RUH - JNB

R5 834 Find Cheap Flights from Riyadh to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg

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Cheap Flights from Riyadh to OR Tambo (RUH-JNB)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for return flights from Riyadh 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.
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Recent return flight deals from Riyadh to OR Tambo

Tue, Nov 18 - Mon, Dec 1
Etihad Airways Logo
4:25 - 8:20RUH-JNB
28h 55m1 stop
Etihad Airways Logo
9:50 - 15:15JNB-RUH
28h 25m1 stop
R9 955Etihad Airways
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Mon, Feb 2 - Wed, Mar 4
Etihad Airways Logo
4:25 - 8:20RUH-JNB
28h 55m1 stop
Etihad Airways Logo
9:50 - 15:15JNB-RUH
28h 25m1 stop
R10 353Etihad Airways
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Mon, Feb 2 - Thu, Mar 5
Qatar Airways Logo
22:30 - 8:40RUH-JNB
11h 10m1 stop
Qatar Airways Logo
20:30 - 18:15JNB-RUH
20h 45m1 stop
R10 907Qatar Airways
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Wed, Nov 19 - Mon, Dec 1
Etihad Airways Logo
10:30 - 8:20RUH-JNB
22h 50m1 stop
Etihad Airways Logo
9:50 - 9:00JNB-RUH
22h 10m1 stop
R11 097Etihad Airways
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Tue, Dec 16 - Wed, Dec 24
Ethiopian Air Logo
3:40 - 11:00RUH-JNB
32h 20m2 stops
Ethiopian Air Logo
14:30 - 2:10JNB-RUH
10h 40m1 stop
R11 305Ethiopian Air
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Fri, Feb 6 - Wed, Mar 4
Qatar Airways Logo
5:05 - 15:25RUH-JNB
11h 20m1 stop
Qatar Airways Logo
20:30 - 10:15JNB-RUH
12h 45m1 stop
R11 340Qatar Airways
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Tue, Nov 18 - Mon, Dec 1
Ethiopian Air Logo
3:40 - 11:00RUH-JNB
32h 20m2 stops
Ethiopian Air Logo
14:30 - 2:10JNB-RUH
10h 40m1 stop
R11 617Ethiopian Air
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Tue, Feb 3 - Wed, Mar 4
Multiple Airlines Logo
22:40 - 8:20RUH-JNB
10h 40m1 stop
Multiple Airlines Logo
8:20 - 13:40JNB-RUH
28h 20m2 stops
R14 144Multiple Airlines
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Wed, Nov 19 - Mon, Dec 1
Multiple Airlines Logo
16:40 - 8:40RUH-JNB
17h 00m1 stop
Multiple Airlines Logo
14:30 - 13:40JNB-RUH
22h 10m2 stops
R14 231Multiple Airlines
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Wed, Dec 17 - Wed, Dec 24
Emirates Logo
9:50 - 10:25RUH-JNB
25h 35m1 stop
Emirates Logo
18:50 - 18:45JNB-RUH
22h 55m1 stop
R16 793Emirates
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Everything you should know

Top airlines
Etihad Airways
Cheapest • from R9 955 (return)
Emirates
Best reviews • 8,1 score
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When to book
3 weeks
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Our data shows that travellers who book at least 3 weeks in advance save around 11% compared to booking last minute.
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When to travel
February
Cheapest • 16% price drop
March
Most popular
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Cheapest return fare
R9 955
Overall average: R13 539
Etihad Airways
Tue 18/11Mon 1/12
RUH - JNB • 1 stop
Cheapest one-way flight
R5 748
Typical prices: R4 726-R5 834
Etihad Airways
Tue 11/11
RUH - JNB • 1 stop
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Riyadh to OR Tambo flights

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

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Riyadh to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg?

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

For Riyadh to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg, Sunday is the cheapest day to fly on average and Friday is the most expensive. Flying from OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg back to Riyadh, the best deals are generally found on Monday, with Saturday being the most expensive.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Riyadh to Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Riyadh to Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport, 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 Riyadh to Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport is February, where tickets cost R10 422 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are July and December, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is R15 027 and R14 352 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Riyadh to Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Riyadh to Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport, 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 Riyadh to Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport, you should book around 3 weeks before departure, which saves you about 11% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 26 weeks before departure.

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Low seasonFebruary
Cheapest flightR5 748
Best time to beat the crowds (17% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly (7% more expensive on average)
Flight from Riyadh to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg

When to book flights from Riyadh to OR Tambo

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Riyadh to OR Tambo based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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FAQs for booking Riyadh to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg flights

  • What is the cheapest flight from Riyadh to Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Riyadh to Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport was R5 748 for a one-way ticket and R9 955 for a return.

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from Riyadh to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg?

    Riyadh airport is called Riyadh King Khaled Intl and the only airport in OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg is Johannesburg OR Tambo.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Riyadh to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg?

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

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Riyadh to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg?

    oneworld, and Star Alliance are the airline alliances operating flights between Riyadh and OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg, with oneworld being the most commonly used for this route.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Riyadh to Johannesburg, Ethiopian Air or Qatar Airways?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Riyadh to Johannesburg are Ethiopian Air and Qatar Airways. With an average price for the route of R13 476 and an overall rating of 7,2, Ethiopian Air is the most popular choice. Qatar Airways is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of R12 579 and an overall rating of 7,4.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Riyadh 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 Riyadh 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 Riyadh 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 Riyadh 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 Riyadh 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 Riyadh with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Riyadh 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 Riyadh up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

Reviews of the top 4 airlines flying from Riyadh to OR Tambo

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Riyadh to Johannesburg. 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 Riyadh to OR Tambo? 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 3400 reviews
8,2Entertainment
7,9Food
8,0Comfort
8,1Boarding
8,3Crew
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I take emirates because of direct flights Otherwise no Cabin crew niot friendly and never friendly across the airlines Planes old inside not renewd .. this is not an issue The issue is the poor service

4,0 OkayAlaa, Oct 2025DXB - CDG
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I take emirates because of direct flights Otherwise no Cabin crew niot friendly and never friendly across the airlines Planes old inside not renewd .. this is not an issue The issue is the poor service

I lost my lock from my luggage, I don’t know someone took something from my bag.

Emirates First Class is always a treat with Caviar and service is always personalised.

They cancelled our flight, rebooked, cancelled that one. We are now flying New Zealand Air and need a refund please. How do we get it?

The best ever, friendly and attentive cabin crew, amazing captains who utilised their expertise for less turbulence, just overall amazing

First time and very memorable, the finest flying experience ive ever had

Ove the A380 planes. Comfortable seats. Served great Indian food and Masala Chai!

The plane was clean and well maintained the crew members were professionals and friendly and the food was good

Flight was delayed by and hour but were informed beforehand

Comfort and customer service from most if the crew was great. The crew reassigning passengers should consider the presence of infants when reassigning seats. Unfortunately a couple of oversized passengers were relocated next to us, making this segment a bit uncomfortable, as there was not only extra leg space required. I ended up swapping seats with my husband so our baby wouldn't be impacted. My husband travelled quite uncomfortable as the reassigned neighbour shoulder and arm ended up on my husband's seat

My flight was delayed. I was rebooked twice and even the second flight that was additional connection in London was delayed too, so I ended up spending more than 24 hours flying between four different countries and to be honest I’m not sure whether I ever want to use this airline again. My luggage is still delete. It’s been more than 48 hours now so to be honest, I’m not even sure how to describe the level of frustration I have.

First keep the airline as you promise. Reason for travelling from Orlando to Tampa is to go with Qatar Airline. We end up with American Airline. As expected the service was horrible.

The Achilles heel of the experience with Qatar Airways is the Doha Airport, especially for travellers arriving into Doha and not transiting. This airport suffers from being ambitiously big and the immigration into Qatar being overly time taking. At the end of my particular flight in which my travel was ending in Doha, the plane parked at a very remote terminal, from where it took me 30 minutes to arrive just at the immigration counter, with fast paced walking and the time on a train inside the airport. Then, at the immigration counter it takes up to a minute or more to process each tourist visitor,due to time taking face and finger scanning processes and langugage barriers if there are questions or information to be exchanged verbally with the officers. If several planes have landed at the same time, it is not unusual that one has to wait 45 to 60 minutes in the immigration queue. In short, the frustration of arriving at Doha takes away all positive vibe of the airline, as the airline and the airport are heavily intertwined and are marketed together.

Liked some flight attendants. 1 was rude I'll not say her name I don't want to get her jn trouble on my flight back to Dallas from Doha. Very rude to some races of people clearly. She needs a better attitude and bedside manners. Asking her questions and she responds "WHAT" twice rudely like I was bothering her and "is it going to be cranberry or mango juice with an attitude".

The American/Hollywood movies in the entertainment system lack english subtitles, they tend to have only arabic subtitles. Coupled with the low quality airplane earphones and cabin noise, it sometimes is difficult to follow the movie dialogues.

They didn't board by zones and it was a free for all. The 16 hour flight was the most excruciating experience of my life and the seats were TINY... with no leg space and my feet were swollen immediately. The food was so bad it was inedible.

Qatar Airways did a very good job. Flights were slightly delayed with boarding but pilots made up time by arrival. The food was OK, no better or worse than other airlines. Although it would be nice to have three meals during 16 hours flight instead of two.

riding in first class, you don't expect every time you order your dinner or breakfast that the first thing the stewardess says is Let me see if we have any left. Also, the food selection was not great: 3 of 4 entrees had mushrooms and I dont eat mushrooms, the 4th item was 'let me see if we have any left' and this was within 30 mins of entering the flight! Same experience level, it didn't feel first class this round.

Doha airport is huge , takes long time to reach gate .

Wasn’t allowed to continue with the purchased tickets because I hadn’t been able to go on the first scheduled leg.

Did not provided with option for class upgrade. Staff at gate was not able and willing to accommodate with class upgrade, eather with plenty empty spots in business and first class.

I am a larger than average person and in my opinion i don't think it's fair to allocate a window seat to anyone who is my size or larger, i was seated between 2 large passengers on a full aircraft. The guy in the window seat also occupied a portion of the middle seat (my seat) which made my experience of flying with etihad very cramped and uncomfortable, i was flying from Abu Dhabi to Bangkok. Had this been a airbus 380 it would have been better as the seats are larger but unfortunately it wasn't so i had to endure the 6+hrs unable to get any rest

It was OK as the seat which we paid for doesn’t have any window. We paid $120 for 3 seats but it’s for nothing. Crew could not help. None of the ports worked so all our phones went dry

The food could be better. Toilets were smelly all along

second leg was more comfortable. Customer service in Abu Dhabi is okay.

Horrible. After paying for seats, I was cramped, my daughters legs kept hitting the seat in front, I had no overhead bin space and no help from stewards on board, the food was served cold, when asked for snacks was told to wait and never received any, the flight was cold with no temperature controls. Entertainment was outdated. I booked this through partnership with American Airlines but will avoid in the future.

Extremely bad food, they never gave our bags in time, the online check-in did not let us check in because we had Indian OCI not sure why we were given the option to check in then, because we couldn’t check in online we had to go in person and we were not able to change our seats and sit with our family

Used to Etihad employees are very rude and unprofessional but now better than before over all is okay now

The flight take time was changed 23 times. The system kept sending messages it will be earlier at 4am and eventually the flight was at 9am I didn’t sleep all night because of that

Bad. Flight was very uncomfortable with narrow and shallow seats, very little food and water. I will not fly etihad again.

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

The crew was not helping us in the airports ..Very bad experience..the washrooms are not meeting the expectations..need more good service... The hotel service was good but there is a very long wait time which wasted time to go through..

Our first flight was delayed and when we got off that plane, nobody was really helping to direct us to the next gate. It was very frustrating. One staff simply said hurry, which wasn’t helpful. We had to go a long way to get to the next gate. Another issue on the plane itself was the bathrooms were disgusting and filthy and it didn’t seem like anybody was checking on them were cleaning them and it was a long flight. There was urine on the floor and they stunk. Also, the screen in front of my seat did not work, and I tried different headphones and still had no sound. You would think somehow those things are reviewed occasionally for working order.

My recent experience with ASKY Airlines was disappointing. The check-in process was disorganized, and I was provided with inaccurate information regarding baggage requirements, resulting in unforeseen expenses. Additionally, the ground staff demonstrated a lack of professionalism and appeared insufficiently trained to handle passenger needs effectively. Regrettably, this initial encounter has left me reluctant to consider future travel with the airline.

The Boeing 737 MAX on this route, flown in the middle of the night, is an UTTER FAILURE for business travellers. The whole point of business travel is to arrive alert and recover from travel quickly, and this little aeroplane with its quarter recline uncomfortable business seats does nothing for that. It’s a small step up from economy in that you have decent legroom, but that’s it. Absolute margin at the cost of the traveller.

Good. Crew do seem to be less friendly- management are clearly limiting them or not empowering them as they used to.

Checking in wasn't organized, too many so-called diplomats were jumping line while everyone was waiting in line. They should have their own line not to impede on other passengers that was also waiting to be served. We all paid money and there should be no discrimination because everyone's money should have the same value diplomat or not! If they want to give diplomats some special treatment then let them create their own check in desk and not treat other passengers some that are (elderly, some with children, pregnant women) making them stand longer in line than necessary just because people are jumping line 😡

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

The flight is packed and it feels like the space per individual has gotten smaller. Excruciating for a 14hr flight.

Lost suite case and pillow that’s used by senior and they didn’t leave it at the airport

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