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R6 711 Find Cheap Flights from Johannesburg to Malé – Compare and Save

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Everything you should know

Cheapest return fare
R13 223
Typical prices: R11 798-R14 549
Etihad Airways
Wed 4/11Sun 8/11
JNB - MLE • 1 stop
Cheapest one-way flight
R6 711
Typical prices: R6 164-R8 103
Qatar Airways
Wed 29/7
JNB - MLE • 1 stop
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Cheapest • from R13 406 (return)
Best reviews • 8,2 score
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Cheapest • Avg R13 834 (return)
Shortest trip • 15h 59m (one-way)
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Our data shows that travellers who book at least 6 weeks in advance save around 15% compared to booking last minute.
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Cheapest • 9% price drop
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Cheap Flights from Johannesburg to Malé (JNB-MLE)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for return flights from Johannesburg to Malé 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 Malé

Wed, Nov 4 - Sun, Nov 8
Etihad Airways Logo
9:50 - 13:50
JNB
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MLE
25h 00m
1 stop
Etihad Airways Logo
19:15 - 8:20
MLE
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JNB
16h 05m
1 stop
R13 223Etihad Airways
Sat, Oct 31 - Mon, Nov 30
Etihad Airways Logo
9:50 - 7:25
JNB
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MLE
18h 35m
1 stop
Etihad Airways Logo
19:15 - 8:20
MLE
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JNB
16h 05m
1 stop
R13 240Etihad Airways
Wed, Nov 4 - Sun, Nov 8
Etihad Airways Logo
21:45 - 13:50
JNB
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MLE
37h 05m
2 stops
Etihad Airways Logo
9:35 - 8:20
MLE
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JNB
25h 45m
1 stop
R13 273Etihad Airways
Mon, Nov 16 - Thu, Nov 19
Etihad Airways Logo
9:50 - 7:25
JNB
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MLE
18h 35m
1 stop
Etihad Airways Logo
19:15 - 8:20
MLE
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JNB
16h 05m
1 stop
R13 422Etihad Airways
Tue, Nov 3 - Wed, Nov 11
Etihad Airways Logo
9:50 - 13:50
JNB
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MLE
25h 00m
1 stop
Etihad Airways Logo
9:10 - 8:20
MLE
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JNB
26h 10m
1 stop
R13 439Etihad Airways
Mon, Nov 2 - Fri, Nov 6
Etihad Airways Logo
9:50 - 5:05
JNB
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MLE
16h 15m
1 stop
Etihad Airways Logo
19:15 - 8:20
MLE
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JNB
16h 05m
1 stop
R13 472Etihad Airways
Fri, Sep 11 - Tue, Sep 22
Qatar Airways Logo
20:55 - 14:30
JNB
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MLE
14h 35m
1 stop
Qatar Airways Logo
19:40 - 4:00
MLE
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JNB
35h 20m
1 stop
R13 505Qatar Airways
Mon, Nov 16 - Thu, Nov 19
Etihad Airways Logo
9:50 - 13:50
JNB
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MLE
25h 00m
1 stop
Etihad Airways Logo
19:15 - 8:20
MLE
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JNB
16h 05m
1 stop
R13 538Etihad Airways
Mon, Nov 16 - Thu, Nov 19
Etihad Airways Logo
9:50 - 13:50
JNB
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MLE
25h 00m
1 stop
Etihad Airways Logo
19:15 - 8:20
MLE
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JNB
16h 05m
1 stop
R13 571Etihad Airways
Sat, Oct 3 - Sat, Oct 10
Qatar Airways Logo
14:05 - 8:25
JNB
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MLE
15h 20m
1 stop
Qatar Airways Logo
19:40 - 9:10
MLE
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JNB
16h 30m
1 stop
R13 853Qatar Airways
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KAYAK's insights & trends for OR Tambo to Malé flights

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

How much is a return flight from Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport to Malé?

This analysis is based on the cheapest return trip price found on KAYAK in the last 12 months by searching for a flight from Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport to Malé departing in November.

Flight prices are below average for this route right now.

Flights to Malé from Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport usually cost between R13 969 and R16 770 in November.
The lowest price found in the past 5 days was R13 223 on Etihad Airways (Nov 4–Nov 8).

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

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 Malé, 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 Malé is February, where tickets cost R12 875 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are August and June, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is R15 626 and R15 212 respectively.

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

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 Malé, 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 Malé, you should book around 6 weeks before departure, which saves you about 15% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 9 weeks before departure.

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Low season

July

Cheapest flight

R6 711
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 5% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly (6% more expensive on average)
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When to book flights from OR Tambo to Malé

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

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

    In the last 5 days, the lowest price for a flight from Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport to Malé was R6 711 for a one-way ticket and R13 406 for a return.

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

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

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Johannesburg to Malé?

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

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Johannesburg to Malé, Qatar Airways or Emirates?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Johannesburg to Malé are Qatar Airways and Emirates. With an average price for the route of R13 317 and an overall rating of 7,3, Qatar Airways is the most popular choice. Emirates is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of R15 909 and an overall rating of 8,1.

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

    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 Malé.

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

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

    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 Malé 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 Malé?

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

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

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Johannesburg to Malé. 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 Malé? 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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Singapore AirlinesOverall score based on 1578 reviews
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8,3Boarding
7,8Food
8,6Crew
8,1Entertainment
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Crew were so busy Anna so awesome. I was in a seat that got my food nearly last but the crew were Just awesome.

8,0 ExcellentMatt, Jun 2026
BNE - SIN
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Crew were so busy Anna so awesome. I was in a seat that got my food nearly last but the crew were Just awesome.

Excellent service. I pre-ordered gluten intolerant meal and they handle it with care. They served me my meal before other people's to avoid crossed contamination. Thank you 🙏

toilets could be cleaned more frequently, everything else was pretty good.

The consistency with Singapore Airlines is fantastic. Crew are always brilliant and food delicious in business class

I have difficulties to book wheelchair for my parents returned flight

Excelent service and plenty of food and drinks during the flight. Flight crew very attentive to our needs. Leg room between rows are very disappointing.

Excellent- a lot of food Disappointed with the premium economy pouch- did not have toothbrush and tooth paste or socks. Other airlines provide them

I was traveling with my 3 minor children, one leg I was seated two aisles behind them. On the longest leg I would have preferred sitting across the aisle from them, not behind. My youngest is 4yos. I understand airplane seating configurations are not the airlines problem but seating the one adult with a reservation apart from the minors was very difficult.

Even though it was a very full flight, the service was still excellent, the plane did not feel too cramped and cabin crew made a sincere effort to help passengers find overhead space for stowing luggage.

I cancelled my family 2023 international vacation because you guys double booked me with the same date, passengers, airlines and just hours difference and did not want to refund me at the right time and then finally cancelled the extra booking! Cancelling the booking that I personally booked! And you guys kept the unauthorized booking! This experience was really bad! Ruined everything! Never again I will book with kayak , me , my family , my friends and most importantly I will advocate to everyone to make sure not to book with Kayak! None existing customers service! Only 3rd provider that serve only their company and not the travelers!!!!!!

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

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.

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

No Vegetarian options onboard, made to wait for a long time for boarding

The internet connection did was not functioning as per normal.

Check-in counter at the airport took more than an hour of standing in queue with online checkin. And after entering the gate the flight delayed more than 30 mins.

The individual attention the crew gives to passengers is commendable and I find them positively helpful.

Overall experience was bad , one does not expect after travelling for 14 hrs in Boing 777-300 ER to be pushed in to a craft with a extermly poor seating pitch, no room for hand baggage in the luggege bins and extermly poor service quality. This patch made my overall expereince mediocre and would definetly look for better choices when flying in or out of Delhi in future.

For such a long flight I feel the spacing of seats could’ve been better to make it more comfortable for passengers. Very little space to move & stretch legs.

The flight was delayed in Jhb and I could have had some help in Dubai trying to get to my connecting flight to London

The crew were fabulous. We travelled Doha to Miami and the crew in board we exceptional too.

Qatar was pretty OK for their services but Arangrant was awful at theirs and frankly lied to me. Qatar offers four business class fares and only three of them allow lounge access. This is a horrible policy when you pay so much for business class and shame on them for denying the simple use of their lounges for this confusion. When I requested my business class ticket with Arangrant I knew this and specifically told them I would only purchase the lowest class business seat that would still permit me lounge access on all legs of my trip. They lied to me and said I did and then I was refused this service on my return flights. I had no less than 4-8 schedule changes and got screwed by a late departure from DCA on my double connection to JNB. I lost nearly a full day on my outbound and then had little to no use of the lounges on my outbound flights. To then be denied access on my return flights made the 27 hour trip home pretty awful. Kayak should no longer work with Arangrant as they are dishonest and liars. Qatar should price all four of their business class fares to include lounge access and stop the insanity they have forced on people. My return trip home nearly ruined my entire trip to South Africa and I blame Arangrant for telling me lies and for Qatar for offering insane rules and regulations on such expensive business class fares. For the money I paid to Qatar, I did not receive the full services I was promised. I will probably never use Arangrant and their ignorant services ever again. I will question whether I ever fly on Qatar Airways again as well. When you pay so much and get such little in return, it leaves a bad taste in your mouth. Arangrant gives the whole industry a bad name and Qatar is not far behind them. I can honestly say that the wretched service and way I was treated by both have soured me on travel companies and airlines. It is bad enough that we have an idiot, felon, racist and bigoted president and administration to contend with while he has started an illegal war, I did not expect to get screwed over by Arangrant and Qatar as well. Shame on all of you.

Not sure how we end up with American Airlines instead of Qatar Airways. From Philadelphia to Qatar they boarded us then they asked us to unload. After 30 minutes later they board us again. The inside the plane it was burning hot and we were sweating like crazy. Crew members are absolute rude. The way they served the passengers were horrible. One of the crew members hit my knee with food cart and kept going. I was holding an ice pack for almost 2 hours. I am still with the pain.

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.

My carry on bag was taken by Alaska Air as we boarded in LAX! She said there was not room. There was plenty of room. I told her that my meds and personal items were in it. She did not care. She said it would be sent to my final destination, Nairobi. Well it got to Nairobi the day I was to fly home. The handle of my bag was crushed so could not retract. So I had to remove it. I had to buy converters, malaria medication. personal items. I filled out the missing form at the Nairobi airport. I asked that it be shipped to the Kisumu airport. When it was obviously not going to make it for my time in Kenya. I asked that it be sent to John Wayne Airport. NONE of that happened. I only knew it was at Nairobi because my air tag indicated it was finally in Nairobi the day I was leaving Kenya! Now I need to purchase a new carry on bag!!!

As gold member there is no priority checkin. Meaning you either have to board with your zone or last with business class pax. As economy pax all the baggage bays are filled by the time you arrive

The flight was good but my neighbor had the vent open full power for the whole flight and because the air was blowing from the side instead of from the top and I got very cold and ended up with a sore throat.

need to improve management and air hostess services. Rest of it’s OK.

Service and boarding is good in brussels But in Qatar, boarding needs to be improved and waiting in very big queue for boarding. Parents with kids needs to be given some priority also.

Bag check in at DC was slow. Boarding process was slow more due to customers unfamiliar with how to board properly. Food and service was excellent!

Air hostesses were great. Food was good. Flat bed is not that flat or comfortable.

The seats seemed smaller than other business class offerings. The entertainment menu was limited. Flight crew was good.

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

Etihad charged me for 2 check in bags. On Kayak search results price was showing 2 check in bags were included. Kayak need to reimburse me for these additional charges and metal agony and distress. Thanks.

Etihad seems to have a very strict luggage enforcement. I am a very light passenger compared to other passengers which are mainly heavier. I do not understood why airlines enforce the weight restriction so strictly. I was overweight luggage of 1.5kg, but am probably 10+kg lighter than the average passenger. Other airlines are far more accommodating. Poor customer service as far as I am concerned. If weight is such an important issue to an airline they should charge passengers by total amount of body weight plus luggage. To me just ridiculous.

Crew Check-In – Kolkata (CCU) The crew handling check-in in Kolkata was outstanding—efficient, courteous, and highly organized. Flight Segment – CCU to Abu Dhabi (AUH) A standard flight overall. Notably, only one in-flight meal option—a vegetarian curry—was available, which seemed unsuitable for a red-eye journey. The crew offered no alternatives, which was unexpected. Flight Segment – Abu Dhabi to Rome (AUH-FCO) Comfort improved on this leg, but service quality was average, falling short of Etihad’s premium standards. Crew attention was heavily absorbed by a difficult couple in Row 15 (port side), resulting in disproportionate focus. It was concerning that a steward had to personally return to apologize, a task better suited for supervisory staff. This highlights a development opportunity for supervisors Anna and Quashim in managing guest escalation professionally.

Food was very good. Again tray could use a non-skid mat. I had a regular seat - comfortable - able to sleep undisturbed. Boarding was uneventful.

Crew was good, boarding mediocre, food choices were limited, seating was not comfortable

I travelled from Adu Dhabi to Melb; service was minimal at best, when I asked for a bottle of water but no meal I was told it was not available- it seemed a cup would do. The staff were un helpful & dismissive. We had a family near us who I never saw obtain any assistance from crew- they were simply avoided! Meal was simple and adequate no hot drinks were on offer until close to arriving, with a pseudo breakfast. Seats were tight despite obtaining extra leg room. I will not be flying with Etihad again and will not recommend them to family & friends.

Nothing was good everthing was hopeless especially your staff at indira gandhi international airport india.Everthing has deteoriated

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