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R4 300 Find Cheap Flights from OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg to Cairo

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Cheapest return fare
R5 702
Overall average: R7 406
Ethiopian Air
Sun 8/3Sat 14/3
JNB - CAI • 1 stop
Cheapest direct flights
R6 339
Typical prices: R7 358-R8 521
Egyptair
Mon 2/3Tue 17/3
JNB - CAI • Direct
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Ethiopian Air
Cheapest • from R5 702 (return)
Emirates
Best reviews • 8,1 score
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2 weeks
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Cheapest • 17% price drop
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Cheap Flights from OR Tambo to Cairo (JNB-CAI)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for return flights from OR Tambo to Cairo 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 OR Tambo to Cairo

Sun, Mar 8 - Sat, Mar 14
Ethiopian Air Logo
14:30 - 1:20
JNB
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CAI
10h 50m
1 stop
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2:20 - 13:05
CAI
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JNB
10h 45m
1 stop
R5 702Ethiopian Air
Sun, Feb 22 - Wed, Feb 25
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8:20 - 1:20
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CAI
17h 00m
1 stop
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2:20 - 13:05
CAI
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JNB
10h 45m
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R5 718Ethiopian Air
Sat, Feb 28 - Fri, Mar 13
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14:30 - 1:20
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CAI
10h 50m
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2:20 - 13:05
CAI
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JNB
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R5 749Ethiopian Air
Fri, Mar 13 - Thu, Mar 19
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14:30 - 1:20
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10h 50m
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2:20 - 13:05
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R5 781Ethiopian Air
Tue, Mar 10 - Mon, Mar 16
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R5 829Ethiopian Air
Sun, Mar 8 - Fri, Mar 13
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CAI
17h 00m
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2:20 - 13:05
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R5 845Ethiopian Air
Tue, Feb 24 - Mon, Mar 2
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R6 132Ethiopian Air
Thu, Feb 26 - Sat, Feb 28
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8:20 - 1:20
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17h 00m
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R6 211Ethiopian Air
Sun, Feb 22 - Sat, Feb 28
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8:20 - 1:20
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17h 00m
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2:20 - 13:05
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R6 227Ethiopian Air
Fri, Feb 27 - Thu, Mar 5
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10h 50m
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R6 243Ethiopian Air
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KAYAK's insights & trends for OR Tambo to Cairo flights

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

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg to Cairo?

The average price of all round-trip flights from Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport to Cairo clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

Your flight ticket price will generally be cheaper if you fly to Cairo on a Thursday and more expensive on a Saturday. On your return trip to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg, you should consider flying back on a Sunday, and avoid Wednesdays for better deals.

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

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport to Cairo, 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 Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport to Cairo is February, where tickets cost R6 610 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are July and December, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is R9 110 and R8 696 respectively.

Can I save money by flying with a stopover from Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport to Cairo?

The average return price for all direct flights, flights with one stopover, and flights with two stopovers for the route found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

Yes, flying with a stopover may cost you more time, but you can also save money on the route, with a 1 stop stopover the cheapest option at R7 433 on average.

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

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport to Cairo, 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 Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport to Cairo, you should book around 2 weeks before departure, which saves you about 16% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 3 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonAugust
Cheapest flightR4 300
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 5% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly (9% more expensive on average)
Flight from OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg to Cairo

When to book flights from OR Tambo to Cairo

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from OR Tambo to Cairo 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 OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg to Cairo flights

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

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport to Cairo was R4 300 for a one-way ticket and R5 702 for a return.

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg to Cairo?

    OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg airport is called Johannesburg OR Tambo and the only airport in Cairo is Cairo.

  • Which airlines offer Wi-Fi service onboard planes from OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg to Cairo?

    Only Lufthansa offers inflight Wi-Fi service on the OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg to Cairo flight route.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg to Cairo?

    The Airbus A330-300 is the aircraft model that flies most regularly on the OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg to Cairo flight route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg to Cairo?

    SkyTeam, oneworld, and Star Alliance are the airline alliances operating flights between OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg and Cairo, with SkyTeam being the most commonly used for this route.

  • On which days can I fly direct from OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg to Cairo?

    You can catch a direct flight from OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg to Cairo on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Johannesburg to Cairo, Ethiopian Air or Egyptair?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Johannesburg to Cairo are Ethiopian Air and Egyptair. With an average price for the route of R7 408 and an overall rating of 7,2, Ethiopian Air is the most popular choice. Egyptair is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of R8 118 and an overall rating of 6,5.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg to Cairo?

    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 OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg to Cairo.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg to Cairo?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Cairo from OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg 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 OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg to Cairo?

    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 Cairo with an airline and back to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg with another airline.

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

    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 Cairo from OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg 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 Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport to Cairo

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found flights on this route for R5 255 or less one-way and R6 952 or less round-trip.

Prefer to fly direct from Johannesburg OR Tambo to Cairo?

 
Nonstop data is based off flight results for the next 60 days. Find direct flights from all airlines flying nonstop from Johannesburg OR Tambo to Cairo.
Find which airlines fly direct from Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport to Cairo Airport, which days they fly and book direct flights.

Direct departures

Johannesburg OR Tambo to Cairo

Monday

Egyptair

Egyptair

Wednesday

Egyptair

Egyptair

Friday

Egyptair

Egyptair

Sunday

Egyptair

Egyptair

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Direct returns

Cairo to Johannesburg OR Tambo

Tuesday

Egyptair

Egyptair

Thursday

Egyptair

Egyptair

Friday

Egyptair

Egyptair

Saturday

Egyptair

Egyptair

Sunday

Egyptair

Egyptair

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

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Johannesburg to Cairo. 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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EmiratesOverall score based on 3518 reviews
8,1Boarding
7,9Food
8,0Comfort
8,3Crew
8,2Entertainment
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Both flights to and back from Lyon with buses taking extra time and delaying flight at DXB. Food serving needed work.

6,0 GoodWoei, Dec 2025
LYS - DXB
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Both flights to and back from Lyon with buses taking extra time and delaying flight at DXB. Food serving needed work.

Emirates did great! I liked the service, the food, cleanness, and the flight was on time. Much better airline than Qatar Airways I flew with last year.

There is an issue with A380 when it arrives in Munich, because a business class passengers like me have to wait for the first class passengers to disembark, which takes some time while you are also offloading economy passengers this causes an issue at customs where your business class passengers end up behind a large bulk of economy passengers This is a frustration and the early dislocation should be and is supposed to be a benefit of business class

Very poor boarding experience with these remote gates and buses. Also these 777s bardy need a remodeling. Entertainment is a bit laggy. Food and crew is still among the better, but they seriously have to do something with these remote gates.

Super flight. On time departure and arrival. Very good service. Luggage arrival at DXB was a little delayed but you can’t have everything the very best :)

The food options were excellent for Economy. It was difficult to find the lounge after clearing security and boarding was clunky

The 2 sockets near me didjt work i had my phone by end of the flight on low bat and had issues to book uber thereafter Electrical sockets should work if emirates does not allow batteries Baggage claim in zurich took very long

This was my first time flying with Emirates. Overall, the experience was very good. I thought the seats in economy would have been a bit more comfortable, but, they seem to be on par with other airlines. The food was excellent and very satisfying. If you can afford it, I would definitely suggest upgrading to at lest premium economy seats for long haul flights.

Emirates need to improve the boarding process. There is no point calling for all First and Business Class passengers plus Platinum, Gold and Silver Skywards members at one time. Further to this, try channeling all these people into one entry point with no defined lines. It was chaos. The is a common issue on the Dubai to Riyadh flight. Poor effort Emirates.

Very pleasant.The crews are very helpful.Food are very good.

Extremely uncomfortable seats with very little cushioning, unable to recline enough to sleep comfortably on this 13 hour overnight flight. My body was in pain by the end.

I paid extra for seating when first booking flight to be in a comfortable economy seat They still changed it to a middle seat regardless. When I asked for it to be changed back to aisle, they could only give me one at the back of the plane in the least comfortable seats.

The service was good but the food was a NO

My baggage is lost. Flight cancelled, Rebooked ticket through long routes. Mental stress, emotional hurt

It never happened. Me flight from Doha to São Paulo was lated and the time of waiting for the luggage arrives when we arrived in São Paulo was about 1 hour and half. So it took a lot of time just waiting the luggage of flight that was already late, consequently we lost the flight to Recife with Latam Airlines and had to go to the Qatar office to arrange another flight to us to Recife, that one with Azul Airlines. It was more 4 hours waiting to this other flight to knows that this other flight was delayed too, total of 5 hours more at the airport to waiting to go home :/

Nothing to complain. The staff and flight was good especially the seats which was better compared than the cloth ones on Qatar airways

The flight was operated by IndiGo and not Qatar, which is a budget airline from India. Nevertheless, the flight was uneventful.

Indigo airlines is terrible. Staff is awful and so disorganized. They are so rude and unhelpful. I will never travel on Indigo airlines again!!!!!

The seats were uncomfortable. The service was poor. We bought internet for my family and myself and it didn’t work. The charger for our phone didn’t work. The service seemed like they were tired and exhausted and seemed a bit upset. It was not a good flight. Our flight from miami to Qatar was great but from Qatar to Tokyo was simply awful

I’ve flown with Qatar multiple times and the service has always been great. Very professional, organized, the food is delicious and plentiful, tons of entertainment.

Early arrival. Good boarding. Deplaning this flight is very slow both coming and going. Baggage arrived quickly for Pearson

Good service. But on flight to Kochi no entertainment except in app. And no working outlets to charge phone.

It was great! Kept the time. Provided what was promised

It was mediocre. Honestly, the flight was late but that didn’t bother me as I had plenty of time. The only thing that bothered me is that the crew never asked to make the beds for us in business class. Maybe the crew was exhausted and that just didn’t occur to them.

The flight was over 1 hour late taking off ,when I arrived in Abu Dhabi ,I missed my connecting flight to Bangkok so I had to wait almost 6 hours for my flight arriving in Bangkok at 6:30 am ,So I missed a whole day of my vacation and my hotel room sat empty so I paid for hotel days that I was not there. In Abu Dhabi there was a woman that worked the desk at transfers that was so professional, courteous , helpful,and may I say absolutely beautiful .she got me food vouchers for my layover and was a very calming presence. Besides that I will never use Etihad again I will pay the Xtra money . I'm sure they won't read or see this but it's my "2 cents" I'll use an airline that respects me and my hard earned dollars

Nice crew , clean cabin , food was delayed due to problem with the quantity .

I booked and paid for a Business Class seat for myself and my wife. 4 hours before the flight i get a call saying the plane they sent doesn't have the correct layout to accommodate all the business class seats they sold me 3 months earlier at a premium of $1500 a ticket. So they have to bump me from Business to Economy and will give me a $400 credit (total of $800 for both seats) that I could turn in at Abu Dahbi for $400 in US cash. They then promised a row that we could have to ourselves and the arm rests would go up so we could spread out for each of us. My wife was taken care of but I was put in the exit row with the flight attendents set as part of the three...and the arm rest did not go up. When we got to Abu Dahbi, they would not exchange our credit for cash as promised. Very disappointed they took my money 3 months ago and refused to reimburse for the change in seats or follow the promises made.

It’s a business class ticket but they didn’t give a lounge access

Crew was amazing as usual. Very comfortable for a 13hour flight. Check in at ATL was terrible. Ticket counter charged me $200 for a small bag. Apparently Kayak sold me a zero luggage ticket. No carry on no checked. So the check in desk charged me a bullshit $200 dollar fee for a small gym bag weighing less than 20lbs. In true 3rd party ticket buying. This will turn into a finger pointing process between Kayak and Etihad. Now I'm going to have to ship my bag back in the mail a day ahead of my return flight.

Wish the flight attendants were more attentive in serving food

A bit chaotic boarding flight but over all good experience.

The crew was unfriendly and very rude to name a few (Helina). I felt unsafe due to most of the cabinets were open while on flight. All in all the flight was ok, but the crew needed more training on customer service most of all for international flights.

Delay not posted, only departure time listed- not boarding time. We left an hour late and arrived 45 min late. Restrooms had backed up sinks and toilets not flushed ) passenger error). Lots of screen for entertainment didn’t work. But we arrived with our luggage

The plane was old and the luggage racks above us were visibly shaking during turbulence. Water was dripping on our heads during landing. Our flight was over 2 hours late departing but we were not updated or told what to expect as the screen at the gate continued to read “on time”

Check in took over an hour because printer was not working. Attendant did not know how to give free layover Addis Ababa hotel vouchers or update frequent flyer number. After repeated attempts, got voucher emailed. However hotel wanted printed voucher hence more delay. Bus time from hotel back to airport was printed 4:50 hours, but hotel reception called at 3 pm saying bus will leave at 4 pm. Then hotel reception called again saying 4:15 pm. We rushed at 4:15 pm and bus was not ready until 4:40 pm. Many audio outlets were not working in planes.

The crew was not helping us in the airports ..Very bad experience..the washrooms are not meeting the expectations..need more good service... The hotel service was good but there is a very long wait time which wasted time to go through..

Our first flight was delayed and when we got off that plane, nobody was really helping to direct us to the next gate. It was very frustrating. One staff simply said hurry, which wasn’t helpful. We had to go a long way to get to the next gate. Another issue on the plane itself was the bathrooms were disgusting and filthy and it didn’t seem like anybody was checking on them were cleaning them and it was a long flight. There was urine on the floor and they stunk. Also, the screen in front of my seat did not work, and I tried different headphones and still had no sound. You would think somehow those things are reviewed occasionally for working order.

POSITIVES The hostesses were mostly pleasant, NEGATIVES The full flight wifi was horrible, hardly able to use it. My charger port was not working which made me use my neighbour's port which resulted in an accident which ruined her flight. During dinner, meat ran out when the cart got to us forcing us to eat vegetarian which was not great. We watched everyone around us eating meat. My wifi did not transfer to the second leg of my trip as they promised as they changed the plane. I was thrown off the window seat I booked for the 2nd leg of my journey as they changed planes, all done at my expense. This was not a cheap flight ($2600) which i hurriedly had to book to attend my mother's funeral who passed away suddenly. I was honestly disappointed with the whole saga as I heard Ethiopian Airlines was one of Africa's best.

The food was terrible and the seating was uncomfortable, but the airline did a great thing letting us board in Abbis Ababa on our connecting flight after our original flight was very delayed.

Checking in wasn't organized, too many so-called diplomats were jumping line while everyone was waiting in line. They should have their own line not to impede on other passengers that was also waiting to be served. We all paid money and there should be no discrimination because everyone's money should have the same value diplomat or not! If they want to give diplomats some special treatment then let them create their own check in desk and not treat other passengers some that are (elderly, some with children, pregnant women) making them stand longer in line than necessary just because people are jumping line 😡

3 hours delay for a 1.5h flight on a stinky plane

The food was horrible and the service was even worse, the entertainment was broken and missing control stick, even boarding was unorganised unprofessional, even the seats was loose, 5 hrs delay going and almost 3hrs delay coming back, the only thing is direct flight but with all the delays I can get a lot better airline for cheaper and a lot better service.

Very good service with EGYPTAIR, would definitely recommend flying with them.

To be honest, there has been a significant improvement in the level of EgyptAir in terms of service and food quality.

Very basic service in business class. Mediocre will be the right word to describe them. Also, we arrived 8 hours late.

Flight was delayed for 3 hrs and there is nothing at the terminal except going back through security again. Food was offered but no vegetarian option

The worst experience ever, me and my little daughter suffered a lot on this trip. If there is zero or below-zero evaluation, definitely, I will give them.

Website for Egyptair Plus needs to be refined or go back to the old one...!

The flight was late 1 hr in amman with no ac

I lost my bad at Cairo’s airpor… it wasn’t shipped with me on the plane

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