R5 350 Find Cheap Flights from Johannesburg to Ethiopia

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Book Cheap OR Tambo to Ethiopia Plane Tickets

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

Fri, Jan 16 - Thu, Jan 22
Ethiopian Air Logo
8:20 - 14:45
JNB
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ADD
5h 25mdirect
Ethiopian Air Logo
15:45 - 11:35
ADD
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JNB
20h 50m3 stops
R7 915Ethiopian Air
Fri, Jan 16 - Thu, Jan 22
Ethiopian Air Logo
8:20 - 14:45
JNB
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ADD
5h 25mdirect
Ethiopian Air Logo
15:45 - 11:35
ADD
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JNB
20h 50m3 stops
R7 932Ethiopian Air
Fri, Jan 16 - Thu, Jan 22
Ethiopian Air Logo
8:20 - 14:45
JNB
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ADD
5h 25mdirect
Ethiopian Air Logo
15:35 - 20:10
ADD
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JNB
5h 35mdirect
R8 234Ethiopian Air
Tue, Mar 31 - Sat, Apr 11
Ethiopian Air Logo
8:20 - 14:45
JNB
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ADD
5h 25mdirect
Ethiopian Air Logo
15:35 - 20:10
ADD
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JNB
5h 35mdirect
R8 251Ethiopian Air
Fri, Jan 16 - Thu, Jan 22
Ethiopian Air Logo
8:20 - 14:45
JNB
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ADD
5h 25mdirect
Ethiopian Air Logo
15:35 - 20:10
ADD
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JNB
5h 35mdirect
R8 268Ethiopian Air
Fri, Jan 16 - Thu, Jan 22
Ethiopian Air Logo
8:20 - 14:45
JNB
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ADD
5h 25mdirect
Ethiopian Air Logo
15:35 - 20:10
ADD
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JNB
5h 35mdirect
R8 301Ethiopian Air
Sat, Mar 7 - Sat, Mar 14
Ethiopian Air Logo
8:20 - 14:45
JNB
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ADD
5h 25mdirect
Ethiopian Air Logo
15:35 - 20:10
ADD
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JNB
5h 35mdirect
R8 318Ethiopian Air
Mon, Jan 12 - Mon, Jan 19
Ethiopian Air Logo
23:00 - 5:35
JNB
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ADD
5h 35mdirect
Ethiopian Air Logo
11:10 - 11:35
ADD
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JNB
25h 25m3 stops
R8 368Ethiopian Air
Mon, Jan 12 - Mon, Jan 19
South African Logo
14:30 - 20:45
JNB
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ADD
5h 15mdirect
South African Logo
8:45 - 13:05
ADD
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JNB
5h 20mdirect
R9 056South African
Fri, Mar 6 - Sat, Mar 14
Kenya Airways Logo
1:35 - 9:30
JNB
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ADD
6h 55m1 stop
Kenya Airways Logo
10:20 - 0:25
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JNB
15h 05m1 stop
R9 223Kenya Airways
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KAYAK's insights & trends for OR Tambo to Ethiopia flights

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

What is the cheapest Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport to Ethiopia flight route?

Data is based on round-trip flight searches on KAYAK over the past month.

The cheapest ticket to Ethiopia from Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport found in the last 72 hours was to Addis Ababa, at R6 170 return. The most popular route is from Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport (JNB) to Addis Ababa (ADD), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was R6 170.

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

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 3 stops stopover the cheapest option at R9 090 on average.

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

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 Ethiopia, 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 Ethiopia is May, when tickets cost R6 842 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are July and November, when the average cost of return tickets is R9 693 and R9 240 respectively.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Johannesburg to Ethiopia?

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

When flying from Johannesburg to Ethiopia, you should consider leaving on a Friday and avoid Saturdays if you are looking for the best rates. For your return to Johannesburg, you’ll find the best rates on Mondays and the most expensive ones on Sundays.

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

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 Ethiopia, 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 a flight from Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport to Ethiopia, you should book around 3 weeks before departure, which saves you about 10% compared to booking last-minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 17 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonOctober
Cheapest flightR5 350
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 3% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly (12% more expensive on average)
Flight from Johannesburg to Addis Ababa

FAQs - booking Ethiopia flights

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

    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 Johannesburg to Ethiopia.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from Johannesburg to Ethiopia 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 Johannesburg to Ethiopia?

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

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

    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 from Johannesburg to Ethiopia up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

  • What is the cheapest time of day to fly to Ethiopia?

    The cheapest time of day to fly to Ethiopia is generally in the morning, when retur flights cost R9 149 on average. Morning departures are around 11% cheaper than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Ethiopia is generally in the evening, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is R10 300.

Top tips for finding cheap flights to Ethiopia

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found tickets from Johannesburg to the following destinations at these prices or less: Addis Ababa R6 197 one-way - R8 227 round-trip

Reviews of the top 4 airlines flying from OR Tambo to Ethiopia

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from OR Tambo to Ethiopia? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
7,5
ASKYOverall score based on 69 reviews
7,5Comfort
7,7Crew
7,5Boarding
6,3Entertainment
7,3Food
Airline reviews

All around pleasant experience. Flight crew were efficient and polite. And the flight was on time.

10,0 ExcellentAnonymous, Jul 2025
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All around pleasant experience. Flight crew were efficient and polite. And the flight was on time.

I was not allowed to board my flight due to a booking error with Kayak which customer service has not responded to me about yet. I had to book another flight at the airport.

The flight attendants were great, the food was also very good. The entertainment in the plane could be improved by including screens to watch shows/ movies.

Boarding confusion, just asked for a cup of water and the crew answers was shocking

Retard cuisant et criard. Inadmissible. Corruption et pratique non recommandable du personnel chargé de faire le Check des billets avant de passer au comptoir d’enregistrement. La dame qui me recevait voulait à tout prix me coller pour se faire d’argent. L’avion devrait faire escale à Douala donc on ne descend pas au sol. Pourquoi me demander où exiger que je devrais avoir un visa sur le Cameroun. C’est inadmissible. J’allais au Tchad et elle sait bien que je n’avais pas non plus besoin de visa compte tenu des accords de réciprocité entre état. J’avais mon visa et pourtant elle insistait. Ce qui était marrant ces collègues étaient complices. J’ai dû hausser le ton et l’insulter proprement. Mon adrénaline a monté. Trop de corrompus et moins de gens intègres dans vos rangs que ce soit à Cotonou et surtout à Accra. A Cotonou à l’agence principale, il vous faut un audit pour le personnel chargé de ventes des billets. Merci de transmettre à Asky

They take your hang luggage and it never arrives to your destination. They don’t follow seating arrangements

You need screens on every seat so passengers can watch movies, documentaries, music or something else to avoid to get bored.

Everything was perfect, Happy to have this great airline that serves all Africa.

The crew were good but I still did not have my luggage till now I keep checking no response

My Ethiopian flight was cancelled without Kayak informing me. I found out through my sister who picked the same flight via Expedia. When i informed Kayak, they failed to put me on another flight…stating they are waiting to hear back from Ethiopia airlines. After receiving no response for 2 weeks, I asked Kayak for a refund. And again, no response. Thus, I had to call my credit card company to dispute the transaction. Thank you chase for being understanding. However, I DO NOT recommend flying with Ethiopian airlines or booking through Kayak. Terrible customer service especially when it entails refunding people their money.

Excellent airline. Even with 1.5 hour flight, we got light meal on board

South African Airways on the outside, a very old shabby Qatar Airways plane on the inside

The food options were beef or veg, No alternatives for Hindus, that don't eat beef...

Flight was on time Seats ( business class) are terrible- you keep on slipping down as it doesn’t lie flat Food service is like economy class. Meals ( still wrapped in plastic) are just dropped in front of you

On time flight; otherwise not impressed by the check- in- purchased business class and the aircraft was downgraded; no refund given for the difference. Told I could access the lounge due to the above and was questioned by the lounge check- in person who was not friendly

Flight was cancelled with no notification until I reached the check-in desk at the airport. I also got downgraded and they lost my luggage.

Very bad. Linda the hostess was very rude all the time

Very bad, Linda the hostess was very rude all the time

The flight SA227 on 2nd March Sao Paulo to Cape Town was delayed by 3 hours. All other flights leaving Sao Paulo left on time. We were told that we were waiting for push back and a routing from Air traffic control. I don't believe this, what was the real reason for the flight delay?

I think more immigration officers at Or Tambo- I spent 90 mins in a queue before I can assisted and most people missed their appointments and meetings

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.

I have my baggage left either in Jeddah or Addis and undelivered to Abuja

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.

Delays delays making us miss or next connection to IAD hence having to stay additional 24 hrs in Addis Ababa

Food hardly ever changes Videos not often updated for often travel.

It was an old aircraft, stiff seats almost wooden chairs with thin cushions. Food was ok.

Traveling with Ethiopian is always a good experience. I also enjoy the stay at skylight hotel in Addis

For a long haul flight, the seats were too narrow. Paid for extra legroom but wish I could have paid for width! I was pressed against another person for the whole donation of the flight.

Delayed flight made my day very long, but other than that KQ got me to my destination in good shape.

The nice treatment and lovely pilots who accepted my son inside for a photo.So lovely of them

Got delayed for over 24 hours. Fight was cancelled. Was put up at a nice hotel whose kitchen was unfortunately not prepared for the sudden influx of guests The headphone jacks on the seat were loose and sound kept getting dropped over the headphones. Food was good though. Certain items (Amarula) were not available for purchase over the on-plane duty free. Had been told i would pick my luggage at my final destination*wrong* had to pick it up in JFK and recheck it and then got charged for it**** too tired to argue with the Delta staff on the issue.... after a 15 hr flight.

This one is not bad even it is late, but they apologize and every time they announced the update.

I’m very disappointed for this trip and I will never travel again in this airline. In addition, I don’t recommend to any human being to travel to Kenya Airways. They keep me at Nairobi for 4 days without care. I was at Nairobi from 6 a.m Morning up to 10 a:m Thursday. For that reason, I have trouble for my work and may be I will lose my job. During for those 4 days I didn’t have my medicine, I didn’t have clothes to change because all my clothes were in my checked bags. On Thursday, when I got flight, they don’t even apologize for all consequences I had. During for those 4 days, I learned many things for this airline. It is their system to treat passengers like this because they had hundreds or thousands passengers around Nairobi waiting for their flights after their original flights cancelled. If I lose my job, I planned to file claim to the airline. This is not airline to travel with.

They weight duty free goods at check in and count the weight as carry on luggage. Results : for 4 bottles I had to opay $150. rip off. Be careful to avoid any duty free shopping at Dubai airport

The boarding was fast, the food was great; however, the seats & leg space were tight.

I enjoyed my flight I arrived safe with all my luggage

No complaints just improve on the food service. Provide enough dinner. People are complaining about that.

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