Flights across Southern Africa
518 routes and 45 operators across 5 countries Fares and travel times below come from the same engine that answers the search box.
518 Flights routes run across Southern Africa, reaching 26 places in 5 countries through 45 operators On the 16 busiest of them, priced on October 9, 2026, the cheapest fare is €37.90 and the fastest trip is 3h 58m door to door. A median route runs 1,944 km.
Flights in Southern Africa, in numbers
What we actually sell, counted rather than claimed.
- 518Routes we sell
- 139Corridors
- 26Places served
- 5Countries
- 45Operators
- 124Domestic routes
- 62Cross border routes
- 332Routes out of the region
- 1,944 kmMedian route
- 13,566 kmLongest route
How the modes compare across Southern Africa
Every mode measured on the same 16 corridors in Southern Africa, priced on October 9, 2026 for one passenger.
| Mode | Corridors priced | From | Door to door | CO2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 8 | €105.94 | 6h 30m | 146.4 kg |
| Flight | 16 | €174.49 | 6h | 492.3 kg |
The corridors that matter in Southern Africa
Ranked by how much service runs, then priced. The country and city pages carry the rest.
| Route | From | Fastest | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Polokwane to Johannesburg flight | €37.90 | 3h 58m | 293 km |
| Bulawayo to Harare flight | €41.44 | 4h 7m | 366 km |
| Durban to Johannesburg flight | €53.24 | 4h 14m | 501 km |
| East London to Durban flight | €61.50 | 4h 15m | 459 km |
| Port Elizabeth to Durban flight | €89.82 | 4h 33m | 685 km |
| Victoria Falls to Johannesburg flight | €96.90 | 4h 49m | 947 km |
| Lusaka to Johannesburg flight | €115.78 | 5h 10m | 1,201 km |
| Walvis Bay to Cape Town flight | €135.84 | 5h 29m | 1,278 km |
| Harare to Luanda flight | €213.13 | 6h 31m | 2,169 km |
| Calumbo to Johannesburg flight | €239.09 | 6h 53m | 2,444 km |
| Luanda to Johannesburg flight | €242.63 | 6h 56m | 2,484 km |
| Gaborone to Nairobi flight | €335.85 | 7h 25m | 2,851 km |
| Johannesburg to Mumbai flight | €706.37 | 13h 9m | 6,984 km |
| Cape Town to London flight | €869.21 | 16h 5m | 9,671 km |
| Hong Kong to Johannesburg flight | €1,117.60 | 17h 26m | 10,719 km |
| Paris to Johannesburg flight | €1,128.81 | 15h 38m | 8,728 km |
Countries in Southern Africa
Every country in Southern Africa we sell in, most routes first.
| Country | Routes | Places | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 432 | 26 | 44 |
| Zimbabwe | 62 | 6 | 14 |
| Botswana | 50 | 6 | 5 |
| Namibia | 34 | 4 | 7 |
| Lesotho | 2 | 2 | 1 |
When to book in Southern Africa
The same search run at seven lead times across 3 corridors in Southern Africa.
- €268.003 days
- €287.477 days
- €213.1321 days
- €170.6545 days
- €234.3784 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Across the routes we sampled the typical fare is lowest around 45 days ahead, at €170.65.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 41 percent. At the most expensive point the typical fare is €287.47, 7 days out.
How far people travel to get here
Every origin we sell by Flights, grouped by how far it is in a straight line.
| Distance | Routes | Share | Nearest of them |
|---|---|---|---|
| 200 to 600 km | 100 | 19% | Gaborone, 275 km |
| 600 to 1,500 km | 128 | 25% | Johannesburg, 603 km |
| Over 1,500 km | 290 | 56% | Dar es Salaam, 1514 km |
Airlines
The carriers with the largest networks inside Southern Africa.
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Turkish Airlines
Delta Air Lines
Lufthansa
Air France
British Airways
Condor Flugdienst
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
Qatar Airways
Emirates
Swiss International Air Lines
TAP Portugal
Cathay Pacific
Singapore Airlines
Ethiopian Airlines
Etihad Airways
El Al Israel Airlines
Egyptair
Edelweiss Air
Thai Airways International
Virgin Atlantic Airways
Kenya Airways
South African Airways
Martinair
Mango
TAAG Angola Airlines
Rwandair Express
Air Atlanta Icelandic
Air Austral
Air Botswana
LIFT Airline
Flight destinations
Other ways to travel across Southern Africa
Common questions about Flights across Southern Africa
How many Flights routes does Orlero sell across Southern Africa?
518 of them, across 5 countries reaching 26 places through 45 operators
How much does travelling by Flights cost in Southern Africa?
On the 16 busiest Flights corridors in Southern Africa, priced on October 9, 2026, the lowest fare is €37.90 and the median is €174.49.
Is Flights the fastest way across Southern Africa?
On the corridors we priced, flight takes a median of 6h door to door, against 6h 30m by Train. Both figures include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the other end.
Which countries in Southern Africa have Flights routes we sell?
South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho.
Who runs the Flights services in Southern Africa?
United Airlines, Turkish Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Lufthansa, Air France, British Airways, among 45 carriers we sell across Southern Africa.
When should I book travel across Southern Africa?
Fares on the corridors we sampled bottom out about 45 days before departure. Booking then rather than 7 days ahead was 41 percent cheaper on this sample.
How far apart are the places we sell in Southern Africa?
The median route runs 1,944 km in a straight line and the shortest is 275 km. The longest we sell is 13,566 km, from Atlanta to Johannesburg.
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.
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
- Regions
- A region is a set of countries, and a route counts for it when either end is inside it. Countries are grouped from their ISO code alone, so the map grows with the data and nothing here is drawn by hand.
- The sample
- Fares, travel times and carbon are measured on the 16 highest ranked corridors in this region, spread across it rather than taken from the top, so the figures describe the region and not its busiest country.