Cheapest€95.72
- Zambia Airways ZA370506:521h 58m08:50Johannesburg JNBLusaka LUN
Door to door 5h 8mCO2 304.3 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Johannesburg to Lusaka flight
Flights from Johannesburg to Lusaka start at €95.72 and take 5h 8m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Johannesburg to Lusaka on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Flights from Johannesburg to Lusaka starts at €95.72 and takes 5h 8m door to door, run by 3 operators over 1,237 km, with around 16 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
- 5h 8mDoor to door
- 1h 58mMoving
- €123.45 to €265.05From
- 06:27 to 18:39First and last departure
- 16Per day
- 304.3 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 6, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€123.45 to €265.05 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. 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
- about €265.05Sun20
- about €187.17Mon21
- about €182.45Tue22
- about €158.26Wed23
- about €196.61Thu24
- about €191.30Fri25
- about €196.02Sat26
- about €142.92Sun27
- about €123.45Mon28
- about €125.81Tue29
- about €134.66Wed30
- about €155.31Thu1
- about €139.38Fri2
- about €144.69Sat3
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The cheapest and the fastest on October 6, 2026
Lowest CO2€144.10
- Airlink (SAA) AS124507:301h 46m09:16Johannesburg JNBLivingstone LVI
- Zambia Railways ZR633210:252h 44m13:09Livingstone stationLusaka Central Train Station
Changes at Livingstone, with 69 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.
Door to door 7h 36mCO2 254.7 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes
Airlines
| Operator | From |
|---|---|
| Airlink (SAA) | €96.90 |
 South African Airways | €102.80 |
| Zambia Airways | €95.72 |
The flight gets you into Lusaka. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Lusaka for the night the flight gets in
Sort by distance from Lusaka Central Train Station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Johannesburg to Lusaka
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €125.8190 days
- €93.3660 days
- €81.5645 days
- €86.8730 days
- €122.2721 days
- €144.6914 days
- €196.027 days
- €182.453 days
- €265.051 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €81.56.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 225 percent. The most expensive point is €265.05, 1 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €142.92Sun
- €123.45Mon
- €125.81Tue
- €134.66Wed
- €155.31Thu
- €139.38Fri
- €144.69Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Johannesburg
Air
- JNB
- HLA
Lusaka
Air
- LUN
What the journey looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 75% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 25% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 1,237 km against 1,201 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Livingstone, Gaborone, Ndola, Harare. The gap between arriving and leaving is 69 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 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 Johannesburg at 06:27 and the last at 18:39, across 16 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Johannesburg to Lusaka
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 Johannesburg to Lusaka take?
The Flight from Johannesburg to Lusaka takes 5h 8m door to door, of which 1h 58m is spent moving. The route runs 1,237 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 Johannesburg to Lusaka cost?
The Flight from Johannesburg to Lusaka starts at €95.72 for one passenger, as of September 19, 2026. A typical fare is €113.72. 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 Johannesburg to Lusaka?
3 operators run the Flight from Johannesburg to Lusaka: Airlink (SAA), South African Airways, Zambia Airways. Between them they file around 16 departures 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 Johannesburg to Lusaka use?
The Flight from Johannesburg to Lusaka leaves from Johannesburg JNB and arrives at Lusaka LUN. Allow about 3h 10m 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 Johannesburg to Lusaka?
Fares for the Flight from Johannesburg to Lusaka bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €81.56. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 225 percent, measured on September 19, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Flight from Johannesburg to Lusaka produce?
The Flight from Johannesburg to Lusaka produces about 304.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1237 km, which works out at roughly 246 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
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.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Johannesburg to Lusaka on September 19, 2026: 1237 km of route against 1201 km in a straight line, 16 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €95.72, and 5h 8m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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