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What is the cheapest Johannesburg to Botswana flight route?
The cheapest ticket to Botswana from Johannesburg found in the last 5 days was to Gaborone, at R3 015 return. The most popular route is from Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport (JNB) to Gaborone (GBE), and the cheapest return airline ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was R3 015.
What is the cheapest time of day to fly to Botswana?
The cheapest time of day to fly to Botswana is generally in the evening, when retur flights cost R2 931 on average. Morning departures are around 7% more expensive than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Botswana is generally at night, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is R3 208.
What is the cheapest month to fly from Johannesburg to Botswana?
The cheapest month for flights from Johannesburg to Botswana is January, when tickets cost R2 578 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are July and May, when the average cost of return tickets is R3 867 and R3 718 respectively.
What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Johannesburg to Botswana?
When flying from Johannesburg to Botswana, you should consider leaving on a Monday 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.
Which airlines fly direc between Johannesburg and Botswana?
There are 4 airlines that fly direct from Johannesburg to Botswana. They are: Cemair, Airlink, South African and Air Botswana. The cheapest price of all airlines flying this route was found with Air Botswana at R1 623 for a return flight to Gaborone (GBE). On average, South African offers the best prices for direct flights between Johannesburg and Botswana.
Which airlines fly most frequently between Johannesburg and Botswana?
Johannesburg and Botswana are connected by different airlines. The airlines that fly that route the most regularly are Qatar Airways (66 flights per week), Emirates (63 flights per week), and Airlink (61 flights per week).
How long does a flight from Johannesburg to Botswana take?
The duration of a flight to Botswana depends on your arrival airport. The shortest routes to Botswana from Johannesburg are to Kasane, which takes 1h 50m, Francistown, which takes 2h 40m, and Maun, which takes 4h 17m.
Which cabin class options are there for flights between Johannesburg and Botswana?
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.
What’s the earliest departure time from Johannesburg to Botswana?
The earliest flight from Johannesburg to Botswana departs at 6:20, landing in Gaborone at 7:15.
What’s the latest departure time from Johannesburg to Botswana?
If you prefer to fly at night, the last flight from Johannesburg to Botswana sets off at 19:30 and lands in Gaborone at 20:40.
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Flight cancelled by Seuss air and all onward flights missed
Flight cancelled by Seuss air and all onward flights missed
This is a quick flight from JoBerg to Livingstone. The small meal was very good, surprisingly, not a sandwich but a nice little chicken salad. Easy breezy flight if you travel long distance a lot. There is no entertainment and none needed for this short flight
Loved the in flight meal! Surprisingly good.! Staff on board were all friendly and professional! Book as far ahead as possible! Get your seat selection locked in ASAP
Far better than last return flight we had when the flight was delayed due to technical error and we missed our connection flight with no initial support from Airlink. This time thankfully all went well and will use again.
This was an excellent flight with great crew and a full complement service including a sandwich, a drink from the bar, tea, coffee or water with the meal and then a further bar service.
I can't understand how the priority boarding queue has so many people standing in it. I was travelling business class and arrived 40 minutes before boarding time and there we about 25 people in the queue ahead of me?
Delayed boarding... we were kept standing in the bus for too long... the bus was packed and smelling people!!! As if it's not enough,when we finally came off the bus, we had to wait again standing in the sun waiting to board..
Just an short flight. So it was great. Airlink is pretty good😀
Easy short flight from Johannesburg to Harare. Boarding was slow, flight attendants were friendly. They did a meal service on this short flight, including wine, which was pretty cool.
Flight was moved forward by 2 hours with 3 days notice. This meant I could not connect from flight from Johannesburg. So did not take the flight and drove to Kasane. Will never use Air Botswana unless absolutely necessary. Mark
This airline has now finally turned the corner and reminiscent of the old day service. Would definitely recommend flying with SAA.
Great experience all-round. From re-checking baggage directly before leaving the arrivals hall (coming from international), to fast and friendly boarding, to complimentary drinks and snacks on board. This was a very pleasant experience - even my luggage was delivered on the belt very quickly and it was a wonderful end to a 28 hour transit.
I had a very good experience from boarding to arrivals.
Boarded almost 48 hrs later after a scheduling change on my initial flight that was not communicated either by kayak of SAA.
I had booked a ticket for a 6:40 am departure in July 2025, but it appears there was a change to 8;00 am, which meant I missed my connecting flight which departed 10 m minutes before I landed. I had seen this problem only the previous day and try to resolve it with South African air, but they are very uncooperative on the phone. All they could say was all flights were fully booked and I ended up buying paying $2,000+ to secure a ticket for my family to ensure we got out of South Africa by Monday, which am currently pursuing with the airline.
The food options were beef or veg, No alternatives for Hindus, that don't eat beef...
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
Very bad, Linda the hostess was very rude all the time
Everything the crew werr nice and helpful plus the food was good
At the last minute as I boarded the airplane they made me check my carry on bag. When I arrived my Apple Watch, sunglasses, and medications had been stolen. I find this absolutely unacceptable. I will never fly with SAA again.
It is a short flight so I was impressed by the drink and snacks.
My wife’s checked luggage was missing her glasses,and some jewelry. The suitcase was inspected before boarding by your staff of thieves. So sad that your country suffers from so much domestic thievery. My wife is South African.
Your flight from CPT to JNB was delayed 3 times !!! Operational issues tells the customer, me , nothing!!! Issues really were bad weather; and mechanical failures due to poor sub- standard preventive maintenance. Blame the weather all you want, but a delay of 5 hours should be unacceptable to your management. The Cemair staff in JNB dropped the ball !!!!!! And the answer here in South Africa is a lack of CARING . Understand????
My original flight was cancelled and I was rebooked on a flight that departed 7 hours later. I was advised by Emirates (with whom my full itinerary was booked) that I was not able to cancel and change airlines. Needless to say, not happy.
Female pilot and co-pilot handle themselves very well. Professional.
They canceled my flight didn't inform me , while I was had already checked in , this was worst experience ever
Plettenberg Bay is a unique airport, so boarding with always have certain quirks. Cemair has zero regard for passengers, and their commitment to adhering to departure times. In two flights we had 3 flight changes, and a 1.5h delay. If you have any kind preceding or follow on plans, do not fly Cemair.
For now everything is good we want access to book direct to camair
send ourt booking confirmation numbers as soon as payment is done to simplify checkin
No A/C on the plane - and it was hot. Unmarked aircraft - looked sketchy.
Flight delayed with no explanation was only made aware lats min when already arrived at the air port