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Cheap Flights to Athens

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

Tue, Aug 19 - Tue, Aug 26
Etihad Airways Logo
9:50 - 12:50JNB-ATH
26h 00m1 stop
Etihad Airways Logo
7:25 - 8:20ATH-JNB
25h 55m1 stop
R9 590Etihad Airways
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Sun, Jul 13 - Sun, Jul 27
Etihad Airways Logo
9:50 - 6:00JNB-ATH
19h 10m1 stop
Etihad Airways Logo
7:25 - 8:20ATH-JNB
25h 55m1 stop
R9 661Etihad Airways
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Sun, Oct 26 - Fri, Nov 7
Qatar Airways Logo
19:50 - 17:50JNB-ATH
22h 00m1 stop
Qatar Airways Logo
13:20 - 15:35ATH-JNB
26h 15m1 stop
R9 961Qatar Airways
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Tue, Jul 22 - Tue, Jul 29
Qatar Airways Logo
13:55 - 12:35JNB-ATH
21h 40m1 stop
Qatar Airways Logo
20:00 - 16:10ATH-JNB
21h 10m1 stop
R11 600Qatar Airways
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Wed, Jul 16 - Tue, Jul 29
Ethiopian Air Logo
14:30 - 5:00JNB-ATH
13h 30m1 stop
Ethiopian Air Logo
0:20 - 13:05ATH-JNB
13h 45m1 stop
R11 724Ethiopian Air
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Mon, Jul 14 - Tue, Jul 29
Ethiopian Air Logo
14:35 - 5:00CPT-ATH
13h 25m1 stop
Ethiopian Air Logo
0:20 - 13:45ATH-CPT
14h 25m1 stop
R11 741Ethiopian Air
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Tue, Aug 19 - Mon, Aug 25
Turkish Airlines Logo
17:50 - 3:05JNB-ATH
32h 15m1 stop
Turkish Airlines Logo
3:55 - 10:35ATH-JNB
31h 40m1 stop
R11 865Turkish Airlines
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Sat, Aug 16 - Thu, Aug 28
Emirates Logo
10:05 - 20:25JNB-ATH
33h 20m1 stop
Emirates Logo
18:05 - 5:30ATH-JNB
36h 25m1 stop
R12 094Emirates
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Mon, Aug 11 - Tue, Sep 9
Turkish Airlines Logo
17:55 - 3:05JNB-ATH
32h 10m1 stop
Turkish Airlines Logo
22:00 - 10:35ATH-JNB
13h 35m1 stop
R12 129Turkish Airlines
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Sun, Aug 3 - Tue, Aug 19
Emirates Logo
13:05 - 20:25CPT-ATH
30h 20m1 stop
Emirates Logo
23:10 - 11:35ATH-CPT
37h 25m1 stop
R12 288Emirates
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KAYAK's insights & trends for flights to Athens

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

What is the cheapest month to fly to Athens?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights to Athens, 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 to Athens is February, where tickets cost R10 049 on average for return flights. On the other hand, the most expensive months are September and December, where the average cost of tickets from South Africa is R13 910 and R13 786 respectively. For one-way flights, the best month to travel is February with an average price of R10 049.

How far in advance should I book a flight to Athens?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights to Athens, 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, you should book around 5 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 19 weeks before departure.

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Best time to beat the crowds (16% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly (6% more expensive on average)
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When to book flights to Athens

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel to Athens based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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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. The information is for flights to Athens based on your location. While we try to provide actual minimum prices for each date, some prices are predictions and actual prices may differ.

FAQs - booking Athens flights

  • How far is Athens Eleftherios V. Airport from central Athens?

    You’ll need to travel 20 km to reach the Athens city centre from Athens Eleftherios V. Airport.

  • What is the name of Athens’s airport?

    There is only 1 airport in Athens, called Athens Eleftherios V. Airport (ATH). It can also be referred to as Athens, Athens Intl, Athens Intl Airport "Eleftherios Venizelos", Eleftherios V., or Spata.

  • What is the cheapest day to fly to Athens?

    Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to Athens is Wednesday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as R12 593. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Saturday, where round-trip prices are R13 859 on average.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights to Athens?

    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 to Athens.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Athens is likely to change within 7 days, so travellers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights to Athens?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly to Athens 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 to Athens?

    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 Athens 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 Athens?

    The cheapest time of day to fly to Athens is generally in the morning, when round-trip flights cost R688 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Athens is generally at night, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is R742.

Top tips for finding cheap flights to Athens

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Prefer to fly direct to Athens Eleftherios V.?

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

South Africa to Athens Eleftherios V.

Monday

ANA, Aegean Airlines, Aer Lingus, +93 more

ANA, Aegean Airlines, +94 more

Tuesday

ANA, Aegean Airlines, Aer Lingus, +92 more

ANA, Aegean Airlines, +93 more

Wednesday

ANA, Aegean Airlines, Aerolineas Argentinas, +91 more

ANA, Aegean Airlines, +92 more

Thursday

ANA, Aegean Airlines, Aer Lingus, +90 more

ANA, Aegean Airlines, +91 more

Friday

ANA, Aegean Airlines, Aer Lingus, +92 more

ANA, Aegean Airlines, +93 more

Saturday

ANA, Aegean Airlines, Aer Lingus, +90 more

ANA, Aegean Airlines, +91 more

Sunday

ANA, Aegean Airlines, Aerolineas Argentinas, +91 more

ANA, Aegean Airlines, +92 more

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Direct returns

Athens Eleftherios V. to South Africa

Monday

ANA, Aegean Airlines, Aer Lingus, +93 more

ANA, Aegean Airlines, +94 more

Tuesday

ANA, Aegean Airlines, Aer Lingus, +92 more

ANA, Aegean Airlines, +93 more

Wednesday

ANA, Aegean Airlines, Aerolineas Argentinas, +91 more

ANA, Aegean Airlines, +92 more

Thursday

ANA, Aegean Airlines, Aer Lingus, +90 more

ANA, Aegean Airlines, +91 more

Friday

ANA, Aegean Airlines, Aer Lingus, +92 more

ANA, Aegean Airlines, +93 more

Saturday

ANA, Aegean Airlines, Aer Lingus, +90 more

ANA, Aegean Airlines, +91 more

Sunday

ANA, Aegean Airlines, Aerolineas Argentinas, +91 more

ANA, Aegean Airlines, +92 more

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Reviews of the top 5 airlines flying to Athens

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying to Athens. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline from South Africa to Athens. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with to Athens? 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 3285 reviews
8,2Entertainment
7,8Food
8,3Crew
8,1Boarding
8,0Comfort
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Emirates First Class is always a treat with Caviar and service is always personalised.

10,0 ExcellentWoei, Jun 2025DXB - SIN
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Emirates First Class is always a treat with Caviar and service is always personalised.

Over - amazing. The aircraft is somewhat old on this route.

Food no so good. Extra charge to much for front seats cost me £163 then other people sat near me for nothing 🤬

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.

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

Flight was delayed by and hour but were informed beforehand

Loved that I had an exit row seat, and there was no one else in the row! And again, I don' use on-line entertainment at all (I read or sleep) but I very much appreciate that I didn't hear anyone else's entertainment!

Flight attendants were great. Comfort of seat and lie down bed pretty good. Food was very mediocre. Wine was good (red French wine) although I should have taken advantage of having more! :-) it was too late on the flight From znz—I was tired…then too early from Dubai. Woman sitting behind me dropped a full bag of garbage on my head while I was sleeping…orange peels, wet partially eaten food and very smelly food garbage which I literally had to pick out of my hair, off my face and away from my pillow. Not the airlines fault but still a very unpleasant experience.

Business class on this plane was adequate, service, amenities, swag, and crew was amazing!

Well organized boarding, efficient and on time. Nice crew on the plane. Thank you!

My experience with Qatar airway was very unsatisfactory. They lost my child’s stroller and I was told they found it and will send it to the hotel which was a lie. I had to go back to the airport baggage claim and pick up myself after trying to contact them many times!. There was a lack professional and communication. I am very disappointed in Qatar airway and will not be recommending them to friends and family nor will I be flying with them in the future.

No difference between US airline and Qatar. Both cramp as many people. The airline seems to change planes without notice choice is seating when making reservations online doesn’t match the plane a passenger is on. Especially paying extra. Nothing special No different than US carriers.

Aircraft was spacious compared to American Airlines, food was great, entertainment was much better with a wide variety of options, and the crew was very polite.

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

Fly Qatar Airways is always amazing. Their service and care for details is really very good.

As gold member there is no priority checkin. Meaning you either have to board with your zone or last with business class pax. As economy pax all the baggage bays are filled by the time you arrive

Food was good, attendants were friendly. Seats were not comfortable. Did not receive any amenities such as eyemask or earplugs that would have helped sleep. Additionally a large group of passengers boarded very late into boarding and were a disruption for almost the whole flight. Flight attendants did their best but the kids were making so much noise, kicking seats, and half the time no adult was sat with them so they weren’t being managed.

Good staff, good intent, decent entertainment. More seat space would always be of benefit

For a short flight, Qatar Airways offers very good onboard service.

A380 First Class Apartments were phenomenal. Comfortable bed and matress cover, superior vegetarian five course meal, shower, small business lounge and plenty of exercise walking around the aircraft.

Took a long time for boarding. The flight was comfortable.

Should have had business class line in immigration. Food quality suboptimal

we were delayed from Athens to Abu Dhabi by an hour and a half, so I had trouble connecting the flight from there to Bali. It could have been done had they waited even 15 mins. There was another lady who was in the same boat. By the time we were half way across the terminal, they have actually already issued different flights for us to go Jakarta then to Bali. Not to mention the inconvenience of waiting over 4 hrs at the airport and the subsequent inconvenience, we did not arrive to Bali till after 800pm the next day, which means I paid for the hotel for nothing when I could have been there before noon the next day! There was little explanation. It was just as well I needed some assistance getting around, otherwise the 2 of us would have been completely lost! Not going to fly with them again!

Boarding catastrophic let alone have to claimb the plain rather than using jetway. 5.5 hr delay leaving had to do stop in Lgw for a new crew which further compounded the delay. Connecting flight would not wait and had to pend a night in a hotel. Curiously my seat would not go full flat.

Good. The food was very bad. Except for the chicken rice, rest of the dish went to trash.

In never flown this flight, because my flight coning from Barcelona was delayed.

I did not have a good experience in both flights of Etihad. First of all, when I was booking the flight, there were two options. The first option was a cheaper flight with longer layover (9 hrs), or a more expensive flight with shorter layover (2 hrs). I booked the expensive flight with shorter layover because I wanted a more comfortable trip. A few days before the trip, Etihad informed me that the departure time of my first flight will change 7 hours earlier, leading to an 9 hour layover, without giving me another option nor reimbursing me for the extra cost. They didn’t even send me an apologetic email for this change. Regarding the flight experience, I would rate it as mediocre. This is mostly because the pilots of both flights did their best to give us the worst approach to airports that I have ever experienced. In the case of the first flight they had to aboard the landing and took off again right before touching the landing strip. The captain said that it was due to wind conditions but the second time the pilot followed the same direction as the first time to land the plane.

Only 1 time food and drinks together was offered, for total 5 hours duration drinks and snacks was never offered. For some people food choice was not available, only veg was available. No entertainment option was there. Crew members were mostly back of the flight asking each other for KitKat and chips to share between them.

Seat selection screen while online check-in could include free seats to choose from and show the options before we proceed. Currently, it is auto-allocated and there are no options for free seat selections.

Aircraft you use on this route are always old and poor! This drives the entire experience down

The flight was great. From the first to the last step, the staff was very helpful and understanding. I also always enjoy Turkish Airlines food because it’s flavorful, fresh (like salads and very delicious bread ) and has special things like olives, dates… I loved that bean salad and apricot pie. I also enjoyed the movies. Thank you!

The Etickets had been changed (Why?) without notice ; Hence, that caused troubles when checking in. Not until I contacted my ticket agent and was given correct Etickets could I then check in.

A fairly standard 2/2 configuration. Boeing 787-9 is modern but the amenities chosen by Turkish for their seats are slightly limited - no in-seat charging, for example. Otherwise, a good flight.

Seat changes at the last minute Horrible checkin process Sad to see excellent airport with very poor service

One of the worst check in process at the DIA as well as the boarding counter Changed seat at the last minute and assigned middle seat while I paid for window seat. Requested many times but to no avail . horrible customer service and very poor process Requesting refund for seat that was changed last minute

3 hours delay to start with and then food was terrible.

Their weakness is in boarding. Business class rarely boards first and there are no announcements explaining delays, so customers are always left waiting and wondering why boarding has paused.

Seats are not clean inside the very dirty and need to improve

Terrible boarding experience, with an incomprehensible assignment of priorities. “Fast track” was the slowest. Poor system planning.

Im if Ethiopian can allow customers to use their mileage for in flight connexion it will be great.

United was best airlines I have seen since I got there choose united airlines

It was wonderful best Air lines covert and all very happy with their service they have been very helpful and friendly

It was very bad experience with Ethiopian airlines . The flight was delayed in both ways . On the way coming back one of the crews dropped hot coffee on my whole body and other crew dropped used dirty glasses on top of me . The same crew that dropped hot coffee on me hit me with the food trolley on my knee while I was sleeping . I couldn’t sit properly due to the pain on my knee caused by those irresponsible crews . Very unprofessional airlines

Needs improvement because some of the tvs and charging ports weren’t working

The plane was overbooked and the crew was very rude. My luggage was never put on the plane. I got to NY and waited 2 hours just to find out that my luggage was left.

Very bad experience flight was over 5 hours delayed 😑 not a chance to be put on another flight we had to stay at the hotel we lost 2 days on our vacation. Never again I will fligh with Ethiopian airlines.

The ailine departed and arrived late foe every leg of the trip, causing myself and my travel companions to miss every connecting flight. It was very unorganized given theat there was a lot of miscommunication. The flights offered are unrealistic and when you call they assure you that the plane waits for you. I missed an. entire day of my vacation and any entire day of rest back home because of the airline. I do not plan to support the airline again. Thank you

I liked nothing of Ethiopian airlines except the price of the fare.

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.

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