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Find cheap flights from New York John F Kennedy Airport to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg from R8 963

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How much is the cheapest flight from John F Kennedy Intl to OR Tambo?

Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from John F Kennedy Intl to OR Tambo 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.
6:00 - 2:30JFK-JNB
37h 30m1 stop
3:50 - 11:00JNB-JFK
31h 10m1 stop
R13 387SAUDIA
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Mon, Jan 22 - Wed, Jan 31
18:40 - 6:05JFK-JNB
28h 25m1 stop
14:15 - 0:00JNB-JFK
33h 45m1 stop
R14 843Turkish Airlines
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Mon, Nov 6 - Thu, Nov 30
18:00 - 23:55JFK-JNB
23h 55m2 stops
19:00 - 22:00JNB-JFK
27h 00m2 stops
R15 713Ethiopian Air
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Mon, Oct 16 - Fri, Oct 20
17:45 - 23:55JFK-JNB
24h 10m2 stops
18:00 - 20:45JNB-JFK
26h 45m2 stops
R15 770Ethiopian Air
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Sun, Oct 29 - Sun, Nov 12
8:45 - 5:55JFK-JNB
38h 10m1 stop
20:15 - 8:35JNB-JFK
36h 20m1 stop
R17 093Kenya Airways
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Thu, Feb 15 - Thu, Feb 22
8:45 - 19:15JFK-JNB
27h 30m1 stop
7:10 - 8:35JNB-JFK
25h 25m1 stop
R17 377Kenya Airways
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Sun, Feb 11 - Sun, Feb 25
8:00 - 3:30JFK-JNB
37h 30m1 stop
17:45 - 11:00JNB-JFK
41h 15m1 stop
R19 154Egypt Air
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Mon, Oct 9 - Mon, Oct 16
8:00 - 3:10JFK-JNB
37h 10m1 stop
16:45 - 11:00JNB-JFK
42h 15m1 stop
R19 173Egypt Air
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Wed, Nov 1 - Mon, Nov 13
7:00 - 2:10JFK-JNB
36h 10m1 stop
4:50 - 16:25JNB-JFK
35h 35m2 stops
R19 324Multiple Airlines
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Wed, Nov 22 - Thu, Nov 30
8:00 - 3:30JFK-JNB
37h 30m1 stop
4:50 - 16:25JNB-JFK
35h 35m2 stops
R19 381Multiple Airlines
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Mon, Oct 16 - Wed, Jan 17

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December

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Flight from New York John F Kennedy Airport to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg

When to book flights from John F Kennedy Intl to OR Tambo

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Top tips for finding a cheap flight out of New York John F Kennedy Airport

  • The cheapest flight from New York John F Kennedy Airport to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg was found, on average, 69 days before departure.
  • Book at least 8 weeks before departure in order to get a below-average price.
  • High season is considered to be November, December and January. The cheapest month to fly is May.
  • Morning departure is around 25% more expensive than an evening flight, on average*.
*Average of the lowest prices shown in KAYAK’s search results for departures within the next 30 days

FAQs for booking New York John F Kennedy Airport to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg flights

  • How long does a flight from New York John F Kennedy Airport to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg take?

    There are no direct flights for this route. The shortest travel duration to get to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg from New York John F Kennedy Airport is 19h 35m.

  • Which airlines provide the cheapest flights from New York John F Kennedy Airport to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg?

    In the last 72 hours, the best return deals on flights connecting New York John F Kennedy Airport to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg were found on SAUDIA (R13 387) and Turkish Airlines (R14 843). Kenya Airways proposed the cheapest one-way flight at R8 963.

  • What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from New York John F Kennedy Airport to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg?

    When flying from New York John F Kennedy Airport to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg, you should consider leaving on a Monday and avoid Saturdays if you are looking for the best rates. For your return to New York John F Kennedy Airport, you’ll find the best rates on Thursdays and the most expensive ones on Wednesdays.

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from New York John F Kennedy Airport to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg?

    New York John F Kennedy Airport airport is called New York John F Kennedy Intl and the only airport in OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg is Johannesburg OR Tambo.

  • What’s the earliest departure time from New York John F Kennedy Airport to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg?

    The earliest departure to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg leaves New York John F Kennedy Airport at 0:00.

  • What’s the latest departure time from New York John F Kennedy Airport to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg?

    The last departure to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg leaves New York John F Kennedy Airport at 23:50.

  • Which airlines fly direct between New York John F Kennedy Airport and OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg?

    There are no direct flights connecting New York John F Kennedy Airport to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from New York John F Kennedy Airport to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg?

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

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from New York John F Kennedy Airport to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg?

    SkyTeam, and Star Alliance are the airline alliances operating flights between New York John F Kennedy Airport and OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg, with Star Alliance being the most commonly used for this route.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from New York to Johannesburg, Ethiopian Air or Kenya Airways?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from New York to Johannesburg are Ethiopian Air and Kenya Airways. With an average price for the route of R22 962 and an overall rating of 7,0, Ethiopian Air is the most popular choice. Kenya Airways is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of R24 557 and an overall rating of 7,0.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from New York John F Kennedy Airport to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg?

    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 New York John F Kennedy Airport to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from New York John F Kennedy Airport to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg from New York John F Kennedy Airport 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 New York John F Kennedy Airport to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg?

    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 OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg with an airline and back to New York John F Kennedy Airport with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from New York John F Kennedy Airport to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg?

    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 OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg from New York John F Kennedy Airport up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

Top 5 airlines serving from John F Kennedy Intl to OR Tambo

Scores according to KAYAK customer reviews
8,0
Virgin AtlanticOverall score based on 1613 reviews
77comfort
82boarding
80entertainment
77food
85crew
81overall
Airline reviews
Pros: "Crew are always top notch, free drinks are readily available and entertainment system is great."
Cons: "The food portions and quality have definitely declined over the years sadly, as carriers cut costs no doubt."
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Pros: "Crew are always top notch, free drinks are readily available and entertainment system is great."
Cons: "The food portions and quality have definitely declined over the years sadly, as carriers cut costs no doubt."
Pros: "This is the way to fly long haul."
Cons: "Frustration is it is impossible to sleep during the breakfast service, but this is a problem for all airlines and Virgin is better than most."
Pros: "I travelled on economy delight, flight was fully packed, yet it felt spacious and comfortable. Lightning was great. Food was yummy! And pilots gave us updates on air travel, and if there were any delays etc."
Cons: "Nothing. Had a great trip!"
Pros: "I had one of the few empty seats next to me."
Cons: "The food is awful. Not enough toilets."
Pros: "The flight itself was good! The one from London to Delhi was better than from JFK to London"
Cons: "I wasn’t told about my baggage were being delivered through different airlines the other day!"
Pros: "Good collection of movies"
Cons: "To pay for luggage for international flights while on their website it says i dont have to pay if im going to South Africa. The food was not so great."
Pros: "The flight felt so short, service was amazing, food was good. Great overall experience."
Pros: "Staff was very friendly, the plane was very clean. Loved the entire trip, except for our uncontrollable weather delay."
Cons: "Nothing"
Pros: "The crew was pleasant and attentive"
Cons: "The entertainment system was not good. The touch screen was not calibrated and very hard to select and scroll through. The flight was over a hour late so we missed our connection. Got rebooked okay, but after traveling for 18 hours having to wait three extra hours was a drag."
Pros: "Although we were badly delayed the cabin service was excellent in every way. Good meal , cheerful staff and well turned out."
Pros: "The crew were great! The seats are not that comfortable, it happened that I had 3 seats raw for myself but the armrests were not going up so I could not utilize them and lie down to sleep."
Pros: "Food was great, movie selection too. Everything was great except for I couldn’t really get comfortable to sleep"
Cons: "Not sure how to make the seats more comfortable. I have some back issues though. However, some of my travel companions slept right through the flight."
Cons: "A little bit chaotic when they loaded two planes at the same time in a very tight space in Amsterdsm but this was most likey an airport soecific design issue and not a KLM issue. The flight was as good as can be expected fir an international flight. The staff was great"
Cons: "Seats in economy section are very close together . There is not enough room for knees...especially for such a long trip."
Pros: "Reclinable seats."
Cons: "The food!! The lights could be dimmed as it was a night flight."
Pros: "Great crew, comfortable seating with enough leg room."
Cons: "Provide dinner before getting to joburg, instead of a snack. Flight arrives late so dinner would be appreciated"
Pros: "Like the overall KLM experience"
Cons: "Food could have had better quality and the stewardess served it all at once versus in the various courses."
Pros: "KLM was a great experience compared to Airitalia. The food was good, the flight attendants were very helpful."
Cons: "We were changed from KLM to Airiltalia without any information sent so only because I tried to check in did I find out the flight on KLM was cancelled and we were changed to Airitalia. The Airitalia flight was very mediocre."
Pros: "Nice seats. Only seats with a row of 2, which is what I wanted,"
Cons: "Direct flights to and from South Africa to USA not via Middle East"
Pros: "Seats had tv monitor"
Cons: "Check in was horrible and inefficient. The seats are smaller compared to most major airlines (Delta, AA, Air France, KLM)"
Cons: "The configuration of seating in business class allows for no privacy and my connecting flight just had food and front seats for business class. Our three across seats were the same as everyone else."
Pros: "Gave me a bagel before landing."
Cons: "Boarding process was disorganized, no one helping adjust suitcases to maximize space (one guitar laid on its back instead of standing on its side took an entire bin instead of half), the flight attendant woke me up to lift my seat back because the person behind me wanted to eat. Their flawed design is not my problem."
Pros: "Crew was friendly"
Cons: "We had a 30 minute delay for technical reasons leaving JFK and then spent 60 minutes taxiing/waiting to takeoff. During the flight the pilot made up about 15minutes but then a Heathrow circled for 20 minutes this caused us to miss our connecting fight what are it worse is that BAnever todos we had issued our flight even though they knew but the time we landed that we could no take it through security in time . It wa very confusing trying to figure out that we had to reschedule and where and how to do it."
Pros: "very comfortable but because it was not a full flight"
Cons: "The only problem that I had with my flight is that my luggage did not arrive on the same flight. Possibly due to my connecting flight from DCA to JFK. Both American Airlines and British Airways reassured me that it would be at Gatwick Airport when I arrived. Unfortunately, it did not. It took approximately four days to get my luggage. This was definitely a lessons learned."
Pros: "Modern individual entertainment stations. Comfortable leather (or perhaps synthetic leather) seats. Friendly helpful crew."
Cons: "I was seated between 2 people, and it felt like very little space."
Cons: "I would have preferred a larger breakfast. For a flight departing after midnight, a dinner was not necessary—but a good breakfast was!!"
Cons: "When I got to London British airways refused to board the plane that was originally scheduled to leave for Warsaw because there were not enough passengers. That happened twice. I was at the airport for over 12hrs and the airline didn't offer an explanation at all or even a food voucher. It was tortourous"
Cons: "Better veg food, Ask and provide water to drink when flight is 10 hrs long. Not just provide lunch and dinner."
Cons: "It was over booked. I wasted my precious time in the airport for half day... and the staff of ethiopian were not kindness."
Pros: "Fine flight with good meals."
Cons: "TV was broken, had phone so it was okay, the frustrating but was the call button. I rarely hit it, did this time for an arrivals card, the guy beside me messed his up and used mine while I was sleeping. No problem, until I hit the button. No one came for more than an hour, I even made eye contact."
Pros: "Food was of high standard Crew were polite and made the effort to make passengers feel comfortable"
Cons: "Boarding - Two last minute changes to departure gates, which confused the hell out of everyone. No announcement, just one staff shouting out to passengers."
Pros: "Same as above."
Cons: "Staff needs to be briefed on what an insulin pump is."
Pros: "Flight time changed without notice. Delays in Medinah caused us to miss our connecting flight to Johannesburg. Really poor communication. No agents would take calls in Jeddah. Really terrible service. Would avoid using this airline at all cost. Not the first time I've been delayed by them"
Cons: "Flight time changed without notice. Delays in Medinah caused us to miss our connecting flight to Johannesburg. Really poor communication. No agents would take calls in Jeddah. Really terrible service. Would avoid using this airline at all cost. Not the first time I've been delayed by them"
Cons: "Lack of communication. The flight was delayed and boarding was very chaotic due to poor communication."
Cons: "Cabin crew quite distracted. Between rows 19-23, orders were totally mixed up People given wrong food or drinks"
Pros: "Having never even heard of Ethiopian Airline, our expectations weren’t very high. We found the boarding process to work well. The staff was great and the meals were very good. The flights were on time and efficient."
Cons: "On many of the flights we had to use the roll up stairs. The water that they served tasted like tap water. The seats seem closer (less leg room) than other airlines."
Pros: "New plane fantastic cabin"
Cons: "There was a fight but nothibg to do with the flight crew just some passenger with mental issues"

Customer service not the greatest my bags were left behind at JFK

My flight was fine. The stewardess were wonderful. My bag is lost. I am in Madagascar. Please help. Can you help with refund I paid $110. I'm waiting for my sports equipment. Thanks

Pros: "The warm towel given for the hands and face at the beiginning was a nice surprise treat. Great also that blankets and headphones were provided."
Cons: "More food variety as some items ran out as they got to the back of the plane"
Pros: "Crew was attentive, punctual, and third meal on a 14 hour flight is right."
Cons: "Movies are badly dated, and a bit limited in choice. System was a bit difficult to navigate, and slow to respond."
Cons: "The issue was not the flight. It was the cancellation policy. I had a best friend suddenly die and I could not apply a credit to future travel on my 4000$ business class seat. It makes me not want to buy through kayak again."
Cons: "More legroom, seats with more cushion and recline, better food!"
Pros: "Crew was helpful."
Cons: "We were delaying on the outgoing flight and coming back as well."
Pros: "Yes the crew was amazing"
Cons: "Provide food for kids first before even the special meals people"
Cons: "The food, horrible, I would like to describe but not going to do it. Rather get something at the airport before boarding, no space on the plane enought, the seat distance has been squeeze, I guest to accomodate more sheeps ( not seats) on the plane."
Pros: "The crew is helpful."
Cons: "The boarding system needs to be improved and be conducted in an orderly manner. Leaving on time seems to be impossible. Keeping time should be looked into."

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Recent one-way flight deals

21/1Sun
1 stopKenya Airways
19h 35mJFK-JNB
R8 963
11/3Mon
1 stopKenya Airways
20h 35mJFK-JNB
R9 246
23/10Mon
1 stopEgypt Air
37h 30mJFK-JNB
R9 700
11/10Wed
1 stopEgypt Air
37h 30mJFK-JNB
R10 135
4/12Mon
2 stopsMultiple Airlines
49h 00mJFK-JNB
R11 043
28/11Tue
3 stopsMultiple Airlines
32h 30mJFK-JNB
R11 156
8/10Sun
1 stopTurkish Airlines
33h 20mJFK-JNB
R12 215
18/10Wed
1 stopTurkish Airlines
28h 20mJFK-JNB
R12 744
8/10Sun
2 stopsEthiopian Air
23h 55mJFK-JNB
R14 011
8/10Sun
2 stopsEthiopian Air
23h 55mJFK-JNB
R14 087

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25/9Mon
multi-stopEthiopian Air
23h 55mJFK-JNB
6/10Fri
multi-stopEthiopian Air
27h 00mJNB-JFK
R16 072
25/9Mon
multi-stopEthiopian Air
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8/10Sun
multi-stopEthiopian Air
27h 00mJNB-JFK
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25/9Mon
multi-stopEgypt Air
37h 30mJFK-JNB
11/10Wed
multi-stopEgypt Air
41h 15mJNB-JFK
R22 028
25/9Mon
multi-stopMultiple Airlines
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9/10Mon
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25/9Mon
multi-stopMultiple Airlines
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1/10Sun
multi-stopMultiple Airlines
29h 00mJNB-JFK
R23 049
26/9Tue
multi-stopQatar Airways
41h 10mJFK-JNB
3/10Tue
multi-stopQatar Airways
32h 05mJNB-JFK
R23 522
25/9Mon
multi-stopEgypt Air
37h 30mJFK-JNB
9/10Mon
multi-stopEgypt Air
41h 15mJNB-JFK
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23/9Sat
multi-stopQatar Airways
36h 40mJFK-JNB
8/10Sun
multi-stopQatar Airways
31h 05mJNB-JFK
R24 335
23/9Sat
multi-stopKenya Airways
20h 05mJFK-JNB
5/10Thu
multi-stopKenya Airways
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R32 485
24/9Sun
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