R6 581 Find Cheap Flights to Bucharest

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Cheapest return fare
R11 232
Overall average: R9 170
SWISS
Sun 8/2Tue 24/2
CPT - OTP • 1 stop
Cheapest one-way flight
R6 581
Qatar Airways
Tue 24/3
JNB - OTP • 1 stop
When to travel
May
Cheapest • 12% price drop
June
Most popular
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Cheap Flights to Bucharest

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

Sun, Feb 8 - Tue, Feb 24
SWISS Logo
9:25 - 0:25
CPT
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OTP
15h 00m1 stop
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16:40 - 7:30
OTP
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CPT
14h 50m1 stop
R11 232SWISS
Fri, Feb 20 - Fri, Feb 27
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19:20 - 15:50
JNB
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OTP
20h 30m1 stop
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6:00 - 22:05
OTP
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JNB
16h 05m1 stop
R11 627Multiple Airlines
Sun, Feb 8 - Tue, Feb 24
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9:25 - 0:25
CPT
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OTP
15h 00m1 stop
SWISS Logo
16:40 - 15:15
OTP
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CPT
22h 35m2 stops
R12 040SWISS
Sat, Feb 21 - Sat, Feb 28
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23:59 - 23:30
JNB
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OTP
23h 31m1 stop
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16:50 - 22:05
OTP
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JNB
29h 15m1 stop
R12 106KLM
Thu, Mar 19 - Mon, Mar 23
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19:10 - 8:50
JNB
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OTP
13h 40m1 stop
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10:10 - 10:50
OTP
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JNB
24h 40m1 stop
R12 155Turkish Airlines
Fri, Feb 20 - Fri, Feb 27
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23:59 - 23:30
JNB
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OTP
23h 31m1 stop
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16:50 - 12:10
OTP
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JNB
19h 20m2 stops
R12 172KLM
Thu, Jun 4 - Mon, Jun 8
Turkish Airlines Logo
16:35 - 14:35
CPT
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OTP
21h 00m1 stop
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15:55 - 11:50
OTP
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CPT
20h 55m1 stop
R12 188Turkish Airlines
Thu, Jun 4 - Mon, Jun 8
Turkish Airlines Logo
16:35 - 14:35
CPT
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OTP
21h 00m1 stop
Turkish Airlines Logo
15:55 - 11:50
OTP
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CPT
20h 55m1 stop
R12 205Turkish Airlines
Thu, Mar 19 - Mon, Mar 23
Turkish Airlines Logo
19:10 - 14:10
JNB
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OTP
19h 00m1 stop
Turkish Airlines Logo
10:10 - 10:50
OTP
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JNB
24h 40m1 stop
R12 238Turkish Airlines
Sun, Jun 14 - Wed, Jul 1
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15:20 - 1:10
CPT
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OTP
32h 50m2 stops
Lufthansa Logo
13:45 - 12:40
OTP
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CPT
23h 55m2 stops
R15 850Lufthansa
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KAYAK's insights & trends for flights to Bucharest

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

What is the cheapest month to fly to Bucharest?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights to Bucharest, 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 Bucharest is May, where tickets cost R10 935 on average for one-way flights. On the other hand, the most expensive months are September and December, where the average cost of tickets from South Africa is R14 629 and R14 563 respectively. For return trips, the best month to travel is May with an average price of R10 935.

Good to know – Book Cheap Bucharest Plane Tickets

Low seasonJanuary
Cheapest flightR6 581
Best time to beat the crowds (8% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 8% lower on average.
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When to book flights to Bucharest

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel to Bucharest based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
Estimated return price
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 Bucharest 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 Bucharest flights

  • Which Bucharest airport is closest to central Bucharest?

    Bucharest is served by 2 major airports. Bucharest Baneasa (8 km) is the closest to the centre of Bucharest and Bucharest Airport is 16 km from the centre.

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

    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 Bucharest.

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

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

    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 Bucharest 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 Bucharest?

    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 Bucharest up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

Top tips for finding cheap flights to Bucharest

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Reviews of the top 5 airlines flying to Bucharest

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying to Bucharest. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline from South Africa to Bucharest. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
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KLMOverall score based on 1434 reviews
8,4Crew
7,6Comfort
7,8Boarding
7,1Entertainment
7,2Food
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Flight was on time, staff are friendly and helpful onboard.

8,0 ExcellentShereen, Dec 2025
AMS - YUL
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Flight was on time, staff are friendly and helpful onboard.

Delay on my previous leg, had to run to catch my flight. But that happens. Overall ok.

At the airport, terrible, I do not want to even remember it. It was too humiliating for a business class passenger.

Flight was ok but lack of communication cost me to literally beg to be put on another flight as connecting flight had departed

They forgot to serve food and the crew was very unfriendly. Never experienced such a bad KLM flight. Usually fly from Toronto. New York was different.

Couldn’t get boarding pass in SLC even with help from a redcoat, so had to find a desk in AMS to get boarding pass. Technical problems so not sure why. Very inconvenient. The KLM app is not as user friendly as most apps. Also had to wait almost an hour on the tarmac for a fuel truck, which caused us to miss a connecting bus in LUX.

The immigration hall in Amsterdam was understaffed, so passport checking was slower than it should be for a major airport. They need to get the automatic readers up and running for non EU passport holders. Waiting in line after a long flight feels a bit abusive.

Short flight so it was okay. Nice crew, all very pleasant and professional. We were near the back in row 27 so just as we got our drinks, we started our descent so had to drink very quickly!

The baggage drop-off in Stuttgart is bad: after online check-in you cannot use the automated baggage drop off as indicated on the website. You can use the terminals but have to cue to 1 of three open and slowly working counters to drop the bags. took about 45 minutes wait time.

My flight was delayed by 6 hours then I missed BOTH of my connecting flights, I then had to stay in the AIRPORT at JFK because soooooo many people also suffered from missing flights and there was no hotels available. I would like to be compensated for this experience! I had to stay in the airport for over 16 hours!

It was little disheartening and disappointing. Although flight staff did a good job. But customer service didn’t do anything to resolve my issue.

Plane was good Crew was good Food was just ok Could have had more entertainment options But overall good

The service was good but the food was a NO

Initial booking was confusing and had to get new CC issued.

All good. Over four hours flight if provided snacks like Qatar Airways would be better

no qatar did noting wrong Kayak messed up my whole vacation . Went early to check in at The Cairo, Egypt airport to find our I had not tickets to board , Kayak and/or Affirm never sent the money for my flight that I paid for and booked. So I had no flight at 12am in a foreign country and I had to scramble and find anther very costly other option just so that could fly home. Fucken horrible experience.

Paid $10 for wifi for full flight duration and the wifi wasn’t available after initial 2 hours

It never happened. Me flight from Doha to São Paulo was lated and the time of waiting for the luggage arrives when we arrived in São Paulo was about 1 hour and half. So it took a lot of time just waiting the luggage of flight that was already late, consequently we lost the flight to Recife with Latam Airlines and had to go to the Qatar office to arrange another flight to us to Recife, that one with Azul Airlines. It was more 4 hours waiting to this other flight to knows that this other flight was delayed too, total of 5 hours more at the airport to waiting to go home :/

Nothing to complain. The staff and flight was good especially the seats which was better compared than the cloth ones on Qatar airways

I would love the entertainment center to be updated with more content. The flight to Doha had more options than the one to Miami

Not consistent with the food quality (I mean taste not freshness)

Safe and stable made me sleepy and I slept and dreamt 😂😂😂😂

Food was really mediocre for premium economy in comparison to other airlines… the crew was nowhere to be found… 14 hour flight…

I don’t like that an equipment change caused my seat to change from 23A to 44A. The boarding was also delayed. The crew were excellent, however and very attentive. The food was not bad.

Our flight crew were terrific. And they handle a difficult passenger with finesse.

Excellent, Lima to Paris. But Paris to Amsterdam, delayed, missed my flight and KLM treated its missed flights passengers very badly, terribly bad. No hotel accommodation given. Passengers were told to find their own hotel accommodation and claim at reasonable rate and left the booth and literally with armed Police Officers listening to passengers complains. For three hours, after moving by Uber from hotel to hotel and calling and booking online, no hotel was available. I had to return to the airport and seat/sleep on the benches, suffering the cold, and rats running around until my new allocated flight the next day. It was the most terrible KLM treatment even seen and being a Business Class passenger. Still mentally suffering to date as a result.

I bought business class tickets but the seats are exactly like economy with no comfort seats nor an empty seat next to me provided. Very poor, low quality airline.

I don't understand the concept of paying to get your personal luggage onboard and then asked to check it in.... either sell the space or don't, its a hassle to carry those all through the airport just to make a check in at the last minute.

Old airplanes small seats expensive tickets, not as expected overall and not comfortable according to the price

It was an OK flight with below mediocre service by their flight attendants

Very bad experience with turkish airline tk 0001. Very uncomfortable seats and food ran out and crew was not helpful

Turkish Airline canceled our tickets in the very last minute, with our luggage and everything else, all prepared and good to go. It’s clear that they sold the tickets for better money to someone else. Bad, Bad, Bad business!!!

I had ordered gluten free vegetarian but I got chicken instead. I wasn’t able to eat the meal. It’s hard not having food to eat when it’s an international flight. I don’t want to complain but when it’s a 14 hours flight. It would be nice to have something to eat.

Overall it was good. Food was bad. I ordered gluten free vegetarian meal. But I got gluten free chicken for my long flight from Seattle to Istanbul. I don’t eat any kind of meat. Second meal I got eggplant with meat which I couldn’t eat. I don’t understand why we can’t get gluten free vegetarian meal for a 12 hour flight. I eat the bread and that was it.

I paid $150 to upgrade to this seat. My exit row seat had ample leg room BUT the collapsable table was broken so my food tray and drinks slid over to my lap, the screen malfunctioned.

Worst experience with boarding once we left the wheel chair even traveling business we had to wait with all the crowd for the bus to take us to the plane then climb the stairs with our bags When you pay extra for comfort and convenience and you don’t get any is disappointing

Everything was so smooth. It could be just a better temperature in the plane; it was a little cold.

Turkish Airlines will be my first choice to fly in the future.

Rude staff. I would avoid using the word racist but definitely partially or discriminatory. My 72 yrs old mother who is also disabled was traveling on this flight. She was the second passenger boarded to the plane. The First elderly couple ahead of my mother were allowed to use the airplane bathroom but my mother was denied entry stating it was for safety reasons. My mother objected the the couple in front of her were allowed but hostess still stated that due to the flight safety reasons she can’t use it. Even my mother explained that he is using blood pressure medication that’s why she have to use the restroom frequently but the crew continued arguing her. At one point the Mae attendent even suggested that if that’s the case my mother can urinate in her seat. The level of disrespect against an elderly lady is beyond my comprehension. This matter will be taken to the social media to shame the employees involved.

Turkish airlines have improved a lot, please keep up the good work.

The service and food was excellent. The remote control for entertainment did not function properly.

Food was much better than my outbound flight. On-time. Good service. I had a problem with my entertainment screen, but the attendant fixed it promptly.

Flight cancelled support worse than useless. Asking me to drive back and forth between terminal, I was expecting supervisor call within 30 minutes, never happened.

Great experience. Flight was on time and reached destination on time

The crew was caring and attentive in making my flight comfortable as I was travelling with an injury.

The plane delay due to a poor judgement of the pilot. It was the only flight that got delay due to fog.

Excellent once on board. Security staff at Johannesburg rude and aggressive.

Very old plan, bad cabin layout and seats, entertainment system would get 95% through a film and then crash and reboot. I wont be using Lufthansa after I return back home, would rather pau more for a better flight arramgement.

The service was really good. The breakfast food could’ve been better as I don’t eat sweets for breakfast and the only choice was a muffin. Overall, good experience though. Thank you.

I barely made the flight. We had to take a bus to the plane and the plane smelled awfully of body odor. When the flight attendant walked by she smelled of body odor. It was incredibly uncomfortable. Also my luggage did not make it onto this flight and when it finally arrived home the handle of the luggage was all ripped. I will have to purchase a bag again.

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