BHX - JNB

R6 746 Find Cheap Flights from Birmingham to Johannesburg

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Cheapest return fare
R11 571
Overall average: R13 196
Lufthansa
Sat 21/3Fri 1/5
BHX - JNB • 1 stop
Cheapest one-way flight
R6 516
Typical prices: R9 832-R12 753
Multiple Airlines
Mon 19/1
BHX - JNB • 2 stops
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Lufthansa
Cheapest • from R11 621 (return)
Emirates
Best reviews • 8,1 score
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When to book
2 weeks
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Our data shows that travellers who book at least 2 weeks in advance save around 4% compared to booking last minute.
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June
Cheapest • 16% price drop
December
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Cheap Flights from Birmingham to Johannesburg (BHX-JNB)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for return flights from Birmingham to Johannesburg that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
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Recent return flight deals from Birmingham to OR Tambo

Sat, Mar 21 - Fri, May 1
Lufthansa Logo
17:45 - 9:30
BHX
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JNB
13h 45m
1 stop
Lufthansa Logo
8:45 - 17:10
JNB
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BHX
33h 25m
1 stop
R11 571Lufthansa
Tue, Feb 3 - Tue, Feb 24
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13:30 - 22:05
BHX
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JNB
30h 35m
1 stop
KLM Logo
23:59 - 21:20
JNB
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BHX
23h 21m
1 stop
R11 604KLM
Sat, Mar 21 - Fri, May 1
Lufthansa Logo
17:45 - 9:30
BHX
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JNB
13h 45m
1 stop
Lufthansa Logo
8:45 - 17:10
JNB
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BHX
33h 25m
1 stop
R11 621Lufthansa
Sun, Mar 1 - Sun, Mar 15
Lufthansa Logo
13:20 - 9:30
BHX
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JNB
18h 10m
1 stop
Lufthansa Logo
10:10 - 10:00
JNB
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BHX
25h 50m
1 stop
R11 637Lufthansa
Mon, Feb 2 - Tue, Feb 24
KLM Logo
17:40 - 22:05
BHX
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JNB
26h 25m
1 stop
KLM Logo
23:59 - 12:50
JNB
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BHX
14h 51m
1 stop
R11 654KLM
Tue, Mar 3 - Wed, Apr 15
Lufthansa Logo
13:25 - 9:30
BHX
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JNB
18h 05m
1 stop
Lufthansa Logo
8:45 - 17:10
JNB
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BHX
33h 25m
1 stop
R11 703Lufthansa
Fri, Jan 23 - Sun, Jan 25
KLM Logo
6:15 - 22:05
BHX
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JNB
13h 50m
1 stop
KLM Logo
23:59 - 16:50
JNB
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BHX
18h 51m
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R11 719KLM
Sun, May 10 - Tue, May 19
Lufthansa Logo
18:15 - 8:35
BHX
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JNB
13h 20m
1 stop
Lufthansa Logo
19:00 - 17:35
JNB
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BHX
23h 35m
1 stop
R11 752Lufthansa
Tue, Mar 3 - Wed, Apr 15
Lufthansa Logo
10:45 - 9:30
BHX
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JNB
20h 45m
2 stops
Lufthansa Logo
8:45 - 17:10
JNB
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BHX
33h 25m
1 stop
R11 768Lufthansa
Sat, Mar 21 - Fri, May 1
Lufthansa Logo
17:45 - 9:30
BHX
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JNB
13h 45m
1 stop
Lufthansa Logo
8:45 - 9:50
JNB
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BHX
26h 05m
2 stops
R11 801Lufthansa
Booking Insights

KAYAK's insights & trends for Birmingham to OR Tambo flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Birmingham to OR Tambo to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Birmingham to Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Birmingham to Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.

The cheapest month for flights from Birmingham to Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport is June, where tickets cost R12 409 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are July and December, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is R20 041 and R17 661 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Birmingham to Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Birmingham to Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.

To get a below average price on the flight from Birmingham to Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport, you should book around 2 weeks before departure, which saves you about 4% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 13 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonOctober
Cheapest flightR6 516
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 5% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly (19% more expensive on average)
Flight from Birmingham to Johannesburg

When to book flights from Birmingham to OR Tambo

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Birmingham to OR Tambo based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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FAQs for booking Birmingham to Johannesburg flights

  • Can I access business facilities at Birmingham Airport (BHX)?

    For those that are travelling on business from BHX Airport, there are a range of business facilities you can use. The Comet Building, which can be found adjacent to the terminal, provides a private workspace, wi-fi and meeting rooms, so you can work whilst you’re in transit. There are also facilities where you can print and copy documents, which can be helpful for your journey.

  • Is it easy to get from Johannesburg Airport (JNB) to the centre of the city?

    Once you’ve landed at JNB Airport, you will be able to continue your journey to the city centre easily. One of the most convenient options is to take the East/West Line and Airport Service to Marlboro, where you can continue to the centre on the North/ South Line. This takes about 35min in total. Alternatively, you can take a taxi from the front of the terminal in as little as about 22min depending on traffic.

  • Can I stay at hotels at Birmingham Airport?

    Before you fly from Birmingham Airport, you can stay at a hotel so that you’re not in a rush the day of your journey. For instance, the ibis Birmingham International Airport is about a 12min walk from the terminal and also offers a wake-up service so that you don’t miss your flight.

  • Are there children’s facilities at Birmingham Airport?

    If you’re travelling with children, you can keep them entertainment before take-off. The Sky Zone, which can be located close to Gate 55 in the Departures Lounge, provides kids with an augmented reality experience where they get to experience Sky Cadet School.

  • What is the cheapest flight from Birmingham to Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Birmingham to Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport was R6 516 for a one-way ticket and R11 571 for a return.

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from Birmingham to Johannesburg?

    On your way to Johannesburg, you’ll fly out from Birmingham. You’ll be landing at Johannesburg OR Tambo.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Birmingham to Johannesburg?

    We unfortunately don’t have that data for this specific route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Birmingham to Johannesburg?

    SkyTeam, and Star Alliance are the airline alliances operating flights between Birmingham and Johannesburg, with SkyTeam being the most commonly used for this route.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Birmingham to Johannesburg, KLM or Emirates?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Birmingham to Johannesburg are KLM and Emirates. With an average price for the route of R14 598 and an overall rating of 7,7, KLM is the most popular choice. Emirates is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of R18 770 and an overall rating of 8,1.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Birmingham to Johannesburg?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from Birmingham to Johannesburg.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Birmingham to Johannesburg?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Johannesburg from Birmingham is likely to change within 7 days, so travellers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Birmingham to Johannesburg?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional return ticket. You could then fly to Johannesburg with an airline and back to Birmingham with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Birmingham to Johannesburg?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying to Johannesburg from Birmingham up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

KAYAK’s top tips for finding a cheap flight from Birmingham to Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport

  • If you’re departing from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Johannesburg, you can relax at a lounge before you fly. For instance, the Aspire Lounge offers food and drink, free Wi-Fi and runway views for about £26 per person. You can find the lounge after the security checks and duty free area on your left hand side.
  • When you arrive into Johannesburg Airport (JNB), it’s easy for you to travel to nearby locations. For example, you can get to Pretoria in about 37min by car, Vereeniging in around 55min driving and Potchefstroom in approximately 1h 45min by car.
  • It’s easy for passengers to travel from Birmingham city centre to Birmingham Airport, with there being a good transport system in place. One of the most efficient ways to complete the journey is to take the Cross Country Train and Air Rail Link, which takes around 15min in total. Alternatively you can drive via the M42, or take a taxi, in about 20min.
  • For those that are travelling with a disability, you can ask for help to get through the airport. It’s recommended that you call up your airline a minimum of 48h in advance so they can arrange for suitable assistance for when you arrive at the terminal.
  • When you are travelling through Birmingham Airport, you can jump the queues by opting for the fast track service that’s in place. For about £5 per passenger you can skip through the security checks so that you have more time to spend in the Departures area. To use this facility you must book it at least 24h prior to your arrival at the terminal.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines flying from Birmingham to OR Tambo

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Birmingham to Johannesburg. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
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8,1
EmiratesOverall score based on 3464 reviews
8,3Crew
8,2Entertainment
8,0Comfort
8,1Boarding
7,9Food
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Love that you can walk directly to your gate from the Emirates Business class lounge, very convenient

10,0 ExcellentJonathan, Dec 2025
DXB - CMN
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Love that you can walk directly to your gate from the Emirates Business class lounge, very convenient

Premium economy was worth it-comfort was definitely better than economy class. The seats were more comfortable, blankets and pillows thicker

The journey was nice, all the crews were very good and services are excellent

Great flight - Clubhouse met our needs, and the staff provided good service. Boarding felt a little chaotic, but given the size of the aircraft, it's always going to be challenging. Whilst the crew were friendly, the number of passengers meant that we received our breakfast items, but had finished breakfast before we were served a drink. Lunch was much better organised, and throughout the flight, the crew were attentive. Found the seats and ICE to be excellent. Disembarkation was fine, and everything possible to expedite the process was being done.

I take emirates because of direct flights Otherwise no Cabin crew niot friendly and never friendly across the airlines Planes old inside not renewd .. this is not an issue The issue is the poor service

Food was excellent. Leg room in economy, not so good; I’m 6’-1”.

We loved flying with Emirates in business class, the staff were fabulous, going above & beyond

The seating is spaced out nicely, The crew could have offer more drinks.

We arrived in line for check in at 6:15 p.m. but did not check in until 8:00 p.m. The line for economy check in was very long, and all of the desks 03-13 were not open, although most of them opened sporadically. The crew on board were very nice and helpful, friendly and kind. It has been many years since we flew Emirates (at least 17 years), and we notice that foot rests are no longer available in economy, but we were lucky enough to fly in the upper deck and appreciate your opening some of your flights to economy passengers in the upper deck. We will definitely fly on emirates more often! Thank you.

Excellent comfort and entertainment. Service poor..Food average with little choice.

Flight was on time, staff are friendly and helpful onboard.

Terrible last row seats many seats available but no offer to move to better seat

Delay on my previous leg, had to run to catch my flight. But that happens. Overall ok.

At the airport, terrible, I do not want to even remember it. It was too humiliating for a business class passenger.

They forgot to serve food and the crew was very unfriendly. Never experienced such a bad KLM flight. Usually fly from Toronto. New York was different.

Couldn’t get boarding pass in SLC even with help from a redcoat, so had to find a desk in AMS to get boarding pass. Technical problems so not sure why. Very inconvenient. The KLM app is not as user friendly as most apps. Also had to wait almost an hour on the tarmac for a fuel truck, which caused us to miss a connecting bus in LUX.

First of all we couldn’t check in online, then we learn at the airport we were on stand by for KLM’s mistake of overbooking. The seats were not comfy at all. Our luggage got lost.

Short flight so it was okay. Nice crew, all very pleasant and professional. We were near the back in row 27 so just as we got our drinks, we started our descent so had to drink very quickly!

Our first flight was delayed so we missed our connecting flight. However it was easy to book a later flight on their app.

My flight was delayed by 6 hours then I missed BOTH of my connecting flights, I then had to stay in the AIRPORT at JFK because soooooo many people also suffered from missing flights and there was no hotels available. I would like to be compensated for this experience! I had to stay in the airport for over 16 hours!

Drinking water could be in more sustainable packaging than plastic bottles

They lost my luggage on December 30th. It is now January 3rd and i still don’t have it. I’ve called lost and found multiple times and they cannot provide an update. They keep saying one day and then it gets postponed again. This is ridiculous and unprofessional. It’s infringing on my vacation. I have stressed how important it is for me to have my suitcase right away. It should have been resolved within 1-2 days.

Best international flight I have had in a while! Far superior accommodation, services, food and general experience compared to U.S. airline companies.

At boarding, the locations where we had to have our passports checked prior to boarding were very unclear. Occasional staff wandered around telling people, but in busy area of the terminal this was not obvious. It was also located well after the check in desk in terms of walking to the gate. The Premium Economy service was attentive and warm. The only big draw back was lack of restrooms, and no division or even curtain between PE and Economy.

Very nice crew and great food. Easy to board just wish the flight could be shorter or seats more comfortable or more room to walk around when you get cramps in your legs from sitting so long. Crew was great and attentive and really was good food.

They lived up to the Swiss reputation of excellent operation in all aspects. Zurich is a great place to make connections to other parts of Europe.

We flew an Air Bus 330 airliner from Zurich to Boston. Our seats were terrible. I am 6'5" with long legs. I tend to refuse paying extra for extra seat room, usually it's tolerable. We were side by side in row 40, with my wife in the window and me in the aisle. The internal arm rest only rose to 45 degrees, I thought it was broken. I ended up standing by our seats in the aisle for an hour. A stewardess finally approached me and asked if I was feeling sick. I told her that it was the worst seat comfort I had ever encountered. She left and shortly came back telling me that there were center row seats two up from us where only one passenger was sitting out of the 4 seats. I took her advice and sat there most of the flight. I put m legs sideways in the adjoining empty seat. But the arm rests there as well only rose to 45 degrees, so it's a feature, not a defect. The arm rest position really limits our position. It's a horrible seating design, what are the air craft designers thinking?

Not good. We returned on united airlines and the food was horrible.

The food was good. Most the staff was pleasant. The flight would be drastically improved with WiFi on a long international flight.

The flight was generally good but was delayed departure meant a very late arrival for a connecting flight.

PLEASE GIVRE US PERMISSION TO BOOK SEAT NUMBER EVEN WITH FEES

Awful seating. Bad food. Staff only have one bottle of water and no cans.

I liked the overall flight experience. However, Turkish officials could do a better job at guiding non-Turkish speakers to their connecting flight gates in such a huge & vast airport.

Staff friendly. Business class but issue with flat bed. Incoming Turkish flight delayed. Made connection due to fast buggy but luggage did not make it. Confusion at Delhi airport

THE SEATS ARE A JOKE!!!! YOU CALL THIS BUSINESS CLASS SEATS ? ITS A DISGRACE.. NARROW, CLAUSTRIPHOBIC SEATS CAN NEVER BE COMPENSATED FOR BY FOCUSING ON BETTER WUALITY FOOD SERVED....... THE CONFORT OF THE SEATS AND THE WIDTH & PITCH OF THE SEATS ARE WAY MORE IMP. THAN FOOD THAT TK IS FOCUSING ON... WILL NEVER FLY AGAIN EVEN IF THE PRICE OF BUSINESS CLASS SEAT IS SAME AS ECONOMY CLASS..... JAL/ QATAR/ EMIRATES HAS WAYYYY MORE COMFY SEATS

Not up to Business Class standards. Two of the three toilets were out of order. The hostesses were aware and didn’t show any responsible act to do something. Food quality was not what we expect from Turkish hospitality. Overall we were not impressed and disappointed.

With a 4 hour delay its was a very basic flight which was just bearable. We were offered food vouchers for the delay and then they didnt work, so that was annoying. Also poor communication about the delay which got pushed out 3 times.

This is really the rating of two flights. JFK to IST then IST to NQZ. New York to Istanbul was good. Good crew and all positives. The flight to Astana was so bad that brought it all down. Crew was nonexistent above the minimum, seats were cramped, and it was hot on the plane. Turkish Airlines seems to be slipping down to US based carriers level.

About an hour delay but we made it to Chicago. I feel that the smaller connecting flights are the ones that cause the delays on the bigger planes that fly international.

Very good overall.... apart from the cost of extra check ed in luggage where they charge £17 per kg, and no option to just buy an extra bag allowance (at least on the route I took)

They didn’t have my special meal I requested. It seemed like they just put a sticker on a veg meal for me. I had a little bit of it but it didn’t taste good and I got sick from eating it by the time I boarded my Frankfurt to NY flight

Paid for exit row at the back of the plane. Window seat with lots of leg space. Food was inedible (as usual). Brought my own.

The crew on my Frankfurt to Chicago flight were outstanding!! Friendly, helpful and worth taking the time to write an excellent review on their behalf. I would fly Lufthansa again just because of their warmth, kindness and humor!

The flight delay made the connection a bit tight but that's outside the flight crew's control.

Efficiency of staff, and comfort and cleanliness of aircraft was all great. Maybe a hot drink without payment at that time in the morning would be good!

The plane was late (as was my flight out from Birmingham the day before)

The crew was the best I’ve ever encountered. Business class was spacious, immaculate, and very modern.

It was very good, good food good stuff, The toilets were a little stinky.

The flight was delayed by an hour. Made the connection uncomfortably tight.

When we went to the lounge they told us to go into the main lounge and not the full business class section, later they told me that Lufthansa wont pay the full fee to alloq the business class passengers entry to the nicer sectikn where all the other airlines nusiness class passengers go into. Very poor arrangement.

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