R9 544 Find Cheap Flights to Beijing

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Cheap Flights to Beijing

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

Mon, Oct 20 - Sun, Oct 26
Emirates Logo
10:05 - 22:20JNB-PEK
30h 15m1 stop
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0:40 - 16:35PEK-JNB
21h 55m1 stop
R13 674Emirates
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Sun, Nov 9 - Thu, Nov 20
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14:30 - 17:10JNB-PEK
20h 40m1 stop
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0:10 - 13:05PEK-JNB
18h 55m1 stop
R13 726Ethiopian Air
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Mon, Dec 1 - Tue, Dec 30
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10:10 - 10:50JNB-PEK
18h 40m1 stop
Air China Logo
18:30 - 7:40PEK-JNB
19h 10m1 stop
R13 743Air China
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Mon, Dec 1 - Tue, Dec 30
Air China Logo
10:10 - 18:50JNB-PEK
26h 40m2 stops
Air China Logo
18:30 - 7:40PEK-JNB
19h 10m1 stop
R14 038Air China
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Thu, Nov 13 - Mon, Nov 24
Ethiopian Air Logo
14:30 - 17:10JNB-PEK
20h 40m1 stop
Ethiopian Air Logo
0:10 - 13:05PEK-JNB
18h 55m1 stop
R14 108Ethiopian Air
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Wed, Nov 12 - Sun, Nov 23
Air China Logo
10:10 - 10:50JNB-PEK
18h 40m1 stop
Air China Logo
18:30 - 7:40PEK-JNB
19h 10m1 stop
R14 229Air China
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Wed, Feb 11 - Mon, Feb 23
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21:45 - 14:40JNB-PEK
34h 55m1 stop
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0:45 - 7:10PEK-JNB
36h 25m1 stop
R14 281Egyptair
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Mon, Dec 1 - Mon, Dec 29
Emirates Logo
13:25 - 14:45JNB-PEK
19h 20m1 stop
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0:40 - 5:35PEK-JNB
34h 55m1 stop
R14 993Emirates
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Sun, Feb 22 - Thu, Mar 5
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11:05 - 10:45JNB-PEK
17h 40m1 stop
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19:30 - 7:25PEK-JNB
17h 55m1 stop
R16 815Cathay Pacific
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Fri, Oct 24 - Tue, Oct 28
Cathay Pacific Logo
13:00 - 12:30CPT-PEK
41h 30m2 stops
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12:00 - 10:30PEK-CPT
28h 30m2 stops
R42 583Cathay Pacific
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Cheapest return fare
R13 674
Overall average: R14 698
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KAYAK's insights & trends for flights to Beijing

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

What is the cheapest flight to Beijing?

These are the best round-trip prices found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.

In the last 3 days, the cheapest flight deal to Beijing was found on the route from Cape Town, at R13 673 return. The most popular connection is from Johannesburg to Beijing and KAYAK users have found return deals for as low as R13 674 in the last 3 days.

What is the cheapest month to fly to Beijing?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights to Beijing, 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 Beijing is March, where tickets cost R11 904 on average for return flights. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and September, where the average cost of tickets from South Africa is R14 993 and R14 056 respectively. For one-way flights, the best month to travel is March with an average price of R11 904.

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

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights to Beijing, 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 2 weeks before departure, which saves you about 16% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 19 weeks before departure.

Which is the cheapest airport to fly into in Beijing?

Prices will differ depending on the departure airport, but generally, the cheapest airport to fly to in Beijing is Beijing Daxing Intl Airport (PKX), with an average flight price of R4 729.

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Low seasonFebruary
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Most popular time to fly (26% more expensive on average)
Flight from Cape Town to Beijing

When to book flights to Beijing

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel to Beijing 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 Beijing 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 Beijing flights

  • What is the cheapest flight to Beijing?

    In the last 3 days, the cheapest flight deal to Beijing was found on the route from Cape Town, at R13 673 return. The most popular connection is from Johannesburg to Beijing and KAYAK users have found return deals for as low as R13 674 in the last 3 days.

  • Which Beijing airport is closest to central Beijing?

    There are 2 major airports in Beijing. The nearest airport from Beijing city centre is Beijing Capital Airport (25 km), followed by Beijing Daxing Intl (44 km).

  • What is the cheapest day to fly to Beijing?

    Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to Beijing is Tuesday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as R14 061. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Monday, where round-trip prices are R16 372 on average.

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

    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 Beijing.

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

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

    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 Beijing 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 Beijing?

    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 Beijing 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 Beijing?

    The cheapest time of day to fly to Beijing is generally in the afternoon, when round-trip flights cost R753 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Beijing is generally in the morning, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is R981.

Top tips for finding cheap flights to Beijing

  • Enter your preferred departure airport and travel dates into the search form above to unlock the latest Beijing flight deals.

Prefer to fly direct to Beijing?

 
Nonstop data is based off flight results for the next 60 days. Find direct flights from all airlines flying nonstop to Beijing.
Find which airlines fly direct to Beijing, which days they fly and book direct flights.

Direct departures

South Africa to Beijing

Monday

9 Air, ANA, Aeroflot, +76 more

9 Air, ANA, +77 more

Tuesday

9 Air, ANA, Aeroflot, +79 more

9 Air, ANA, +80 more

Wednesday

9 Air, ANA, Aeroflot, +75 more

9 Air, ANA, +76 more

Thursday

9 Air, ANA, Aeroflot, +77 more

9 Air, ANA, +78 more

Friday

9 Air, ANA, Aeroflot, +78 more

9 Air, ANA, +79 more

Saturday

9 Air, ANA, Aeroflot, +76 more

9 Air, ANA, +77 more

Sunday

9 Air, ANA, Aeroflot, +80 more

9 Air, ANA, +81 more

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Direct returns

Beijing to South Africa

Monday

9 Air, ANA, Aeroflot, +76 more

9 Air, ANA, +77 more

Tuesday

9 Air, ANA, Aeroflot, +79 more

9 Air, ANA, +80 more

Wednesday

9 Air, ANA, Aeroflot, +75 more

9 Air, ANA, +76 more

Thursday

9 Air, ANA, Aeroflot, +77 more

9 Air, ANA, +78 more

Friday

9 Air, ANA, Aeroflot, +78 more

9 Air, ANA, +79 more

Saturday

9 Air, ANA, Aeroflot, +76 more

9 Air, ANA, +77 more

Sunday

9 Air, ANA, Aeroflot, +80 more

9 Air, ANA, +81 more

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Reviews of the top 5 airlines flying to Beijing

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying to Beijing. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline from South Africa to Beijing. 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 Beijing? 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.
8,1
EmiratesOverall score based on 3334 reviews
8,3Crew
8,2Entertainment
7,9Food
8,1Boarding
8,0Comfort
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This was my first time flying with Emirates. Overall, the experience was very good. I thought the seats in economy would have been a bit more comfortable, but, they seem to be on par with other airlines. The food was excellent and very satisfying. If you can afford it, I would definitely suggest upgrading to at lest premium economy seats for long haul flights.

8,0 ExcellentCarlton, Sept 2025CPT - DXB
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This was my first time flying with Emirates. Overall, the experience was very good. I thought the seats in economy would have been a bit more comfortable, but, they seem to be on par with other airlines. The food was excellent and very satisfying. If you can afford it, I would definitely suggest upgrading to at lest premium economy seats for long haul flights.

Three meals on a single flight is disgusting. Even if I reject them all, sleeping is impossible and all that food (especially wasted food) is just antithetical to a pleasant flight experience. People were chucking multiple abandoned trays on the floor in front of my seat.

Premium Economy is not worth the extra money you pay. You are neither economy nor business. The seat doesn’t recline enough to relax your legs. Maneuvering while seated is cumbersome. Don’t recommend Premium Economy at all.

Emirates is superb service. The A380 was very comfortable. The cabin crew is really helpful

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

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

It was great, a little more leg room would have been better particularly since we were in premium economy

Comfort poor, little leg room, cabin temperature too hot. No free entertainment. No complementary drinks. Overal experience poor and would not travel with them again.

The plane seemed pretty old and the food was not good

Headwind delayed our flight which wasn’t the airlines fault

The usual excellent experience with Singapore Airlines. The airplane was on time and actually early to Haneda Airport. The onboarding experience was pleasant with no delays, perhaps owing to the fact that the flight was not full. Nevertheless, the air crew were their usual outstanding standards in serving the passengers.

Good service and food. For buying items on flight should be preordered as they don’t keep much stock on board.

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

Very good flight from Boarding to landing -efficient and comfortable with decent entertainment options

Construction at PDX resulting in very lung walk from the rental car to the gate. SFO, extremely long walk between terminals to get to connecting Singapore airlines flight. My smart watch recorded a total of 3 miles.

So happy I flew with Singapore Airlines. The customer service is top notch. I am terrified of flying and the staff made me feel so at ease. Will only fly Singapore internationally moving forward.

Delayed 1hour due to storm still didn't get window seat for third flight despite paying £240 extra to book them

The food options and quality could use some more excitement and variety.

Great airline. Excellent service, good food & lots of TV movies/shows to choose from.

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.

I am Vegetarian also has Gluten free food. However they gave me chicken and fish which is gluten free, but i am a vegetrain and i requested crew Hindu meal vegetarian, they said they will come back. .but they never showed up even i asked 2nd time. They could have compensate. I also request airline industry to have another option Gluten Free for Vegetarin people as well. Because Vegetarin people will have gluen issue...

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

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

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.

Better. I took an aisle seat this time. Although the overheard compartment above the seat ahead of me kept opening up during flight.

If I had blood clots, that window seat would've killed me for certain.

I wish the leg room was better for Economy especially for the outbound flights to India . The outbound flight to US and Qatar was good

Indigo airlines is terrible. Staff is awful and so disorganized. They are so rude and unhelpful. I will never travel on Indigo airlines again!!!!!

The flight was smooth Thank God but the delays and changing gates for 3-4 times made me so tired of walking back and forth with heavy bags I thought I was going to pass out with heavy headaches but Thank God finally found the final gate and home safe. These delays happen anytime for important reasons so just be patient when you come across these situations.

I’ve flown with Qatar multiple times and the service has always been great. Very professional, organized, the food is delicious and plentiful, tons of entertainment.

The staff was great and probably that's the single most thing that distinguished this particular Qatar flight from my average typical experience. They genuinely wanted to please you and do their best.

This trip was the most comfortable one I have ever experienced, the team was excellent and very helpful. I am so glad I picked Qatar Airways.

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.

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.

Did not like anything. Seats were crammed, leg space was minimal and food was terrible. This was the first time traveling overseas in American Airlines and was the worst experience ever. Have learned a lesson to never travel in American Airlines.

Seat experience average as they use old 777 for must flights despite full load. Qr fares are higher than other airlines for same routes so they should at least upgrade the planes . Food is average and same dishes for months on most routes I travelled at least - the Arabian rice dish “Maqboos” on every flight for months - I am sure there are other food Arabian dishes ?? It’s become boring ! Crew is always good which makes up for these things but hey confirm us what we need

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

The food was terrible and the seating was uncomfortable, but the airline did a great thing letting us board in Abbis Ababa on our connecting flight after our original flight was very delayed.

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.

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

Traveling with Ethiopian is always a good experience. I also enjoy the stay at skylight hotel in Addis

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

Were not told that carryon laggage has to be only 12 kgs but my bag was heavier asked to pay an additional $550.00. I could have upgraded to a bussiness class for that price and no one at the gate to upgrade but able to take money for the extra weight. I felt like this was a setup scam.

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

The hygiene was super bad. Smells bad and air refreshment is highly advisable. The crew made some one else sit in my spot and no one is checking seat number and people are jumping to sit on other people’s allocated seat.

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