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Find cheap flights from Johannesburg to Kigali from R6 181

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Cheap flight deals from OR Tambo to Kigali (JNB-KGL)

Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from OR Tambo to Kigali 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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14:30 - 0:40JNB-KGL
10h 10m1 stop
1:40 - 13:05KGL-JNB
11h 25m1 stop
R6 406Ethiopian Air
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Thu, May 30 - Wed, Jun 5
14:30 - 0:40JNB-KGL
10h 10m1 stop
1:40 - 13:05KGL-JNB
11h 25m1 stop
R7 287Ethiopian Air
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Thu, May 30 - Thu, Jun 13
3:10 - 7:00JNB-KGL
3h 50mdirect
9:40 - 15:00KGL-JNB
5h 20m1 stop
R7 493RwandAir
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Wed, May 29 - Thu, Jun 6
3:10 - 7:00JNB-KGL
3h 50mdirect
9:50 - 13:50KGL-JNB
4h 00mdirect
R7 511RwandAir
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Thu, May 30 - Sat, Jun 15
16:00 - 21:30JNB-KGL
5h 30m1 stop
3:40 - 15:50KGL-JNB
12h 10m1 stop
R9 235
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Thu, May 30 - Wed, Jun 5
16:00 - 21:30JNB-KGL
5h 30m1 stop
19:00 - 9:45KGL-JNB
14h 45m1 stop
R9 253
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Thu, May 30 - Thu, Jun 6
1:15 - 8:10JNB-KGL
6h 55m1 stop
3:40 - 15:50KGL-JNB
12h 10m1 stop
R10 771Kenya Airways
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Thu, May 30 - Sat, Jun 8
1:15 - 8:10JNB-KGL
6h 55m1 stop
19:00 - 9:45KGL-JNB
14h 45m1 stop
R10 920Kenya Airways
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Wed, May 29 - Thu, Jun 6
9:35 - 13:55JNB-KGL
28h 20m3 stops
16:20 - 20:15KGL-JNB
27h 55m2 stops
R23 433Qatar Airways
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Fri, Aug 2 - Sat, Sep 14
9:35 - 13:55JNB-KGL
28h 20m3 stops
8:40 - 16:10KGL-JNB
31h 30m2 stops
R27 030Qatar Airways
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Wed, Sep 18 - Wed, Sep 25

Flights from OR Tambo to Kigali - Travel Insights & Trends

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from OR Tambo to Kigali 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 Johannesburg to Kigali?

The average price of all flights from Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport to Kigali clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
When flying from Johannesburg to Kigali, you should consider leaving on a Friday and avoid Sundays 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 Thursdays.

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

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights from Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport to Kigali, 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 Kigali is November, where tickets cost R7 118 on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and July, where the average cost of tickets is R8 055 and R7 905 respectively.

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

To calculate daily average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each day before departure over the last year for flights from Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport to Kigali, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each month.
To get a below average price on the flight from Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport to Kigali, you should book around 2 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 49 days before departure.

Which airlines provide the cheapest flights from Johannesburg to Kigali?

The cheapest price for the route for each airline clicked by KAYAK users in the last 72 hours.
In the last 72 hours, the best return deals on flights connecting Johannesburg to Kigali were found on Ethiopian Air (R6 406) and RwandAir (R7 493). Qatar Airways proposed the cheapest one-way flight at R6 181.

Which airlines fly direct between Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport and Kigali?

Airline and price data is aggregated from results in KAYAK’s search results from the last 2 weeks for flights from Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport to Kigali.
There is just one airline that flies from Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport to Kigali direct and that is RwandAir. The best one-way deal found from RwandAir for the route is R7 096.

How many flights are there between Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport and Kigali per day?

Each day, there are between 1 and 2 nonstop flights that take off from Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport and land in Kigali, with an average flight time of 3h 53m. The most common departure time is 3:00 and most flights take off at night. Each week, there are 11 flights. The most frequent day of departure is Saturday, when 18% of all weekly flights depart. The fewest flights depart on a Tuesday.

Which cabin class options are there for flights between Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport and Kigali?

The average price of flights for each cabin class for the route found by users searching on KAYAK over the last 2 weeks.
There are 3 cabin class options for the route. These are Business, Economy and Prem Economy. Perform a search on KAYAK to find the latest prices and availability for all cabin fares, which differ across airlines.

How long does a flight from Johannesburg to Kigali take?

The duration of a direct flight to Kigali from Johannesburg is typically 3h 50m. The journey crosses a distance of 4 335 km.

What’s the earliest departure time from Johannesburg to Kigali?

Early birds can take the earliest flight from Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport at 3:10 and will be landing in Kigali at 7:00.

What’s the latest departure time from Johannesburg to Kigali?

If you prefer to fly at night, the latest flight from Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport to Kigali jets off at 16:50 and lands at 20:50.

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Low season

April

High season

December

Cheapest flight

R6 181
Best time to beat the crowds (1% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly (6% more expensive on average)
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When to book flights from OR Tambo to Kigali

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from OR Tambo to Kigali based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
Estimated return price
KAYAK looks at all historical flight data for each date to provide a predicted price for one-way trips or returns with a duration up to 40 days. While we try to provide actual minimum prices for each date, some prices are predictions and actual prices may differ.

FAQs for booking Johannesburg to Kigali flights

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

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport to Kigali was R330 for a one-way ticket and R342 for a return.

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

    The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner is the aircraft model that flies most regularly on the Johannesburg to Kigali flight route.

  • On which days can I fly direct from Johannesburg to Kigali?

    There are direct flights from Johannesburg to Kigali on a daily basis.

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

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Johannesburg to Kigali are RwandAir and Ethiopian Air. With an average price for the route of R7 466 and an overall rating of 7,7, RwandAir is the most popular choice. Ethiopian Air is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of R6 494 and an overall rating of 7,4.

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

    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 Kigali.

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

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

    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 Kigali with an airline and back to Johannesburg with another airline.

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

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

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Top tips for finding a cheap flight from Johannesburg to Kigali

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found flights on this route for R3 668 or less one-way and R7 181 or less round-trip.

Prefer to fly direct from Johannesburg OR Tambo to Kigali Intl?

Find which airlines fly direct from OR Tambo to Kigali Intl, which days they fly and book direct flights.

Direct departures

Johannesburg OR Tambo to Kigali Intl

Monday

RwandAir

RwandAir

Tuesday

RwandAir

RwandAir

Wednesday

RwandAir

RwandAir

Thursday

RwandAir

RwandAir

Friday

RwandAir

RwandAir

Saturday

RwandAir

RwandAir

Sunday

RwandAir

RwandAir

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Direct returns

Kigali Intl to Johannesburg OR Tambo

Monday

RwandAir

RwandAir

Tuesday

RwandAir

RwandAir

Wednesday

RwandAir

RwandAir

Thursday

RwandAir

RwandAir

Friday

RwandAir

RwandAir

Saturday

RwandAir

RwandAir

Sunday

RwandAir

RwandAir

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Top 3 airlines serving from OR Tambo to Kigali

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Johannesburg to Kigali. 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.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from OR Tambo to Kigali? 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.
7,7
RwandAirOverall score based on 49 reviews
7,4Food
7,8Comfort
7,9Boarding
6,9Entertainment
8,1Crew
Airline reviews

Flight delayed by 3 hours 45 mins and no explanation given or apology. Rebooked on a flight departing to final destination 48 hrs later and baggage not delivered.

2,0 MediocreAnonymous, Jan 2024EBB - KGL
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Flight delayed by 3 hours 45 mins and no explanation given or apology. Rebooked on a flight departing to final destination 48 hrs later and baggage not delivered.

My outbound flight was grounded in Lusaka so we never made it to Paris. DO NOT fly this airline you will be stranded and your plans will be completely disrupted

Inflight entertainment with electronic charging stations can help during a long flight.

The flight was delayed with no notice. No inflight entertainment. Communication is vital in any business.

Poor communication: Flight come directly to kigali , didn’t come via mumbasa. Favouring to Rwandan passenger to move from economic to bussiness class after flight depart. Where they don’t asked other older passenger who need more comfort. Rude staff : chekin airport at Mumbai. Talking in local language (marathi) while serving and no sorry no thank you attitude.

Pros: "Seat reclining was good. Fleece blankets were warm"
Cons: "Blankets had a really bad smell Food options were very limited - even bread was eggless"
Pros: "Helpful friendly crew, reasonable ticket prices."
Cons: "Luggage was delayed by 24 hours, customer service desk in Johannesburg EXTREMELY helpful, in Kigali they were clueless. Transit area very crowded, humid and stuffy."

The food could be better, the beef was quite tough. The crew were friendly and helpful on this flight, which has not being my experience on other Ethiopian flights.

The flight was one hour late. The food is mediocre and the screen was broken

It is just ok, the sits are very uncomfortable, the temperature too low and there weren’t blankets. The food is mediocre and there are no screens to watch movies.

Seat in front of my wife was broken so it reclined further than normal and without having to push the recline button so my wife had absolutely no room the entire 17 hour flight. My seat was broken and wouldn't recline at all. Also.. my tray table was sticky and dirty right away before I even used it. Also...the floor in the back of the plane from our row of seats on back was totally soaked and both times we landed water came rushing out of the food/servant area like a flood onto the same already wet carpet. It got everything wet that was placed around our feet...including our shoes and socks.

Flight was smooth but unnecessary long because we had to refuel at FCO Rome. Air hostesses service and response to call light could be better. Both planes were old with broken seat arms and toilets. Why Africans had to be given the farthest Gates is what baffles me and why we have to pay for Aisle seats I found really strange. Is there ever an end to ripping people off even after paying over $2300 for one seat.

Luggage delayed for one day. I called customer service, and they had no info and no empathy. Boarding was very disorganized and chaotic. We went nearly 7 hours with no food or snacks on the flight. This is not an airline that has respect for its passengers.

Same but worse than international. The inter African flights are worse.

The entertainment (movies) blockbuster and classics never change. I am a frequent Ethiopian flyer and this should be addressed. Not much changed from my summer flight and my December flight. It is annoying - surely you can update the selections more often. Same with food options. It becomes extremely boring to be offered the same exact meals from Washington to Addis to Maputo every trip, each time. AS

Entertainment was very poor. Couldn’t watch anything. Ear pieces were the wrong type .

Food was horrible. Our flight was not comfortable due to turbulence, seats was not comfortable, Very tight barely can not move anywhere.

Paid an extra USD 100 for so-called Comfort seats. All of these (the bulkhead seats) had parents with babies and infants who were screaming much of the time. One mother even decided to change nappies on the seat. This was anything but comfort!

Front section of economy cabin is better than rear. Paid for seats selected.

Good flight. Paid for seats sat the frront section of the economy. Better than rear cabin.

Flight was delayed for 9 hours. We finally arrived ved at 0435hrs instead of 1950hrs the previous day. No compensation was provided.

Apart from delay of 3 hrs in Nairobi for onward flight to Dar all fine. Looked like operational issues caused it.

I booked a round trip flight and boarded a Kenya Airways trip from New York (JFK) to Nairobi (JKIA). First flight from New York to Nairobi was uneventful with no issues. However, the return flight was beyond disappointing. To begin with I had paid an extra $60 each for premium seats (me and my wife) in economy aisle 15 (B & A). However, upon settling down in the middle seat, I noticed that the controller had been ripped off meaning I would not have access to some of the seat functionalities like the individual lighting etc. I proceeded to alert a flight attendant that the controller was missing and she politely responded to me by telling me if I need anything, to use my wife’s seat controller (on the window seat) to call for assistance and I would be assisted accordingly. I was surprised by the response that she gave as it felt like my comfort and request for a service that I paid for was undermined, but nonetheless I opted to play it nice and kept my calm. After this I engaged in a conversation with a passenger (Caucasian / White male) who sat next to me on the aisle seat. In the process of having this conversation I asked him if he had paid for his seat. He went ahead to politely tell me that he had been moved from a seat in the back by one of the flight attendants and had not paid any extra fees. During this conversation, he noticed that the charging docks were not working and he needed to charge his iPad to watch his Netflix show (it was on pause). Alarmed by this, he went ahead and flagged one of the flight attendants who without wasting any time acted astonished and as fast as lightning was able to find him a better seat a few rows in front. Please note, all the charging plugs were not working for the three seats. In summary, below are the reasons for the low rating: 1. Charging for a broken seat: Kenya Airways should not charge for a defective seat. If a seat is defective and is paid for, the airlines should work out a way to either refund the customer or move the customer to a better seat – regardless of skin color. 2. Below Par Customer Service: Do not debilitate a customer’s request especially when a paid for service is not delivered – regardless of skin color. Assuming that I am comfortable with having to either keep alerting the flight attendant or relying on my wife’s seat to perform some of the functionality I may need is ridiculous. 3. Biasness / Inequality / Prejudiced Behavior: The Caucasian/ White male was treated with more favor. Not only was he moved around to make sure he was comfortable (free of charge) but all his complaints were resolved immediately without any hesitance. On the contrary, I being a black man of African descent who had paid an additional premium for his seat, I was completely ignored and told to settle for what I got.

Excellent. They canceled our flight & put us up for the night. Then upgraded us. We are impressed

The flight staff were not very kind. I went back to get a drink, 4 of them back there chatting. They all looked at me continued to talk then they started doing stuff and one finally asked after I was standing there awhile what I needed. This happened multiple times. The movies were not the great and seemed dated. My seat squeaked every time I moved and it moved around a bit.

My flight from Nairobi to nyc. My seat made noise and moved around. The two toilets in the back didn’t work well cause you didn’t know if someone was in there cause the light didn’t work. The bathroom doors didn’t lock well either, so I walked in on someone. The crew wasn’t quick or super helpful. When I went to get something they were chatting and they would look at me, continue on with their conversation and finally I would interrupt to get a drink.

The flight attendants on this flight were incredible! One even gave me her own dinner when my special meal order wasn’t transferred due to a flight delay! She insisted and I was so grateful. That is going above and beyond! The issue I had with the flight was with Lufthansa support. I missed my connection due to a flight delay and they wouldn’t rebook online, only in person. This took a lot of time and visits to the airport waiting for a Lufthansa agent to arrive 5 hours later than posted and almost paying full-fare price for the new flights and refusal to add my special meal orders. It made for a challenging journey home and I didn’t feel valued as a customer.

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best one-way flight deals from Johannesburg to Kigali found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
9/6Sun
1 stopQatar Airways
5h 30mJNB-KGL
R6 181
31/5Fri
1 stopKenya Airways
25h 00mJNB-KGL
R6 331
30/5Thu
1 stopKenya Airways
6h 55mJNB-KGL
R6 650
8/6Sat
1 stopKenya Airways
6h 55mJNB-KGL
R6 762
22/9Sun
1 stopEthiopian Air
8h 25mJNB-KGL
R7 155
20/9Fri
1 stopEthiopian Air
8h 25mJNB-KGL
R7 343
9/6Sun
2 stops
30h 15mJNB-KGL
R8 055
31/5Fri
2 stops
17h 10mJNB-KGL
R8 373
19/9Thu
directRwandAir
3h 50mJNB-KGL
R8 897
8/6Sat
directRwandAir
3h 50mJNB-KGL
R20 698

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Johannesburg - Kigali Flights

Departure:

Johannesburg (JNB)South Africa

Destination:

Kigali (KGL)Rwanda

Return flight deals:

Kigali - Johannesburg

Cabin classes:

R15 154
R19 144
R5 545

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