R4 914 Find Cheap Flights from OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg to Europe

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Best Europe Flight Deals from OR Tambo

Cheapest return prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Cologne
Cologne1 stopR12 928
London
London1 stopR9 687
Amsterdam
Amsterdam1 stopR10 251
Istanbul
Istanbul1 stopR9 687
Paris
Paris1 stopR10 303
Lisbon
Lisbon1 stopR10 356
Athens
Athens1 stopR9 581
Rome
Rome1 stopR8 912
Dublin
Dublin1 stopR9 493
Manchester
Manchester1 stopR11 114
Frankfurt am Main
Frankfurt am MaindirectR9 810
Madrid
Madrid1 stopR9 810
Zurich
Zurich1 stopR10 251
Milan
Milan1 stopR9 757
Munich
Munich1 stopR10 973
Brussels
Brussels2 stopsR10 127
Edinburgh
Edinburgh1 stopR12 452
Copenhagen
Copenhagen1 stopR10 374
Cologne
Cologne1 stopR12 928
London
London1 stopR9 687
Amsterdam
Amsterdam1 stopR10 251
Istanbul
Istanbul1 stopR9 687
Paris
Paris1 stopR10 303
Lisbon
Lisbon1 stopR10 356
Athens
Athens1 stopR9 581
Rome
Rome1 stopR8 912
Dublin
Dublin1 stopR9 493
Manchester
Manchester1 stopR11 114
Frankfurt am Main
Frankfurt am MaindirectR9 810
Madrid
Madrid1 stopR9 810
Zurich
Zurich1 stopR10 251
Milan
Milan1 stopR9 757
Munich
Munich1 stopR10 973
Brussels
Brussels2 stopsR10 127
Edinburgh
Edinburgh1 stopR12 452
Copenhagen
Copenhagen1 stopR10 374

Cheap Flights from OR Tambo to Europe

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

Tue, Aug 19 - Tue, Aug 26
Etihad Airways Logo
9:50 - 12:50JNB-ATH
26h 00m1 stop
Etihad Airways Logo
7:25 - 8:20ATH-JNB
25h 55m1 stop
R9 581Etihad Airways
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Thu, Aug 7 - Mon, Aug 18
Etihad Airways Logo
9:50 - 13:20JNB-ATH
26h 30m2 stops
Etihad Airways Logo
14:55 - 8:20ATH-JNB
18h 25m1 stop
R9 652Etihad Airways
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Tue, Oct 7 - Tue, Oct 14
Qatar Airways Logo
13:55 - 11:55JNB-IST
21h 00m1 stop
Qatar Airways Logo
20:05 - 16:10IST-JNB
21h 05m1 stop
R9 916Qatar Airways
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Mon, Jul 28 - Mon, Aug 4
Qatar Airways Logo
13:55 - 11:55JNB-IST
21h 00m1 stop
Qatar Airways Logo
13:45 - 9:35IST-JNB
20h 50m1 stop
R10 004Qatar Airways
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Thu, Nov 20 - Mon, Dec 1
Lufthansa Logo
10:10 - 22:55JNB-LHR
14h 45m1 stop
Lufthansa Logo
6:35 - 7:05LHR-JNB
22h 30m1 stop
R10 180Lufthansa
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Sun, Dec 7 - Wed, Jan 14
Lufthansa Logo
10:10 - 22:45JNB-AMS
13h 35m1 stop
Lufthansa Logo
10:45 - 7:05AMS-JNB
19h 20m1 stop
R10 251Lufthansa
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Tue, Jul 22 - Mon, Sep 8
SWISS Logo
19:35 - 7:55JNB-LHR
13h 20m1 stop
SWISS Logo
18:40 - 9:20LHR-JNB
13h 40m1 stop
R10 673SWISS
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Tue, Oct 7 - Mon, Oct 27
SWISS Logo
19:35 - 17:50JNB-LGW
23h 15m1 stop
SWISS Logo
18:40 - 10:10LGW-JNB
13h 30m1 stop
R11 836SWISS
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Sun, Sep 14 - Thu, Oct 2
British Airways Logo
21:15 - 17:30JNB-DUS
20h 15m1 stop
British Airways Logo
7:10 - 9:25DUS-JNB
26h 15m1 stop
R14 073British Airways
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Mon, Jul 28 - Tue, Aug 12
British Airways Logo
21:15 - 21:05JNB-DUS
23h 50m1 stop
British Airways Logo
7:10 - 7:00DUS-JNB
23h 50m1 stop
R14 143British Airways
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KAYAK's insights & trends for OR Tambo to Europe flights

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

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

The cheapest price for flight routes found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks for round-trip flights from Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport to Europe.

The cheapest ticket to Europe from Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport found in the last 72 hours was to Frankfurt am Main, at R10 513 return. The most popular route is from Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport (JNB) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was R11 968.

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

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 2 stops stopover the cheapest option at R31 271 on average.

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

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 Europe, 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 Europe is February, when tickets cost R12 928 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are August and July, when the average cost of return tickets is R21 488 and R18 194 respectively.

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

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

When flying from OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg to Europe, you should consider leaving on a Saturday and avoid Thursdays if you are looking for the best rates. For your return to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg, you’ll find the best rates on Tuesdays and the most expensive ones on Thursdays.


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Low seasonFebruary
High seasonDecember
Cheapest flightR4 914
Best time to beat the crowds (16% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly (10% more expensive on average)
Flight from OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg to London Heathrow Airport

Flights from OR Tambo to Europe: the best tips from KAYAK users

Insights shared by verified travellers who flew the route from OR Tambo to Europe 
Verified travelerFlew with British AirwaysJNB-LHRApr 2025
Allowing three hours for Heathrow transit is a good estimate.
GregFlew with LufthansaJNB-FRAApr 2025
Get through security early at Johannesburg, they are rude, aggressive and obstructive. Pathetic.
SihleFlew with Turkish AirlinesJNB-ISTMay 2024
Friendly and helpful staff at Johannesburg Airport, clear signage to terminal and gates
Verified travelerFlew with British AirwaysJNB-LHRJan 2024
None really. It’s a long, but straight forward flight. If you can afford premium economy or better, do it for the comfort.

FAQs - booking Europe flights

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

    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 Europe.

  • 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 Europe?

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

    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 OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg to Europe 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 OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg to Europe?

    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 OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg to Europe 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 Europe?

    The cheapest time of day to fly to Europe is generally in the morning, when retur flights cost R854 on average. Morning departures are around 1% cheaper than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Europe is generally at night, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is R979.

Top tips for finding cheap flights to Europe

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found tickets from OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg to the following destinations at these prices or less: Frankfurt am Main R9 350 one-way - R13 555 round-trip; Istanbul R7 619 one-way - R12 211 round-trip; London R8 882 one-way - R14 021 round-trip

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from OR Tambo to Europe

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from OR Tambo to Europe? 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.
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EmiratesOverall score based on 3285 reviews
8,1Boarding
8,0Comfort
8,2Entertainment
8,3Crew
7,8Food
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The flight from Beijing to Dubai was good. The flight from Dubai to Barcelona was excellent because of the staff on board.

8,0 ExcellentAnonymous, Jun 2025PEK - DXB
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The flight from Beijing to Dubai was good. The flight from Dubai to Barcelona was excellent because of the staff on board.

Premium Economy was not up to my expectation relaxation wise. The chair doesn’t extend enough. It is not economy but not spacious enough to relax and sleep. Food and services were excellent but I am not very keen about food in general.

Over - amazing. The aircraft is somewhat old on this route.

Food no so good. Extra charge to much for front seats cost me £163 then other people sat near me for nothing 🤬

Everything was great but the food portions and quality was awful

First time and very memorable, the finest flying experience ive ever had

no problem with Emirates it was the underpricer subcontractor Who was ridiculous

Except for the uncleaned tray, and the delay in serving food for our section (which may have been due to the location of our row) everything else was good. The crew were very professional and responded to our requests promptly throughout the flight. We as a family were not disappointed by Emirates.

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

Very bad groud crew taking bags less than 7kg Bad food Old plane

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

The crew was very friendly and nice! Very smooth flight.

The meal was wonderful and strawberry ice cream was a plus.

Each flight we took was late with little or no updates or information.

All the flight to USA were arranged to E terminal whereas from Dubrovnik arriving on Zurich is on A80, have to walk all the way from A to E, even need transfer bus , for short transfer time like in an hour, we have to work fast, as soon as arrived at E, it is about time to boarding, pretty tight schedule, I hope Zurich airport can make some rearrangement so that transfer people do not have to walk long way. For short transfer time people, such as 50 min, this is even impossible if still like this.

The cushion of the seats are old and very thin. The food can be more tasty or come with salt packages

It was great. My seat was comfortable. The bathrooms were clean . The service was superb . I travel a lot and I have been in 64 counties. I wish I could fly first class, even though I could , but I prefer to budget my yearly travelling expense on actual visiting , not on flight. Anyway, my point is that your economy was far much better than other airlines as good as Air France. The flight attendants and all crew were polite and very helpful and respectful. Thank you for making my long trip tolerable.

I took this flight to be able to fly with Swiss instead of Air Canada from Geneva.. The AC planes have a better outfit in Business class than Swiss, but the service aboard Swiss is really best, first-class, as is the food and beverages. Though using the same plane model (A330-300), the interior setup of the cabin starts to show its age, but IMO the planes are better serviced by Swiss than AC. I had in my recent trips with AC way too many technical problems that led to delays or even complete cancellation of my flight.. Their fleet is aging (average 20+ years) and the maintenance has taken a toll compared to years ago. Cutting costs in every corner has to be paid sometime by someone, and it's the travelers at the end that pays for it. Unfortunately for me, flying directly to Zurich puts a much longer after-fly trip on me than Geneva.. so I might go back to direct flight YUL-GVA, even if I don't like flying with AC.

We are flying with Swiss for a long time but this time was terrible do to are flight cancellations we are in some bad hotel with out normal food

For the price of the ticket it's probably the best service in the world

The flight was smooth Thank God but the delays and changing gates for 3-4 times made me so tired of walking back and forth with heavy bags I thought I was going to pass out with heavy headaches but Thank God finally found the final gate and home safe. These delays happen anytime for important reasons so just be patient when you come across these situations.

The staff was great and probably that's the single most thing that distinguished this particular Qatar flight from my average typical experience. They genuinely wanted to please you and do their best.

The Achilles heel of the experience with Qatar Airways is the Doha Airport, especially for travellers arriving into Doha and not transiting. This airport suffers from being ambitiously big and the immigration into Qatar being overly time taking. At the end of my particular flight in which my travel was ending in Doha, the plane parked at a very remote terminal, from where it took me 30 minutes to arrive just at the immigration counter, with fast paced walking and the time on a train inside the airport. Then, at the immigration counter it takes up to a minute or more to process each tourist visitor,due to time taking face and finger scanning processes and langugage barriers if there are questions or information to be exchanged verbally with the officers. If several planes have landed at the same time, it is not unusual that one has to wait 45 to 60 minutes in the immigration queue. In short, the frustration of arriving at Doha takes away all positive vibe of the airline, as the airline and the airport are heavily intertwined and are marketed together.

Worst air experience in whole life . Boarding and checking was hassle as they did 3 times. Crew team was clueless about passengers need. Despite of passengers raising hand , they were resetting the program

Did not like anything. Seats were crammed, leg space was minimal and food was terrible. This was the first time traveling overseas in American Airlines and was the worst experience ever. Have learned a lesson to never travel in American Airlines.

Qatar Airways in-flight first/business class service is superior to any US airline; excellent meals are served on short haul flights such as between DXB and DOH.

There was frequent beverage ,meal and snack service. The crew was very hospitable and professional.

Being a QR Platinum member traveling in business class, I expected the staff to be more courteous. Unfortunately, the lady staff was rude attending business class 1K side.

The rows of seats in economy class are seriously close to one another making eating and resting just about impossible - there is hardly any legroom. Anyone larger than average size would have an incredibly uncomfortable flight. I had to basically share my seat with the lady passenger next to me as she was too big to fit into her allotted seat.

Do I need to repeat my complaints about my lost carry on bag?

I was very grateful for Lufthansa's role in organizing mobility support. The touchscreen on my seat was faulty: slow, stained (I couldn't get it clean), and glitchy. This made selecting movies extremely time consuming, and twice I had to start all over from the beginning.

The United Airlines crew that operated this flight was subpar. They didn’t

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

We boarded the plane and waited for 30 minutes ultimately for them to cancel the flight due to engineering issues.

This is one of the best flights i had. Good boarding, good seats , good food, and nuce stuff and clean toilets I took the Tourist upgrade and indianischer food , the best.

Excellent once on board. Security staff at Johannesburg rude and aggressive.

It was good, but I felt a little cramp on the plane whether I was in Economy or not.

It’s not bad, simply it’s not as it used to be years ago.

Delayed take off but I think they waited for passengers.

The jollof rice and fried plantain. Communication could have been better.

A little better than outward journey but mild chaos at the boarding gate because some people with boarding cards from connecting flights had cards which weren't recognised

The flight from Seattle was delayed, which made me miss my connection to Florence. I was re-booked NINE HOURS LATER!!! That’s basically a vacation day lost. British Airways needs to partner with other airlines when possible to get a more realistic travel time, if delays occur. I realize there aren’t many flights to Florence from London, so I would book differently were I to return. The actual flight from Seattle was very comfortable and the crew was great, no faults there. I enjoy British Airways, this was an anomaly.

Our original booking with Kayak -our first experience -was exactly what we wanted and worked well. Updates were friendly and reassuring as were the contacts with UnderPricer so a big win-win. We learned a lot on your reliability and will definitely put you on our organisational list for the future.

We ordered kids meals - which were not kid friendly at all! (the breakfast that is - scrambled eggs on a bed of spinach and asparagus?)

Flight delayed in terms of boarding and Kayak was great in updating but the team on the groping at British Airways were really poor

It was just ok. Half the bathrooms were broke on the flight.

If they wouldn't have canceled the flight WITHOUT informing me until I looked at my ticket and saw I had 2 extra layovers in 2 different cities than the ones I paid for? That would have been nice.

Poor BA get a lot of stick and have some problems getting your bags to the same destination BUT the whole experience is very much 5 star and probably due to excellent, helpful and sooo British staff. We travelled in economy plus.

3 hr delay. No water given while on the plane for 3hrs.

I only took two Europe trip with BA, 100% are delayed. Today’s delay caused missed next flight, they booked next flight for me but we had to wait at the airport for 6 hours. The trip to Berlin, same experience, delayed for 3 hours for no reason. Will not treat with BA anymore.

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