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Book Cheap Johannesburg to China Plane Tickets

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

Tue, Jul 21 - Tue, Jul 28
Qatar Airways Logo
20:55 - 21:50
JNB
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PVG
18h 55m
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18:50 - 9:10
PVG
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JNB
20h 20m
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R12 012Qatar Airways
Mon, Jul 20 - Mon, Jul 27
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14:05 - 22:40
JNB
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PVG
26h 35m
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Qatar Airways Logo
18:50 - 9:10
PVG
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JNB
20h 20m
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R12 077Qatar Airways
Fri, Oct 16 - Thu, Oct 22
Singapore Airlines Logo
20:25 - 22:45
JNB
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PVG
20h 20m
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0:35 - 19:20
PVG
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JNB
24h 45m
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R12 354Singapore Airlines
Fri, Jul 24 - Mon, Aug 10
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20:25 - 15:05
JNB
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PVG
36h 40m
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Singapore Airlines Logo
19:10 - 19:20
PVG
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JNB
30h 10m
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R12 615Singapore Airlines
Fri, Jul 17 - Thu, Jul 23
Emirates Logo
22:20 - 22:20
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PEK
18h 00m
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7:25 - 16:15
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JNB
38h 50m
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R12 991Emirates
Wed, Aug 12 - Sun, Aug 23
Emirates Logo
10:05 - 22:20
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PEK
30h 15m
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Emirates Logo
7:25 - 5:30
PEK
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JNB
28h 05m
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R13 040Emirates
Wed, Jul 29 - Mon, Aug 10
Air China Logo
10:10 - 16:00
JNB
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SHA
23h 50m
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Air China Logo
19:25 - 7:40
SHA
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JNB
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R15 520Air China
Mon, Jul 27 - Sun, Aug 9
Air China Logo
10:10 - 20:05
JNB
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SHA
27h 55m
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Air China Logo
8:55 - 7:40
SHA
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JNB
28h 45m
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R15 651Air China
Thu, Dec 3 - Mon, Dec 7
Cathay Pacific Logo
11:00 - 11:00
JNB
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XMN
18h 00m
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12:15 - 7:25
XMN
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JNB
25h 10m
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R21 428Cathay Pacific
Tue, Nov 24 - Mon, Jan 11
Cathay Pacific Logo
11:00 - 11:00
JNB
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XMN
18h 00m
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12:15 - 7:25
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JNB
25h 10m
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R21 983Cathay Pacific
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Johannesburg to China flights

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

What is the cheapest Johannesburg to China flight route?

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

The cheapest ticket to China from Johannesburg found in the last 72 hours was to Shenzhen, at R14 375 return. The most popular route is from Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport (JNB) to Shenzhen (SZX), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was R14 375.

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

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Johannesburg to China, 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 China is February, when tickets cost R12 942 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and April, when the average cost of return tickets is R18 115 and R16 891 respectively.

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

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 China, 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 a flight from Johannesburg to China, you should book around 4 weeks before departure, which saves you about 27% compared to booking last-minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 12 weeks before departure.

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Cheapest flightR7 442
Flight from OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg to Shanghai Pudong Airport

FAQs - booking China flights

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

    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 China.

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

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

    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 Johannesburg to China 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 Johannesburg to China?

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

  • How many flights are there between Johannesburg and China per day?

    There is a maximum of 1 direct flight a day that takes off from Johannesburg and lands in China, with an average flight time of 13h 15m. The most common departure time is 10:00 and most flights take off in the morning. Each week, there are 3 flights.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines flying from Johannesburg to China

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Johannesburg to China? 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 1560 reviews
8,6Crew
8,3Boarding
7,8Food
8,0Comfort
8,1Entertainment
Airline reviews

SQ is a market leader for good reason and its 787 this time was actually comfortable and the service top notch as always.

10,0 ExcellentTris, Jun 2026
SIN - DPS
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SQ is a market leader for good reason and its 787 this time was actually comfortable and the service top notch as always.

The friendliness of the attendants, and the quality of the service.

Very good flight from Boarding to landing -efficient and comfortable with decent entertainment options

Delayed 1hour due to storm still didn't get window seat for third flight despite paying £240 extra to book them

I commend the flight attendants on our SFO-SIN flight who went above and beyond to provide us with extra snacks and food. This type of service makes the flight experience personal and awesome.

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!!!!!!

Airport lounge for business class is too crowded and not comfortable. Poor foods and facilities. Boarding was delayed. A lot of coughing people in the flight even in the business class, which indicated poor screening and health risks.

The meals were ok,but we weren't given any beverages with the food, only after everyone was served food, maybe short staffed but that's not proper

I didn’t get to go, and no refund was available after asking for 2 months

Sleep pods in SilverKris lounge are disappointing, showers are great though. Food decent, not amazing. Need more toilets in lounge ideally. Flight was good but service can be better.

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.

Inexperienced e crew, no personal greeting for gold member, not the same emirates service that I know. I take this flight almost weekly

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

The amenities offered in the Business class is far away less compared with other Air Companies. Emirates is going down in the competition pricing the same value as Qatar airways for example.

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 legroom in economy on an A321 is wholly inadequate for a 6’3” man. Deeply dissatisfied.

I do not think there was much that could have been done to make it better. The delayed flight was due to bad weather. The turbulent patches were very unavoidable. Am simply thankful that there were no sudden and / or sharp drops during the flight. I do extend my compliments to captain Marcus I believe was his name and the rest of the crew. They all did an excellent job. My only question is whether I get a refund since the seats I had chosen and paid for were reassigned.

So so, crew was overly professional and lacks human touch. Equipment is very old, especially the HKG-PVG CX366 flight. That plane along with its decor must have twenty years of history, or at least I had that impression.

Horrible. No good food. Baggage missed to onboard and came after a day. No support to compensate the delay. Customer care cannot see the status of the complaint. No reply of the email.

Cathay was not the problem. The problem was the customer service from Kayak/Underprice. Will never book through Kayak again.

The employees are very nice and good. The delay due to the aircraft is not a good thing. Planning for such problems should be an easy task.

Unfortunately I ended up beside a person who seemed to have been eating rotten corpses before landing because his breath smelled like Calcutta Sewage mixed with vodka and undigested eggs. Even wearing a mask that smell was so permeating that I couldn't breathe for the whole duration of the flight. I understand this is not CATHAY's fault but nevertheless I as a passenger had to endure this and there wasn't any way to fix it

The coffee in Premium economy and economy is terrible. That's it. Everything else is great

Very comfortable flights. Not so many new releases in terms of films.

Halal food options could have been better the first meal portion sizes were very small the second breakfast meal the fish and couscous was very dry and disappointing I enjoyed the Hong Kong t lot I enjoyed the midnight stuck a lot the Hong Kong tea we had for breakfast was very good

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.

The space was tight, hardly any leg room and the crew surprisingly were busy and did not take the time to attend to passengers, felt rushed. There was a delay for check in since the systems were down the airport staffs were accommodating

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 plane from Dublin to Doha was quite comfortable. I was in economy and the seats and rows were very tight. The man in front of me reclined his seat and it made my screen incredibly close to my face and I wasn’t able to take my tray down and my knees were pressed against the seat. I had to ask three times for him to pull his seat up but in his defence he hadn’t even reclined it far, the rows were just too close. I had a pain in my side by the end of the flight from the chairs which were quite worn and not very padded or supportive. It was a significantly inferior plane to the plane from Doha to Sydney and vice versa.

Staff was helpful. Flight was on time. Overall excellent experience. Thank you will fly again.

Each and every requirement was nicely provided by all staff no very be happy

My Tv don’t work the whole from Doha to New Delhi. Overnight didn’t work from Bos to Doha and had to eat food without light

Found out we were limited to one carry on item per person as we checked in and weight. This requirement has never happened to us before. Then we get on the plane and it's apparent why. There is barely any space on this plane. I sat in the middle row middle seat and shared a single section of leg room with the stranger next to me. Had to put my backpack in the overhead which barely fit and made it so I didn't want to bother getting my things out of it later like my eye mask. There was an angry man complaining about his seat and demanding to be switched for a good 15 to 20 minutes as we were boarding. To the flight attendants' credit, they didn't give into him (not that they could have), but it definitely made for an unpleasant experience. Also there was a child running up and down the aisle during the flight including takeoff and landing. The crew told the parents but they just smiled and continued letting the kid do this. This was p annoying and not to mention dangerous for the kid

The crews have been excellent I feel like they go an extra mile to make my trip the most comfortable one and they do it cheerfully. I left my usb cable in the plane and two of the crews found me and gave it to me. Now where in the woods can you get such service I asked them to give you their names: Khaoula,Bhagwan,Juliet’s,Pam’s and two more from ATL to Doha trip. Yeah get free commercial fr me Fly Qatar whenever and wherever you fly and you will never be disappointed!!!

The following is a review for a flight from Johannesburg to Washington, DC with a connection at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and refueling landing at Rome, Italy. The flight was provided by Ethiopian Airlines. There were two of us: me and my wife on this flight. Everything was on time. Enough legroom between the seats, I was able to stretch my legs and sleep for at least some time during the 14 hour second flight (19 hours in total for both flights). Very decent meals that included two lunches and one breakfast on the flight from Addis Ababa to Washington and one lunch on the flight from Johannesburg to Addis Ababa. The lunch choices were beef, chicken and fish, I think the vegetarian option was available as well, accompanied with beans. The breakfast was a choice between egg and pancake, accompanied with a fruit salad. The egg breakfast was awesome, it came with a scrambled egg and a sausage. However, my wife mentioned unusual taste of the pancake breakfast meal, by all means those were not pancakes. What wasn't good: Externally initiated commercials on the infosystem screens, you couldn't turn the screen off. These commercials were accompanied by loud and annoying music, transmitted through the entire cabin. Obviously, there was no escape from this music as well. Additional moment: on the flight from Addis Ababa to Washington, DC, we landed at Rome for refueling. This was totally fine and it was in the flight itinerary. But, the flight attendant asked me to straighten the seat while we were at the steady position during the refueling. I can't rationalize this order except that some people just like to be a boss of some kind. Keeping the light lit in the economy cabin while keeping it dimmed in the first class also didn't improve my and my wife's feelings. Overall, the services were very good and the flight, despite its longevity, went on very smoothly.

Food hardly ever changes Videos not often updated for often travel.

The flight itself was fine. The exception is that my luggage was destroyed, and I filed a claim that I haven't heard from anyone.

United was best airlines I have seen since I got there choose united airlines

Food was really not appealing. There was a blocked sink in the toilet. Toilet is cramped and the wall between the 2 toilets are not secured properly.

Plane was late with no information or announcement … had to walk up n downstairs.., had not communicated this … and ppl had suitcase to carry .

I had a full row so can't imagine how this could be better

My entertainment screen wasn't working and they couldn't fix it.

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.

I've never been served three bread courses in a single meal before. Was really impressed by the novelty of that.

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