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Cheap Flights from Johannesburg to Zambia

Cheapest return prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Lusaka
LusakadirectR6 730
Livingstone
LivingstonedirectR7 103
Lusaka
LusakadirectR6 730
Livingstone
LivingstonedirectR7 103

Book Cheap Johannesburg to Zambia Plane Tickets

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

Tue, Jul 14 - Wed, Jul 15
South African Logo
19:35 - 21:35
JNB
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LUN
2h 00mdirect
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13:30 - 15:30
LUN
-
JNB
2h 00mdirect
R6 730South African
Thu, Jul 16 - Mon, Jul 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
-
JNB
2h 00mdirect
R6 795South African
Thu, Jul 16 - Mon, Jul 20
South African Logo
19:35 - 21:35
JNB
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LUN
2h 00mdirect
South African Logo
6:40 - 8:40
LUN
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JNB
2h 00mdirect
R6 811South African
Mon, Jul 27 - Mon, Aug 3
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14:15 - 14:15
JNB
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LUN
24h 00m
2 stops
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11:00 - 13:00
LUN
-
JNB
2h 00mdirect
R6 828Multiple Airlines
Wed, Jul 15 - Wed, Aug 5
Multiple Airlines Logo
14:00 - 16:00
JNB
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LUN
2h 00mdirect
Multiple Airlines Logo
13:10 - 13:15
LUN
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JNB
24h 05m
2 stops
R6 844Multiple Airlines
Thu, Aug 6 - Mon, Aug 10
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7:40 - 9:40
JNB
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LUN
2h 00mdirect
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10:20 - 12:25
LUN
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JNB
2h 05mdirect
R6 860Airlink
Sat, Jul 18 - Wed, Jul 29
Airlink Logo
7:40 - 9:40
JNB
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LUN
2h 00mdirect
Airlink Logo
7:30 - 9:35
LUN
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JNB
2h 05mdirect
R6 876Airlink
Wed, Jul 15 - Wed, Jul 29
South African Logo
10:40 - 12:40
JNB
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LUN
2h 00mdirect
South African Logo
13:30 - 15:30
LUN
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JNB
2h 00mdirect
R6 893South African
Tue, Aug 18 - Fri, Aug 21
Airlink Logo
11:30 - 13:30
JNB
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LUN
2h 00mdirect
Airlink Logo
7:30 - 9:35
LUN
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JNB
2h 05mdirect
R6 909Airlink
Wed, Jul 15 - Wed, Aug 5
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7:40 - 9:40
JNB
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LUN
2h 00mdirect
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10:20 - 12:25
LUN
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JNB
2h 05mdirect
R6 925Airlink
Booking Insights

KAYAK's insights & trends for Johannesburg to Zambia flights

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

What is the cheapest Johannesburg to Zambia flight route?

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

The cheapest ticket to Zambia from Johannesburg found in the last 72 hours was to Lusaka, at R7 347 return. The most popular route is from Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport (JNB) to Lusaka (LUN), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was R7 347.

What is the cheapest time of day to fly to Zambia?

The average price for all round-trip flights from Johannesburg to Zambia depending on the time of departure, clicked by users on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

The cheapest time of day to fly to Zambia is generally at night, when retur flights cost R4 977 on average. Morning departures are around 35% cheaper than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Zambia is generally in the evening, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is R7 950.

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

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Johannesburg to Zambia, 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 Zambia is February, when tickets cost R3 779 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are May and June, when the average cost of return tickets is R10 817 and R9 195 respectively.

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

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

When flying from Johannesburg to Zambia, you should consider leaving on a Thursday and avoid Sundays if you are looking for the best rates. For your return to Johannesburg, you’ll find the best rates on Tuesdays and the most expensive ones on Thursdays.

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

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 Zambia, 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 Zambia, 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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Flight from OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg to Livingstone

FAQs - booking Zambia flights

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

    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 Zambia.

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

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

    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 Zambia 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 Zambia?

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

Reviews of the top 5 airlines flying from Johannesburg to Zambia

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Johannesburg to Zambia? 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
8,0Comfort
8,0Food
9,3Crew
8,6Boarding
8,0Entertainment

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.

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

The flight delayef for over 2 hours so my route was changed leading to arriving to my destination without my luggage

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.

The experience was amazing! Many thanks to the pilot who informed us that we were passing mt Kilimanjaro and we had the chance to see it !

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.

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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Cabin class types available on flights to Zambia

Cabin classes available on flights to Zambia. Prices are the lowest found on KAYAK over the last 7 days. Price and availability is not guaranteed.