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Cheapest return fare
R6 947
Typical prices: R4 946-R5 669
Air Tanzania, Proflight Zambia
Sat 10/10Sat 17/10
JNB - LUN • 2 stops
Cheapest direct flights
R6 998
Typical prices: R5 046-R6 544
South African
Thu 13/8Thu 20/8
JNB - LUN • Direct
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Cheap Flights from Johannesburg to Lusaka

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

Sat, Oct 10 - Sat, Oct 17
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14:15 - 14:15
JNB
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LUN
24h 00m
2 stops
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8:15 - 10:15
LUN
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JNB
2h 00mdirect
R6 947Multiple Airlines
Thu, Aug 13 - Thu, Aug 20
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19:35 - 21:35
JNB
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LUN
2h 00mdirect
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6:40 - 8:40
LUN
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JNB
2h 00mdirect
R6 998South African
Thu, Oct 15 - Mon, Oct 19
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14:15 - 14:15
JNB
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LUN
24h 00m
3 stops
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8:15 - 10:15
LUN
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JNB
2h 00mdirect
R7 015Multiple Airlines
Thu, Aug 13 - Mon, Aug 17
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19:35 - 21:35
JNB
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LUN
2h 00mdirect
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6:40 - 8:40
LUN
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JNB
2h 00mdirect
R7 031South African
Thu, Aug 13 - Mon, Aug 17
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19:35 - 21:35
JNB
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LUN
2h 00mdirect
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6:40 - 8:40
LUN
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JNB
2h 00mdirect
R7 065South African
Thu, Dec 10 - Tue, Dec 15
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14:15 - 14:15
JNB
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LUN
24h 00m
3 stops
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11:00 - 13:00
LUN
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JNB
2h 00mdirect
R7 082Multiple Airlines
Mon, Dec 21 - Sun, Dec 27
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11:30 - 13:30
JNB
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LUN
2h 00mdirect
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14:15 - 16:20
LUN
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2h 05mdirect
R7 099Airlink
Thu, Aug 13 - Mon, Aug 17
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19:35 - 21:35
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LUN
2h 00mdirect
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13:30 - 15:30
LUN
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R7 115South African
Mon, Aug 17 - Mon, Aug 24
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17:00 - 19:00
JNB
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LUN
2h 00mdirect
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10:20 - 12:25
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R7 132Airlink
Tue, Aug 18 - Fri, Aug 21
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7:40 - 9:40
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14:15 - 16:20
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2h 05mdirect
R7 149Airlink
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Johannesburg to Lusaka flights

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

How much is a return flight from Johannesburg to Lusaka?

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 to Lusaka departing in October.

Flight prices are typical for this route right now.

Flights to Lusaka from Johannesburg usually cost between R5 131 and R7 149 in October.
The lowest price found in the past 5 days was R6 947 on Multiple Airlines (Oct 10–Oct 17).

What is the cheapest Johannesburg to Lusaka flight route?

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

The cheapest return flight from Johannesburg to Lusaka costs R5 703 on the route between Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport (JNB) and Lusaka (LUN). It is also the most popular route.

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

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

Your flight ticket price will generally be cheaper if you fly to Lusaka on a Thursday and more expensive on a Sunday. On your return trip to Johannesburg, you should consider flying back on a Tuesday, and avoid Thursdays for better deals.

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

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Johannesburg to Lusaka, 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 Lusaka is February, where tickets cost R3 415 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are June and May, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is R7 788 and R7 654 respectively.

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

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 Lusaka, 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 Lusaka, you should book around 4 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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Cheapest flight

R3 734
Flight from OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg to Lusaka

When to book flights from Johannesburg to Lusaka

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Johannesburg to Lusaka 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 flights from Johannesburg to Lusaka

  • What is the cheapest flight from Johannesburg to Lusaka?

    In the last 5 days, the lowest price for a flight from Johannesburg to Lusaka was R3 734 for a one-way ticket and R6 947 for a return.

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

    On your way to Lusaka, you’ll fly out from one of these Johannesburg airports: Johannesburg Lanseria or Johannesburg OR Tambo. You’ll be landing at Lusaka.

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

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

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Johannesburg to Lusaka?

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

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

    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 Lusaka.

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

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

    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 Lusaka 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 Lusaka?

    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 Lusaka 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 Lusaka?

 
Nonstop data is based off flight results for the next 60 days. Find direct flights from all airlines flying nonstop from Johannesburg to Lusaka.
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Direct departures

Johannesburg to Lusaka

Monday

Airlink,Proflight Zambia,South African, +1 more

Airlink,Proflight Zambia, +2 more

Tuesday

Airlink,Proflight Zambia,South African, +1 more

Airlink,Proflight Zambia, +2 more

Wednesday

Airlink,Proflight Zambia,South African, +1 more

Airlink,Proflight Zambia, +2 more

Thursday

Airlink,Proflight Zambia,South African, +1 more

Airlink,Proflight Zambia, +2 more

Friday

Airlink,Proflight Zambia,South African, +1 more

Airlink,Proflight Zambia, +2 more

Saturday

Airlink,Proflight Zambia,South African, +1 more

Airlink,Proflight Zambia, +2 more

Sunday

Airlink,Proflight Zambia,South African, +1 more

Airlink,Proflight Zambia, +2 more

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Direct returns

Lusaka to Johannesburg

Monday

Airlink,Proflight Zambia,South African, +1 more

Airlink,Proflight Zambia, +2 more

Tuesday

Airlink,Proflight Zambia,South African, +1 more

Airlink,Proflight Zambia, +2 more

Wednesday

Airlink,Proflight Zambia,South African, +1 more

Airlink,Proflight Zambia, +2 more

Thursday

Airlink,Proflight Zambia,South African, +1 more

Airlink,Proflight Zambia, +2 more

Friday

Airlink,Proflight Zambia,South African, +1 more

Airlink,Proflight Zambia, +2 more

Saturday

Airlink,Proflight Zambia,South African, +1 more

Airlink,Proflight Zambia, +2 more

Sunday

Airlink,Proflight Zambia,South African, +1 more

Airlink,Proflight Zambia, +2 more

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Reviews of the top 5 airlines flying from Johannesburg to Lusaka

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Johannesburg to Lusaka. 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 Lusaka? 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.
8,6
Proflight ZambiaOverall score based on 3 reviews
8,0Food
9,3Crew
8,0Entertainment
8,6Boarding
8,0Comfort

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

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.

South African Airways on the outside, a very old shabby Qatar Airways plane on the inside

The food options were beef or veg, No alternatives for Hindus, that don't eat beef...

Flight was on time Seats ( business class) are terrible- you keep on slipping down as it doesn’t lie flat Food service is like economy class. Meals ( still wrapped in plastic) are just dropped in front of you

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.

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.

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

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 .

Flight was delayed resulting in a series of unfortunate events. I ran the airport as people were yelling my flight anyone who can’t run wouldn’t have made it! Then the luggage is missing. Good company, execution needs fine tuning.

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.

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.

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

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

The boarding gate closed too early, I missed my flight and they knew I had checked in, they took off 30 minutes earlier without 4 passengers

Our entire flights luggage was lost, and still not found with no follow up regarding it. The chairs had no headrests, and leg room was mediocre. The drinks we all sugary with no sugar free alternative.

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