R11 071 Find Cheap Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao Intl to South Africa

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Cheap Flights from Hongqiao Intl to South Africa

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Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for return flights from Hongqiao Intl to South Africa 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 Hongqiao Intl to South Africa

Thu, Oct 30 - Thu, Nov 6
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13:35 - 7:25SHA-JNB
23h 50m1 stop
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11:05 - 12:20JNB-SHA
19h 15m1 stop
R13 518Cathay Pacific
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Thu, Oct 30 - Mon, Nov 3
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13:35 - 7:40SHA-JNB
24h 05m1 stop
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11:05 - 15:20JNB-SHA
22h 15m1 stop
R13 830Cathay Pacific
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Thu, Oct 30 - Mon, Nov 3
Cathay Pacific Logo
22:30 - 7:25SHA-JNB
38h 55m1 stop
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11:05 - 12:20JNB-SHA
19h 15m1 stop
R13 847Cathay Pacific
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Mon, Jan 12 - Wed, Mar 4
Air China Logo
21:30 - 7:40SHA-JNB
40h 10m2 stops
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10:10 - 17:55JNB-SHA
25h 45m2 stops
R14 541Air China
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Wed, Oct 29 - Wed, Nov 5
Air China Logo
17:30 - 7:40SHA-JNB
44h 10m2 stops
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10:10 - 14:10JNB-SHA
22h 00m1 stop
R14 923Air China
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Thu, Oct 30 - Mon, Nov 3
Air China Logo
11:30 - 7:40SHA-JNB
26h 10m2 stops
Air China Logo
10:10 - 16:25JNB-SHA
24h 15m1 stop
R16 502Air China
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Thu, Oct 30 - Mon, Nov 3
Air China Logo
14:25 - 7:40SHA-JNB
23h 15m2 stops
Air China Logo
10:10 - 16:05JNB-SHA
23h 55m2 stops
R17 110Air China
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Thu, Oct 30 - Thu, Nov 6
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13:50 - 15:50SHA-JNB
32h 00m3 stops
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9:50 - 22:55JNB-SHA
31h 05m3 stops
R17 144Multiple Airlines
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Wed, Dec 10 - Tue, Jan 6
Cathay Pacific Logo
13:35 - 7:40SHA-JNB
24h 05m1 stop
Cathay Pacific Logo
11:05 - 12:20JNB-SHA
19h 15m1 stop
R18 446Cathay Pacific
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Fri, Oct 17 - Mon, Oct 20
Air China Logo
21:20 - 7:40SHA-JNB
64h 20m2 stops
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10:10 - 21:55JNB-SHA
29h 45m2 stops
R18 498Air China
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Hongqiao Intl to South Africa flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Hongqiao Intl to South Africa to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly, and much more.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Shanghai Hongqiao Intl Airport to South Africa?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Shanghai Hongqiao Intl Airport to South Africa, 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 Shanghai Hongqiao Intl Airport to South Africa is May, when tickets cost R11 349 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and September, when the average cost of return tickets is R16 849 and R16 329 respectively.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Shanghai Hongqiao Intl to South Africa?

The average price of all round-trip flights from Shanghai Hongqiao Intl Airport to South Africa clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

For Shanghai Hongqiao Intl to South Africa, Tuesday is the cheapest day to fly on average and Friday is the most expensive. Flying from South Africa back to Shanghai Hongqiao Intl, the best deals are generally found on Wednesday, with Saturday being the most expensive.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Shanghai Hongqiao Intl Airport to South Africa?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Shanghai Hongqiao Intl Airport to South Africa, 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 Shanghai Hongqiao Intl Airport to South Africa, you should book around 1 week before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 23 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonApril
Cheapest flightR11 071
Best time to beat the crowds (32% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 1% lower on average.
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FAQs - booking South Africa flights

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Shanghai Hongqiao Intl to South Africa?

    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 Shanghai Hongqiao Intl to South Africa.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Shanghai Hongqiao Intl to South Africa?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from Shanghai Hongqiao Intl to South Africa 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 Shanghai Hongqiao Intl to South Africa?

    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 Shanghai Hongqiao Intl to South Africa 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 Shanghai Hongqiao Intl to South Africa?

    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 Shanghai Hongqiao Intl to South Africa up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

  • What is the cheapest time of day to fly to South Africa?

    The cheapest time of day to fly to South Africa is generally at night, when retur flights cost R890 on average. Morning departures are around 19% more expensive than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to South Africa is generally in the morning, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is R1 085.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines flying from Hongqiao Intl to South Africa

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Hongqiao Intl to South Africa? 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 3334 reviews
8,1Boarding
8,3Crew
7,9Food
8,2Entertainment
8,0Comfort
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The staff on board were excellent. Kind, thoughtful, helpful - not just with me but with others around that I observed. Wonderful service.

10,0 ExcellentAnonymous, Jun 2025DXB - BCN
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The staff on board were excellent. Kind, thoughtful, helpful - not just with me but with others around that I observed. Wonderful service.

The flight from Beijing to Dubai was good. The flight from Dubai to Barcelona was excellent because of the staff on board.

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

One of the female staff from the cabin crew, forgot to ask us about what we want to drink and focused more on other specific people rather than treating everyone politely. I asked her about the drinks to which she said oh I forgot.

They should resume the fast track for business / first class passengers

Everything was great but the food portions and quality was awful

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

Boarding for business class passengers can be improved. Also, when debarking the aircraft, Economy passengers are let off first due the way the configuration of the cabin upstairs.

Except for the uncleaned tray, and the delay in serving food for our section (which may have been due to the location of our row) everything else was good. The crew were very professional and responded to our requests promptly throughout the flight. We as a family were not disappointed by Emirates.

I was in a middle seat where I felt a bit too cramped otherwise the trip was good

The staff on the plane were attentive and friendly. The frustration with the cabin crew was that we were served second to special diet people. And, we were in economy section. The boarding staff was mediocre. Got scolded for requesting to sit with spouse on 14 hours long flight home. Was told they cannot break up families for us. Didn’t understand how we were denied sitting together as we are husband and wife. After many words of exchange, we were accommodated. Cleaning crew did a horrible job! Bathrooms were unsanitary or dirty from beginning of flight! Didn’t expect sparkling as its economy, but did except decent.

We were not given option for meals since they ran out of the other option but good thing the remaining options tasted great.

Horrendous. We upgraded and they took the money but cancelled one of our tickets. The recline action didn’t work on the seats for the flight from Singapore to London, pre booked meals but they seemed to have disappeared as well.. Phone customer service was horrendous. Took 5 phone calls and no fix. Craig at the airport was the only one who seemed to be able to get the ticket back.

The seat in economy class and legroom in Singapore airline are narrower than Korean airlines! I don’t have that comforting feeling flying with Singapore air as in the past!

Loved the airline with the exception of their carry on limitations. They enforce a strict 7 kilo limit for carry on baggage which is ridiculous. We traveled from SFO to SIN with carry on with no difficulty yet when we checked in Delhi they forced us to check the carry on bags. The weight of our carry on bags were 11 and 12 kilos and while they exceeded the limitations set by Singapore Airlines they were well under weight limitations set by may other carriers. Interestingly my wife and I were each allowed two 22 KG bags to check in addition to the 7 kg carry on for a total weight of 102 KG's. Our total weight with the one bag we planned to check and our two carry ons was 46 kgs.

Crew and service was excellent, but passengers should be offered a welcome drink before take off which did not happen. Food was very good. Unfortunately the lie-flat bed in business class was one of the most uncomfortable I have experienced. The configuration forces you to sleep with your legs at an angle instead of in a straight line, plus there is very little padding on the bed so it wasn't possible to sleep for more than 2-3 hours on an 18 hour flight. For what the airlines charges for a business class ticket their hard product leaves a lot to be desired.

Food could have been better. Too many passengers getting up and down all the time.

I was a member of Krisflyer for ten years, but my last flight to Tokyo was a disaster. I had to stand in line for four hours before check-in because they were late opening the counter, and there were more than 50 people behind me. The plane was extremely small, and the food could have been better. When I dropped off my stroller before boarding the plane, I expected to receive it upon exiting for my transfer. However, they returned the stroller to the checked baggage because they said I was late getting off the plane. Of course, I was late; they assigned me a seat at the back of the aircraft, and I was traveling with a baby! The worst part was when I arrived in Jakarta. They damaged my stroller and refused to approve my claim, so I had to pay for stroller rental because of the damage they caused. I don’t know what happened to Singapore Airlines, but I felt like I was flying with a budget airline.

Crews were very caring and polite. Washroom was surprisingly clean. Overall experience was good , only food choices was very limited. Thanks

There was a flight attendant named Angela who took care of me because I injured my foot badly right before the flight. Because of the service she provided I will always fly Cathay.

they are deley vancouver to hankong 3 hour after honkong 20 hour stay there honkong not visa approved and they cant help to visa so we are stay in airport 20 hour even honkong staf very bad person they cant do for us 6 hour we arround they said you there you go there waste time next time i dont want to go cathay stay in honkong

I was only given 2 meals, and my screen showed that there were 3 meals. Second meal was 1-2 hours late according to the screen.

Just want to do a little more clean up so does not smell like urine.

The economy seats are incredibly tight. A large percent of the traveling public will not fit. I will not fly Cathay again because of this. You are literally squeezing passengers for profit. The CEO should fly some economy flights.

Paid a premium a have a shorter transit time in Hong Kong, but Cathay pacific rebooked me and ended up waiting for 10 hrs in Hong Hong airport.

Cabin crew is very helpful and nice, it is another level of service compared to Air Canada

As before, my only problem was not being able to download my boarding passes prior to arrival at the airport. Everything else was perfect.

The only problem I had was not being able to download my boarding passes prior to arriving at the airport. Everything else was perfect.

They ran out of food and were offering random food to passengers.

Nothing to complain of, the only reason I am not giving better marks is that I am used to flying with ANA and they are the top.

It's terrible that we can't do online check in because we didn't buy the tickets directly from Air china. It was not explained until I contacted Chatdeal and we could not sit together.

Communication between the captain/crew and the passengers needs to be improved.

Food and service are good. Bathroom was lack of lotions and cleaning. That should be improved.

Food & service very good next I will pick up again

Chinese flight attendants didn't speak english well. They didn't care enough to remember that I (east asian who isn't Chinese) wasn't Chinese and spoke English. Announcement in english on board was poor and I find it very difficult to understand what was announced. Also, a cabin bag allows only 5kg!

Everything was not satisfactory - the flight was delayed, staffs were ok but they didn't speak English well. I am from east Asia (not Chinese) and they didn't care enough to remember that I wasn't Chinese but persistently spoke chinese to me. The flight announcement in english wasn't clear to understand.

I wish I had been able to choose a vegetarian meal. Crew friendly and helpful. Seat was ok. All quite efficient and pleasant. Would recommend for inner China travel for sure.

The flight is not bad, but the Business Lounge is not big enough for the quantity of people they accept and there is a limited options for food and beverages.

It was simply bad and on top of that my luggage hasn't been delivered until now. They can't even localize it which is just unacceptable when they are supposed to scan the bar code they put when we check in

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.

POSITIVES The hostesses were mostly pleasant, NEGATIVES The full flight wifi was horrible, hardly able to use it. My charger port was not working which made me use my neighbour's port which resulted in an accident which ruined her flight. During dinner, meat ran out when the cart got to us forcing us to eat vegetarian which was not great. We watched everyone around us eating meat. My wifi did not transfer to the second leg of my trip as they promised as they changed the plane. I was thrown off the window seat I booked for the 2nd leg of my journey as they changed planes, all done at my expense. This was not a cheap flight ($2600) which i hurriedly had to book to attend my mother's funeral who passed away suddenly. I was honestly disappointed with the whole saga as I heard Ethiopian Airlines was one of Africa's best.

Delays delays making us miss or next connection to IAD hence having to stay additional 24 hrs in Addis Ababa

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

It was an old aircraft, stiff seats almost wooden chairs with thin cushions. Food was ok.

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

I had a comfortable seat that makes my trip wonderful. I appreciate the Ethiopia crew, they were very helpful

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.

No Asian Vegetarian food was available on this sector but only fish and chicken and pasta were offered.

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