

What Flights routes are there in Malawi?

We sell 38 Flights routes in Malawi, serving 8 places, run by 5 operators. Every one of those routes has an operator that actually serves it, so the count is the network we can sell rather than every pair of places on a map.

How much do Flights tickets in Malawi cost?

The cheapest Flights fare in Malawi is €33.77 for one passenger, across the 38 routes we sell there. The median route runs 1,365 km in a straight line, which is the distance that fare should be read against before comparing it to anywhere else.

Can I travel out of Malawi by Flights?

34 of the Flights routes we sell touching Malawi cross a border and 4 stay inside it, reaching 6 other countries including Kenya, South Africa, Zambia. Cross border routes are usually the ones where the fare and the journey time differ most between operators.

Which operators run Flights services in Malawi?

5 operators run Flights services on routes we sell in Malawi: Ethiopian Airlines, Kenya Airways, Malawian Airlines, Proflight Commuter Services, South African Airways. Each is a real carrier from the published operator catalog, and each has its own fares and conditions. The operator table on this page compares them on speed, flexibility and what is on board.

What is the longest Flights route in Malawi?

The longest Flights route we sell touching Malawi runs from Blantyre to Addis Ababa, 2,789 km in a straight line. The median route in the country is 1,365 km, so this one is a considerable outlier and the fares on it behave differently from the rest.

Where these numbers come from

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.

Defined in full at Catchment, Fares, Distances

Other ways to travel here

The wider region

The flight gets you into Lilongwe. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

Where to stay in Lilongwe

Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.

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