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R4 878 Find Cheap Flights from Johannesburg to Cairo

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Cheapest return fare
R5 790
Overall average: R7 373
Ethiopian Air
Mon 2/3Sat 7/3
JNB - CAI • 1 stop
Cheapest direct flights
R7 101
Typical prices: R7 325-R8 653
Egyptair
Sun 8/3Sun 15/3
JNB - CAI • Direct
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Cheapest • from R5 790 (return)
Emirates
Best reviews • 8,1 score
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2 weeks
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4 days a week
There are direct flights from Johannesburg to Cairo 4 days a week: Mon, Wed, Fri, Sun.
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Cheap Flights from Johannesburg to Cairo

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for return flights from Johannesburg to Cairo 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.
Discover the best prices for you by selecting your travel dates on KAYAK.

Recent return flight deals from Johannesburg to Cairo

Mon, Mar 2 - Sat, Mar 7
Ethiopian Air Logo
8:20 - 1:20
JNB
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CAI
17h 00m
1 stop
Ethiopian Air Logo
3:20 - 13:05
CAI
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JNB
9h 45m
1 stop
R5 790Ethiopian Air
Sun, Mar 8 - Fri, Mar 13
Ethiopian Air Logo
14:30 - 1:20
JNB
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CAI
10h 50m
1 stop
Ethiopian Air Logo
2:20 - 13:05
CAI
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JNB
10h 45m
1 stop
R5 854Ethiopian Air
Tue, Mar 3 - Mon, Mar 9
Ethiopian Air Logo
14:30 - 1:20
JNB
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CAI
10h 50m
1 stop
Ethiopian Air Logo
2:20 - 13:05
CAI
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JNB
10h 45m
1 stop
R5 870Ethiopian Air
Tue, Mar 10 - Sun, Mar 15
Ethiopian Air Logo
8:20 - 1:20
JNB
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CAI
17h 00m
1 stop
Ethiopian Air Logo
2:20 - 13:05
CAI
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JNB
10h 45m
1 stop
R5 902Ethiopian Air
Sun, Mar 8 - Fri, Mar 13
Ethiopian Air Logo
8:20 - 1:20
JNB
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CAI
17h 00m
1 stop
Ethiopian Air Logo
2:20 - 13:05
CAI
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JNB
10h 45m
1 stop
R6 126Ethiopian Air
Sun, Mar 8 - Sat, Mar 14
Ethiopian Air Logo
14:30 - 1:20
JNB
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CAI
10h 50m
1 stop
Ethiopian Air Logo
2:20 - 13:05
CAI
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JNB
10h 45m
1 stop
R6 158Ethiopian Air
Fri, Jun 5 - Fri, Jun 12
Ethiopian Air Logo
8:20 - 2:05
JNB
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CAI
16h 45m
1 stop
Ethiopian Air Logo
3:20 - 13:05
CAI
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JNB
10h 45m
1 stop
R6 989Ethiopian Air
Wed, Mar 25 - Wed, Apr 1
Ethiopian Air Logo
14:30 - 1:20
JNB
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CAI
10h 50m
1 stop
Ethiopian Air Logo
2:20 - 13:05
CAI
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JNB
10h 45m
1 stop
R7 021Ethiopian Air
Sun, Mar 8 - Sun, Mar 15
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21:45 - 6:15
JNB
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CAI
8h 30mdirect
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22:50 - 7:10
CAI
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JNB
8h 20mdirect
R7 101Egyptair
Thu, Mar 19 - Wed, Mar 25
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12:05 - 17:35
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CAI
29h 30m
2 stops
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1:20 - 22:05
CAI
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HLA
20h 45m
2 stops
R15 834Multiple Airlines
Booking Insights

KAYAK's insights & trends for Johannesburg to Cairo flights

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

What is the cheapest Johannesburg to Cairo flight route?

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

The cheapest return flight from Johannesburg to Cairo costs R6 541 on the route between Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport (JNB) and Cairo (CAI). It is also the most popular route.

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

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

If your flying dates are flexible, you should consider flying to Cairo on a Thursday, as we generally find the cheapest rates on that day for this route. On the other hand, Saturday is the most expensive day to fly from Johannesburg to Cairo. For your return ticket, we recommend flying on a Sunday and avoiding Wednesdays for the best deals.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Johannesburg to Cairo?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Johannesburg to Cairo, 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 to Cairo is February, where tickets cost R6 909 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are July and December, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is R9 085 and R8 733 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Johannesburg to Cairo?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Johannesburg to Cairo, 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 to Cairo, you should book around 2 weeks before departure, which saves you about 16% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 3 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Cheapest flightR4 878
Flight from OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg to Cairo

When to book flights from Johannesburg to Cairo

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Johannesburg to Cairo based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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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 flights from Johannesburg to Cairo

  • What is the cheapest flight from Johannesburg to Cairo?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Johannesburg to Cairo was R4 878 for a one-way ticket and R5 790 for a return.

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from Johannesburg to Cairo?

    Johannesburg is served by 2 major airports and there is only 1 main airport in Cairo. You will leave Johannesburg from one of these airports: Johannesburg Lanseria or Johannesburg OR Tambo. You will be arriving at Cairo.

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

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

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Johannesburg to Cairo?

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

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

    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 Cairo.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Cairo from Johannesburg is likely to change within 7 days, so travelers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Johannesburg to Cairo?

    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 Cairo 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 Cairo?

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

Prefer to fly direct from Johannesburg to Cairo?

 
Nonstop data is based off flight results for the next 60 days. Find direct flights from all airlines flying nonstop from Johannesburg to Cairo.
Find which airlines fly direct from Johannesburg to Cairo Airport, which days they fly and book direct flights.

Direct departures

Johannesburg to Cairo

Monday

Egyptair

Egyptair

Wednesday

Egyptair

Egyptair

Friday

Egyptair

Egyptair

Sunday

Egyptair

Egyptair

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Direct returns

Cairo to Johannesburg

Tuesday

Egyptair

Egyptair

Thursday

Egyptair

Egyptair

Saturday

Egyptair

Egyptair

Sunday

Egyptair

Egyptair

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Reviews of the top 5 airlines flying from Johannesburg to Cairo

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Johannesburg to Cairo. 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 Johannesburg to Cairo? 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 3506 reviews
8,1Boarding
7,9Food
8,3Crew
8,2Entertainment
8,0Comfort
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I liked everything: the service, the food, the cleanness. I flew last year with Qatar Airways, so I can compare. Emirates did much better! Especially their meals and service.

10,0 ExcellentElena, Dec 2025
DXB - COK
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I liked everything: the service, the food, the cleanness. I flew last year with Qatar Airways, so I can compare. Emirates did much better! Especially their meals and service.

Emirates did great! I liked the service, the food, cleanness, and the flight was on time. Much better airline than Qatar Airways I flew with last year.

The main issue was that the flight from trivandrum to Dubai was delayed which resulted in arriving late in Dubai. Coincidentally the flight leaving out of Dubai to jfk was also delayed for different reason. Despite we reached the gate ( through wheel chair assistance) along with 10 other passengers we were not let in. The gate was open and yet was refrained from entering. We were then requested to flight the next morning. Meal vouchers were provided but the hotel reservations were not made and took a lot longer to receive that. If Emirates knew about the delay and was certain the passengers will not be able to board the next flight shouldn't they have prepared these ahead of time?

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

I would have liked less packaged snacky stuff, more fruit. The crew was great.

Emirates A380s are always wonderful to fly on. Their crews, food and service are always excellent. They are typically on time and the only thing I would change (maybe newer or upgraded aircraft have this) is bluetooth so I can pair my noise cancelling headphones without a cable.

Bathrooms were amazing and first class seat was very comfortable. Food was edible but not up to the standards of other first class meals on other airlines. But Caviar was amazing! So much caviar. Dom Perignon 2015 was room temperature. It would have been amazing if it was chilled down a bit more. Slippers were amazing and amenity kit requested was beautiful. Requested Pajamas never came so can’t tell you how nice they were. Loved the design of the seat and personal storage. Suite was much smaller than other airline’s first class and tv screen was tiny and remote difficult to use. I probably wouldn’t pay for this flight again.

Had to do shuttle bus both times during the transfer. It was waaay longer than acceptable. These 777s need a refurbishment really badly. Emirates and Dubai Airport used to be top notch. Now overcrowded and outdated.

The food options were excellent for Economy. It was difficult to find the lounge after clearing security and boarding was clunky

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.

excellent! movie selection just ok, but everything else was wonderful.

Charged extra amount for the baggage wait. Even it’s less than 23kgs. Those machines are showing wrong weight and they were charging money wantedly from everyone.

Flight departed punctually on time. Unfortunately it seems because the destination airport is a secondary airport the airline sees it fit to operate a plane with lower comfort and offerings. There was no inflight entertainment, wifi or let alone a screen to at least track flight status for remaining flight time.

The seat cushions are absolutely lacking, not sure if they know the passengers are traveling for 14 hours straight, but the padding made our back and butt ache like crazy. The entertainment console had its own problems, either the headphone jack wasn't working or the power outlet via usb or ac outlet was not working. Not to mention the seat handles were not adjustable in some planes in the middle or on the aisle. Qatar may be operating a very old fleet of planes to make as much profit as possible, but passengers may not be following them for long, should this treatment of its customers continue. Qatar, wake up and do it right by your customers, or they may not be your customers anymore.

Qatar maybe considered one of the best ailines in the world but nowadays it is much of a muchness with the rest

Lobster starter in business class was not good, tough, served cold, and without butter. Movie selection was missing latest releases, did not offer older classic, high quality movies

Crew and food was good, ok leg room if you don’t have a big box under the seat. And the seats are so narrow (I’m only 70kg), will consider an alternate airline next time

Awesome hospitality, awesome staff, awesome food & awesome travel time. Thanks

I would love the entertainment center to be updated with more content. The flight to Doha had more options than the one to Miami

The flight was operated by IndiGo and not Qatar, which is a budget airline from India. Nevertheless, the flight was uneventful.

No entertainment except on app. No outlets working to charge. Good service

Good flight. There were a few issues with the flat bed. It was some technical issues. Otherwise everything was good

From the start of my vacation at Logan Airport, Boston it was chaotic. I'm praying my flight home is better .I'm grateful that we landed safe

Nice crew , clean cabin , food was delayed due to problem with the quantity .

Kayak and Aran grant issuing business class tickets without lounge access and sometimes 1 or 2 connections in economy class. It’s very disappointing to find out that after buying the ticket. Never buy tickets on kayak and Aran grant again

We have paid premium price for a business class Cabinet and we have received the old 777 with the following apart business class that is not to standard. It was very disappointing and it’s a very bad reputation for a premium airline company. This aeroplane should be the commission from being as a business class. We will pass this knowledge to our colleagues because the quality of business class in Etihad is not consistent and it is a lucky dip that sometimes you’re getting a good aeroplane and sometimes you’re getting their 30 years old aeroplane. The crew of the aeroplane have apologise and said that they hate this aeroplane and they have complained about it multiple times as well. Obviously Etihad is putting the economy in front of the Customer Experience. For the future we will not take this risk anymore and will fly with established company like emirates.

There was not any issues with the Etihad Airways. Staff was excellent and I love the variety of movies and games that they provided.

Was so disappointing. Business class with no TV, uncomfortable seats. Had much higher expectations.

Etihad Check In counter/Station manager in Heathrow was bothering and not helpful at all. They are rude and not customer oriented

Very disappointing #1 - You have to pay extra to use the business lounge, or else you sit in the cold airport for 7 hours and fall sick #2 - Did an awful job with boarding, they turned on the "last call" notice on the monitor made the passengers come running to the gate, once the passengers came close the crew would tell them - hey we are not boarding yet, this included passengers with children also, this was happening all the time, it was pitiful to see #3 - Did not have the courtesy for the passengers in the business class, there is a reasons why people choose business class, because they need to get to work, that means sleep is very important for them, in the business class, the crew members would themselves cause so much noise by closing the door in a loud way, once the crew member does it then the other passengers are also doing it, #4 - the food did not smell good, #5 - The Abu Dhabi airport is small, so not a whole lot to do, especially when the layover is 7+ hours. #6 - Did not provide the slippers with pajamas, #7 - also the pajamas also I had to ask, only after asking it was provided. #8- Asked for an extra pillow because the pillow they provided was not tall enough, the crew member said there was no additional pillow and gave me something like a blanket, I tried my best to use that as a pillow, but my head kept on sliding and that messed up my sleep and did not get deep thorough sleep Overall the airlines did not have an understanding of how to care for the passengers, especially the business class ones. Overall it was a bad experience, I would much rather spend the money with Qatar airways, the experience with Qatar is so much better.

We had a good flight experience with this airline despite reading many negative comments

The plane was old and the luggage racks above us were visibly shaking during turbulence. Water was dripping on our heads during landing. Our flight was over 2 hours late departing but we were not updated or told what to expect as the screen at the gate continued to read “on time”

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

They only gave us 30 minutes to make an international connecting flight. We didn’t make the connection but they did do a good job rebooking us despite the chaos. Our bags didn’t make it back and their process for customer support is pretty bad when it comes to luggage.

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

worst was delayed luggage. could see luggage was still in Singapore but they insist I wait till all luggage are unloaded before filing a report. took 2 days to arrive and I had to collect it myself from the airport

Im if Ethiopian can allow customers to use their mileage for in flight connexion it will be great.

It was very bad experience with Ethiopian airlines . The flight was delayed in both ways . On the way coming back one of the crews dropped hot coffee on my whole body and other crew dropped used dirty glasses on top of me . The same crew that dropped hot coffee on me hit me with the food trolley on my knee while I was sleeping . I couldn’t sit properly due to the pain on my knee caused by those irresponsible crews . Very unprofessional airlines

My experience was great. The flight attendants were very helpful and nice, and the food was very good.

Very good service with EGYPTAIR, would definitely recommend flying with them.

To be honest, there has been a significant improvement in the level of EgyptAir in terms of service and food quality.

Very basic service in business class. Mediocre will be the right word to describe them. Also, we arrived 8 hours late.

Flight was delayed for 3 hrs and there is nothing at the terminal except going back through security again. Food was offered but no vegetarian option

The worst experience ever, me and my little daughter suffered a lot on this trip. If there is zero or below-zero evaluation, definitely, I will give them.

Website for Egyptair Plus needs to be refined or go back to the old one...!

The flight was late 1 hr in amman with no ac

I lost my bad at Cairo’s airpor… it wasn’t shipped with me on the plane

Has upgraded from inside from leather sets to new version of touch screens ,,thank u

There is no respect or customer service whatsoever in Egypt airline extremely poor customer service never fly again. Find ticket with adjective airline. It’s like throwing money in the trash.

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