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Find cheap flights to Helsinki from R11 965

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Cheap flight deals to Helsinki

Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights to Helsinki 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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16:35 - 18:35CPT-HEL
25h 00m1 stop
19:30 - 11:50HEL-CPT
17h 20m1 stop
R11 965Turkish Airlines
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ma, kesä 3 - ti, kesä 11
16:35 - 18:35CPT-HEL
25h 00m1 stop
19:30 - 11:50HEL-CPT
17h 20m1 stop
R12 324Turkish Airlines
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ma, heinä 8 - la, syys 7
14:00 - 11:35CPT-HEL
20h 35m2 stops
19:30 - 11:50HEL-CPT
17h 20m1 stop
R14 082
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ma, kesä 3 - ti, kesä 11
23:15 - 0:15CPT-HEL
24h 00m1 stop
17:40 - 21:25HEL-CPT
28h 45m2 stops
R16 350
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ma, heinä 8 - la, syys 7
23:15 - 23:20CPT-HEL
47h 05m2 stops
17:40 - 21:10HEL-CPT
52h 30m2 stops
R16 388Air France
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ma, heinä 8 - la, syys 7
16:35 - 23:20CPT-HEL
29h 45m2 stops
5:30 - 11:50HEL-CPT
31h 20m3 stops
R17 919
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ma, kesä 3 - ti, kesä 11
15:20 - 12:40CPT-HEL
20h 20m2 stops
13:25 - 12:40HEL-CPT
24h 15m2 stops
R18 278Lufthansa
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ma, kesä 3 - ti, kesä 11
13:00 - 13:50CPT-HEL
23h 50m2 stops
17:10 - 10:50HEL-CPT
18h 40m1 stop
R20 716
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la, Touko 25 - ti, heinä 9
13:00 - 13:50CPT-HEL
23h 50m2 stops
17:10 - 20:55HEL-CPT
28h 45m2 stops
R22 966
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la, Touko 25 - ti, heinä 9
13:00 - 15:15CPT-HEL
25h 15m1 stop
17:10 - 10:50HEL-CPT
18h 40m1 stop
R25 933Qatar Airways
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la, Touko 25 - ti, heinä 9

Flights to Helsinki - Travel Insights & Trends

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

What is the cheapest day to fly to Helsinki?

The average price of all flights to Helsinki clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to Helsinki is Monday where tickets can be as cheap as R14 733. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Saturday, where prices are R16 512 on average.

What is the cheapest month to fly to Helsinki?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights to Helsinki, 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 Helsinki is February, where tickets cost R13 193 on average for one-way flights. On the other hand, the most expensive months are January and June, where the average cost of tickets from South Africa is R19 053 and R18 770 respectively. For return trips, the best month to travel is February with an average price of R13 193.

What is the cheapest time of day to fly to Helsinki?

The average price for all flights to Helsinki depending on the time of departure, clicked by users on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.
The cheapest time of day to fly to Helsinki is generally in the evening, when flights cost R15 879 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Helsinki is generally in the afternoon, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is R18 044.

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

To calculate daily average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each day before departure over the last year for flights to Helsinki, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each month.
To get a below average price, you should book around 1 week before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 88 days before departure.

How long is the flight to Helsinki?

The duration of your flight to Helsinki depends on your departure and arrival airports. Obviously any flights that include a layover will also be longer. The most popular routes to Helsinki on KAYAK are from Johannesburg, which takes 16h 30m, Cape Town, which takes 25h 00m, and Port Elizabeth, which takes 46h 10m.

Good to know

Low season

October

High season

December

Cheapest flight

R11 965
Best time to beat the crowds (2% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly (21% more expensive on average)
Flight from Cape Town to Helsinki

When to book flights to Helsinki

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

  • How far is Helsinki from central Helsinki?

    Central Helsinki is 17 km away from Helsinki.

  • What is the name of Helsinki’s airport?

    There is only 1 airport in Helsinki, called Helsinki (HEL). It can also be referred to as Helsinki Vantaa, Helsinki-Vantaa, or Helsinki-Vantaa Airport.

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

    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 Helsinki.

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

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

    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 Helsinki 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 Helsinki?

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

  • Which airline offers the most flights to Helsinki?

    Of the 2 airlines that fly to Helsinki, Finnair offers the most flights, with around 219 per week, followed by Norwegian Air International with 3 flights per week.

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Top tips for finding cheap flights to Helsinki

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

Prefer to fly direct to Helsinki-Vantaa?

Find which airlines fly direct to Helsinki-Vantaa, which days they fly and book direct flights.

Direct departures

South Africa to Helsinki-Vantaa

Monday

ANA, Aegean Airlines, Air Canada, +52 more

ANA, Aegean Airlines, +53 more

Tuesday

ANA, Aegean Airlines, Air Canada, +52 more

ANA, Aegean Airlines, +53 more

Wednesday

ANA, Aegean Airlines, Air Canada, +52 more

ANA, Aegean Airlines, +53 more

Thursday

ANA, Aegean Airlines, Air Canada, +52 more

ANA, Aegean Airlines, +53 more

Friday

ANA, Aegean Airlines, Air Canada, +52 more

ANA, Aegean Airlines, +53 more

Saturday

ANA, Aegean Airlines, Air Canada, +48 more

ANA, Aegean Airlines, +49 more

Sunday

ANA, Aegean Airlines, Air Canada, +53 more

ANA, Aegean Airlines, +54 more

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Direct returns

Helsinki-Vantaa to South Africa

Monday

ANA, Aegean Airlines, Air Canada, +52 more

ANA, Aegean Airlines, +53 more

Tuesday

ANA, Aegean Airlines, Air Canada, +52 more

ANA, Aegean Airlines, +53 more

Wednesday

ANA, Aegean Airlines, Air Canada, +52 more

ANA, Aegean Airlines, +53 more

Thursday

ANA, Aegean Airlines, Air Canada, +52 more

ANA, Aegean Airlines, +53 more

Friday

ANA, Aegean Airlines, Air Canada, +52 more

ANA, Aegean Airlines, +53 more

Saturday

ANA, Aegean Airlines, Air Canada, +48 more

ANA, Aegean Airlines, +49 more

Sunday

ANA, Aegean Airlines, Air Canada, +53 more

ANA, Aegean Airlines, +54 more

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Top 5 airlines flying to Helsinki

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying to Helsinki. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline from South Africa to Helsinki. 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 Helsinki? 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.
7,8
KLMOverall score based on 1626 reviews
7,3food
8,4crew
7,6comfort
7,8boarding
7,2entertainment
Airline reviews

The food from Lagos to Amsterdam was was very poor compared to AMS-YYZ

8,0 ExcellentJacob Oluleke, Apr 2024LOS - AMS
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The food from Lagos to Amsterdam was was very poor compared to AMS-YYZ

I thought KLM was the best airline but the Lima - Amsterdam was 1 hours late, the Brussels - Amsterdam was 2.30 hours late and the Amsterdam - Lima was 30 minutes late

no issues at all... Kudos to the food. This time was really really good

The food was ok. The crew seemed like they were cranky. I had one guy get mad at me for passing in between the storage area to get to the other toilet. I can understand if it's not allowed but reprimanding me like I'm a student saying "This is the last time!" was not appropriate. During my meal time, there was a French family around me. No problems there but when we usually have meals, they are supposed to put their chair in the upright position. These people did not do it and the steward did not tell them to raise their seat in the upright position. However, I was told to do so! So, me and another person next to me had to eat with the monitor almost touching our faces. Furthermore, a lady in front of me was putting her feet up and preventing another elder passenger from putting her seat back. To make it worse, she was continuously hitting her back into her seat, shaking my monitor while I was watching a movie. A crew member did speak to her about it but then she accused me of pushing her seat forward! The crew member gave me a death stare and told me to stop pushing the seat forward. I did not even touch her seat at all, if I did, she would know it. Her boyfriend also stood up and tried to push her seat even further past the maximum decline to no avail. None of these people were reprimanded but the steward, some bald guy, was extremely friendly with them and did not even try to instruct them to do anything until it was time to land. I resisted the urge to really argue with them because I would have obviously been seen as the aggressor (I have no idea why). I hardly said anything on this flight except "more wine please" and "sorry" if I bumped into someone accidentally. Overall, it was an annoying flight and I had to resist the urge to yell at the steward and the people he was overly friendly with. The happiest moment of this flight was leaving it.

The worst airline. Cancelled flight 30 min before boarding and rebooked on flight after 3 days.

The flight itself it was great nice food the crew were very nice and helpful, Checking in from Birmingham wasn't great long queues for bag dropped, And I had my hand luggage case taken away from me even though I requested to have it with me as I had breakables items. I was told I can not because of the length of the flight with no explanation at all no options was given for me to take my fragile items out of my case it was taken away with hold buggage I find the staff member who was checking me in very unpleasant !! Can we please be advise if the rules have changed about the the carry on hand luggage it will be easier to be advise on booking your tickect if we not allowed to take the hand luggage with me. Overall I had a good flight .

I requested wheel chair assistance , it was confirmed via email that inwoood get it but I didn’t get it . The last leg of my trip to Nigeria was the worst.

One of their staff was so rude with discriminative. Such a reputed airline shouldn't hire such kind of arrogant attendants.

The boarding was one of the worst I’ve ever experienced. The fault lays on Ohare Airport and not so much the airline. The waiting area by the gate was the size to accommodate a regional flight for 20-30 people and right next to a busy walkway. When you cramped nearly 300 passengers into that space is was unbearable.

At the transit could be less time not like 12 hour 6 hours the mix should be 4 hour, thanks

Suddenly Flight has been change by Qatar and there’s no information is there of us from Bom to Doha and counter person is behaving like Qatar owner next I will not buy Qatar and I will not suggest anyone to fly in Qatar

The flight was good but my neighbor had the vent open full power for the whole flight and because the air was blowing from the side instead of from the top and I got very cold and ended up with a sore throat.

Just money making business. This was my fourth journey with Qatar Airways, year by year the quality of service getting poor. Food is very cheap. They have some low quality alcohol beverages. They don’t have any brandy or cognac. No toilet around the gate lounge. We have to wait until getting to the flight for use toilet.very long standing for entering into the flight. We can see the old passenger suffering.

Too many boarding protocols. Never experienced with other international flights.

Crews are very rude and unhelpful. Cramped seats in economy. Foods are useless

Fine. Don’t think I would fly with them again

The qatar airways flights were great, the code share with Indigo could have been a lot better. There is no option for web check in, there is not information on the tickets for the INDIGO PNR this caused a problem with security letting us into the airport. The indigo staff did not even want us to line up before they opened the counters. There is not option on the indigo flgith to request special meals.

Ordinary Indian food... Not great. Limited movie and TV selection

Qatar is the worst airline experience I had in a long time traveling business class, I believe the hype is all paid for by bloggers.

some sections of airport are too cramped. The screening of luggage was twice and a huge hassle. They kept saying my boarding the for my next flight was in 10 minutes but were dragging the screening too long. having a 2 hour connecting time with this much delays in screenings is not good. They could see I was traveling with special needs kid yet I was" randomly chosen" to be personally screened again.

Don’t use them on the IST-isb route, horrible service

Was not able to check in online, so had to stand in line for 90 minutes to get a boarding pass, and I had no luggage to check. Why not let people check in in advance on line? Or at a kiosk at the airport?

The flight was very dirty and the food was very bad

In general terms the service was excellent. I would ask that they add more content in Spanish to the catalog of movies, series and music.

Great ground-check in crew. Pleasant flight attendant crew. Very short flight

My mother got sick and dying and i have to change my flight and they charged me $2260 that is redisclose.

Food not good, flight attendants not the best, not accommodating very ruff

Flight attendants were harsh, food could be better, took way too long to pick up food trays, were stuck with the crying babies the entire to and from trip. Restrictions of 8 kg for cabin luggage is ridiculous that’s barely 2 pairs of pants, shirts, shoes. There shouldn’t be any restrictions on the carry on luggage size except the checked in luggage. Attendants don’t even help with putting luggage in cabin space. Attendant picked up food tray and spilled cherry juice all over my husband and has the nerve to come back to ask why he hadn’t changed his clothes.

Everything was great Turkish airlines should show the same attention to international flights.

Sadly, the plane was extremely old and uncomfortable. The entertainment system broke down completely. We couldn't even charge our phones. The seats were also very uncomfortable, with a very slim seat cushion. It must be the result of having 9 seats where there used to be 8.

Lufthansa used to be the best not any more , food is cheap, crew needs to be on retirement )) we really like to see old type of Lufthansa back to business

During the flight there was a medical emergency. We were diverted. Of course I'm thankful they cared for the health of that passenger, but they did a poor job of communicating with the rest of us passengers. In the end we arrived at our destination several hours late, with no direction of how to rebook missed connecting flights. It all worked out in the end. Those of us that needed accommodations were put up in a hotel by Lufthansa until we could make it to our final destination. But it was United Airlines Personnel who really helped us navigate the process.

Seat controls of lights were broken, and only 1 of the 2 seat TVs ever worked on the long flight. On the short flight there were no USB connections, on the long one they were difficult to access. Part of my meal was frozen, though the hot portion was good.

bad seats, meager food quantity. bread not fresh. Hollywood films lack entertainment.

From there moment we arrived to the 7 hour delay, this flight was a challenge. We were suppose to be direct and everything changed. A backup crew was called in, extended repairs, non working headphone plugs, it was not a great experience.

Efficient boarding process. Staff are nice. Food should be better.

The flight was smooth and on time. Check-in and boarding was very efficient. The flight was very comfortable and there was good entertainment and food on offer.

Terrible. This airline will cancel flights at very short notice.

There was no entertainment for complete journey it was terrible experience

Flight left late. Missed connection. Rebooked in the morning. United couldnt find rebooking. Had to buy a new ticket to get home. Horrible all the way.

Very cramped seats in economy, difficult to get comfortable with your legs and feet and back. The seat width is ok but I’m average size. Food is HORRIBLE. Crew is friendly. Delays and very tight connections made it tough for navigating. We would have missed our connecting flight if it wasn’t delayed too. The terminal transit was slow and normally every 10 minutes before 8pm, after 8 pm is every 30 minutes!!!!! No free wine or drinks!! Below average attitude.

British Airways planes are too old verses other airlines, followed by luggage not turning up, with a customer service team unhelpful in trying to locate or send to hotel was appalling. 3 days without suitcases on a leg that flies 2 x daily.

The flight was good the crew excellent…but take off delayed three hours!!!

The boarding process was a disaster. No one respects the boarding groups—tired old aeroplane. There are no sockets to charge phones. The cushion seats are ancient and hurts back and gluts

Annoying customer pushing my seat did not make this pleasant.

Everything was great - but then had to wait one hour for my luggage in Verona…

The crew on this flight were excellent. They were friendly and attentive. It really made the flight more enjoyable.

Staff , Comfort and Food were excellent. My individual lamp did not work so I could not read, neither my novel nor the menu. I found it impossible to check in online. The website sent you round and round a loop. The only way to break the loop was to view and change your advance personal details.

I have not used food or entertainment all other services I used were simply excellent. BA crew is always good in service. The BA Crew at anygiven flight is simply amazing.

It was the most uncomfortable flight I have ever had , it was a nightmare ,the seats were narrow and I was very cramped, the food was awful, there was over weight person seating next to me or should I say seating on my lap.Most of her was overflowing onto my seat .For 6 hours I endured this gulag like conditions. I will never ever book any flight with British Airlines

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These are the cheapest return flights to Helsinki found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
3/6ma
1 stopTurkish Airlines
25h 00mCPT-HEL
11/6ti
1 stopTurkish Airlines
17h 20mHEL-CPT
R11 965
8/7ma
1 stopTurkish Airlines
25h 00mCPT-HEL
7/9la
1 stopTurkish Airlines
17h 20mHEL-CPT
R12 324
3/6ma
2 stops
20h 35mCPT-HEL
11/6ti
1 stop
17h 20mHEL-CPT
R14 082
8/7ma
1 stop
24h 00mCPT-HEL
7/9la
2 stops
28h 45mHEL-CPT
R16 350
8/7ma
2 stopsAir France
47h 05mCPT-HEL
7/9la
2 stopsAir France
52h 30mHEL-CPT
R16 388
3/6ma
2 stops
29h 45mCPT-HEL
11/6ti
3 stops
31h 20mHEL-CPT
R17 919
3/6ma
2 stopsLufthansa
20h 20mCPT-HEL
11/6ti
2 stopsLufthansa
24h 15mHEL-CPT
R18 278
25/5la
2 stops
23h 50mCPT-HEL
9/7ti
1 stop
18h 40mHEL-CPT
R20 716
25/5la
2 stops
23h 50mCPT-HEL
9/7ti
2 stops
28h 45mHEL-CPT
R22 966
25/5la
1 stopQatar Airways
25h 15mCPT-HEL
9/7ti
1 stopQatar Airways
18h 40mHEL-CPT
R25 933

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directFinnair
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directFinnair
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R2 174
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directFinnair
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R2 174
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R3 251
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R3 421
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