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R12 044 Find Cheap Flights to Lyon

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Cheapest return fare
R12 044
Overall average: R13 811
British Airways
Mon 16/3Thu 19/3
JNB - LYS • 1 stop
Cheapest one-way flight
Multiple Airlines
Sun 25/1
JNB - LYS • multi-stop
When to travel
November
Cheapest • 15% price drop
December
Most popular
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Cheap Flights to Lyon

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

Mon, Mar 16 - Thu, Mar 19
British Airways Logo
22:00 - 17:35
JNB
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LYS
20h 35m
1 stop
British Airways Logo
19:00 - 10:25
LYS
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JNB
14h 25m
1 stop
R12 044British Airways
Mon, Feb 9 - Mon, Feb 16
Lufthansa Logo
15:20 - 10:05
CPT
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LYS
19h 45m
2 stops
Lufthansa Logo
13:05 - 11:10
LYS
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CPT
21h 05m
2 stops
R12 076Lufthansa
Mon, Mar 16 - Thu, Mar 19
British Airways Logo
22:00 - 13:05
JNB
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LYS
16h 05m
1 stop
British Airways Logo
15:05 - 7:35
LYS
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JNB
15h 30m
1 stop
R12 076British Airways
Mon, Feb 9 - Mon, Feb 16
Emirates Logo
13:40 - 12:50
CPT
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LYS
24h 10m
1 stop
Emirates Logo
14:40 - 11:40
LYS
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CPT
20h 00m
1 stop
R12 349Emirates
Fri, Feb 13 - Thu, Feb 19
Emirates Logo
13:40 - 12:50
CPT
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LYS
24h 10m
1 stop
Emirates Logo
14:40 - 16:45
LYS
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CPT
25h 05m
1 stop
R12 735Emirates
Mon, Mar 16 - Thu, Mar 19
Turkish Airlines Logo
9:40 - 17:10
JNB
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LYS
32h 30m
2 stops
Turkish Airlines Logo
18:05 - 10:50
LYS
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JNB
15h 45m
1 stop
R13 024Turkish Airlines
Mon, Mar 16 - Thu, Mar 19
Turkish Airlines Logo
9:40 - 17:10
JNB
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LYS
32h 30m
2 stops
Turkish Airlines Logo
10:30 - 10:50
LYS
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JNB
23h 20m
1 stop
R13 040Turkish Airlines
Sun, Mar 15 - Thu, Mar 19
Kenya Airways Logo
1:35 - 13:25
JNB
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LYS
36h 50m
3 stops
Kenya Airways Logo
14:10 - 10:55
LYS
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JNB
19h 45m
2 stops
R14 003Kenya Airways
Mon, Mar 16 - Thu, Mar 19
Kenya Airways Logo
17:00 - 22:15
JNB
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LYS
30h 15m
2 stops
Kenya Airways Logo
6:40 - 10:55
LYS
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JNB
27h 15m
2 stops
R14 036Kenya Airways
Sun, Feb 22 - Sun, Mar 1
KLM Logo
23:59 - 10:35
JNB
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LYS
35h 36m
1 stop
KLM Logo
6:40 - 22:05
LYS
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JNB
14h 25m
1 stop
R14 244KLM
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KAYAK's insights & trends for flights to Lyon

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

What is the cheapest month to fly to Lyon?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights to Lyon, 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 Lyon is November, where tickets cost R11 675 on average for one-way flights. On the other hand, the most expensive months are January and August, where the average cost of tickets from South Africa is R18 034 and R15 577 respectively. For return trips, the best month to travel is November with an average price of R11 675.

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

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights to Lyon, 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 0 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 11 days before departure.

Good to know – Book Cheap Lyon Plane Tickets

Low seasonNovember
Cheapest flightR12 044
Best time to beat the crowds (10% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 7% lower on average.
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When to book flights to Lyon

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

  • How far is Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport from central Lyon?

    You’ll need to travel 20 km to reach the Lyon city centre from Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport.

  • What is the name of Lyon’s airport?

    When flying to Lyon, you'll arrive at Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS). The airport is also known as Lyon-Saint Exupéry or Lyon–Saint Exupéry.

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

    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 Lyon.

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

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

    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 Lyon 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 Lyon?

    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 Lyon 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 Lyon

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Reviews of the top 5 airlines flying to Lyon

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying to Lyon. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline from South Africa to Lyon. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
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EmiratesOverall score based on 3487 reviews
8,1Boarding
8,3Crew
8,2Entertainment
7,9Food
8,0Comfort
Airline reviews

Mostly good and consistent of Emirates service. Christmas menu was great initiative and tasted good. Taking the bus from terminal to the plane spoilt the experience a little.

8,0 ExcellentWoei, Dec 2025
DXB - LYS
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Mostly good and consistent of Emirates service. Christmas menu was great initiative and tasted good. Taking the bus from terminal to the plane spoilt the experience a little.

There is an issue with A380 when it arrives in Munich, because a business class passengers like me have to wait for the first class passengers to disembark, which takes some time while you are also offloading economy passengers this causes an issue at customs where your business class passengers end up behind a large bulk of economy passengers This is a frustration and the early dislocation should be and is supposed to be a benefit of business class

Premium economy was worth it-comfort was definitely better than economy class. The seats were more comfortable, blankets and pillows thicker

Great flight - Clubhouse met our needs, and the staff provided good service. Boarding felt a little chaotic, but given the size of the aircraft, it's always going to be challenging. Whilst the crew were friendly, the number of passengers meant that we received our breakfast items, but had finished breakfast before we were served a drink. Lunch was much better organised, and throughout the flight, the crew were attentive. Found the seats and ICE to be excellent. Disembarkation was fine, and everything possible to expedite the process was being done.

Had to do shuttle bus both times during the transfer. It was waaay longer than acceptable. These 777s need a refurbishment really badly. Emirates and Dubai Airport used to be top notch. Now overcrowded and outdated.

I take emirates because of direct flights Otherwise no Cabin crew niot friendly and never friendly across the airlines Planes old inside not renewd .. this is not an issue The issue is the poor service

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.

Emirates need to improve the boarding process. There is no point calling for all First and Business Class passengers plus Platinum, Gold and Silver Skywards members at one time. Further to this, try channeling all these people into one entry point with no defined lines. It was chaos. The is a common issue on the Dubai to Riyadh flight. Poor effort Emirates.

We loved flying with Emirates in business class, the staff were fabulous, going above & beyond

The seating is spaced out nicely, The crew could have offer more drinks.

Communication on the delay, rebooking and how to get a hotel was poor. Mails, airport check-in and transfer desk said different things.

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.

Worst airlines either. First leg was delayed because of crew not available. My connection was missed so they booked me automatically the next day! But, impossible to get anyone on site, web site does not let me access my reservation anymore, confirmed by useless agents over the phone. My 2-leg trip with part in business class arriving at 4:10pm ends up in an awful 3-leg arriving at 9pm the next day with no way to even choose the seats and of course at the very end of the plane. I can understand problems arrive but the way Air France handle it is just unacceptable. You are on your own. Apparently getting you to your destination is the only thing they consider their duty. The customer experience and fatigue is none of their concern. And I have a status with them. I will reconsider my priorities when flying with Air France and encourage everyone to do the same.

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.

3 hour delay but out of their control. App said I get vouchers but when I applied for them, they were nowhere to be found in my account

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.

The food was great and the service and attitude was amazing!!

The staff at the boarding or the rudest uninformative and no English whatsoever they’re very rude as if they are envious of you travelling I don’t understand how could someone would be this rude and this out of touch and cold

My, Syed Zawar Hussein Shirazi frequently flyer membership number was not included on my boarding pass from O’Hare to Istanbul despite my reminder to the attendant at check in. Further she forgot to give me my boarding pass form Istanbul to Lahore and she needs to improve her customer service, please 🙏

I'm very tall so the leg room of the seats could have been a little more spacious. Otherwise, everything was excellent

Entertainment was good. Flight was delayed, nearly missed my connecting flight. The gate was changed on several occasions. My luggage did not arrive on time and had to leave without it.

Service was slow and checked bag was off last evening when flying business

Requested food options were always finished. Supplied food items were good but of course not the desired choices.

Bad chairs in business class like economy ( not turning into bed )

Customer service was poor everywhere. In particular in business class lounge. Stewardess were however excellent. No ability to order more than one dietary restriction in food that created awkward situations when I was offered bulgur due to being diabetic as I was also gluten free

The airline could improve its business class seats and privacy in line with its competitors.

this was a short flight in business class. I had problem in the Istambul airport - the lounge for Turkish Airlines was too far and we never were able to reach it

Missed it by a couple minutes and couldn’t find an alternative flight so had to spend the night in DC and after much shuffling from 1 airline to another managed to get a United to Frankfurt.

We exited from a plane from LAX TO MUC containing 853 passengers. Passport control was packed and very slow as they fingerprinted and photgraphed everyone. After finally getting though we ran to the gate listed on our boarding pass. We made it just as boarding was suppost to begin. No one was there. We started running again and found a Lufthansa gate open and spoke with them. We were told the gate had changed and they called the correct gate that we were coming. We started running again, but needed to wait for the train to get to the correct terminal. Running again we made it to the gate. The plane was still there but they said it was too late. So we went to the Lufthansa help desk, they told us it was our fault for missing our flight and that if we didn't buy a new ticket from them for €256 each our return trip to the states would be cancelled. Needless to say this was very disapointing to find out on the day before Christmas that we had to pay an extra €512 to complete our trip we had already paid $3344 for. We were left with no choice. No Christmas spirit there. Unhappy custumers.

The service and flight was great. Luggage came out very quickly!

It was chaotic. It was overbooked so we didn't have seats until the end but they turned out to be good seats. The gate was at the end of the airport. We had to get busses to the tarmac and board. It just seemed chaotic. Flight was OK. Food was not so good. Lufthansa used to be such a great airline and now as it's with everything else: If you have money you get comforts but if you don't then you end up below deck with the rest of the cattle.

Insulting. Lufthansa flight from Munich to EWR had us getting our luggage when we were told in Florence that it would follow us to Indianapolis. It did not. Then very slow security in EWR caused me and three other passengers from Lufthansa flight from Munich to miss the boarding closure. Behind me were two elderly grandparents and their ten year old grandson. We were all refused entry on a plane to Indy that was still at the gate. The doors had not even closed inside the terminal yet. No apologies or compensation offered. Not even a meal voucher let alone a free hotel stay for our inconvenience. I m not sure what the other three passengers behind me did ( they were elderly with a grandson, recall), but I stated 12 hours overnight in a chilly EWR airport until next flight to Indy at 850 next morning.

Flight was cancelled and rebooking was an hours long experience which required us to rent a cab, hotel room and fly the next day on a different airline with a much longer layover

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

Checkin took along timen only.few angents available at.checkin desk. Customer support over phone no existence

The crew was fantastic. They were always there when we needed them. No wifi on an 11 hour flight was a bummer. The entertainment onboard was boring.

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

Flew business- but plane was dirty, food horrendous. Too many business class seats diluted service levels overall.

I don’t think you’ll like the shoulder require people to pay to reserve seats. Also for the people in the bulkhead row the luggage locker nearest to their seats should be vacant. Both sides were filled with crew or airport items.

Not only were the aircrafts spacious, but the crew was friendly and efficient. I was so gracious for the included meals on the longer flight (8+ hours).

It was good. Couldn’t Check in online and select seats

No WiFi working on either flight. No leg room at all, the seat in front of me left dents in my knees. If I put the tray down, it was so low it was propped up by my knees. (I’m only 182.9 cm) I’m usually cool on planes, but the planes were both hot during taxi and take-off.

Very bad.i will never book British flights for future

First of all, our gate, and perhaps all of British Airways' gates for Nice-Heathrow flights, led to a series of buses that took a long time to board, were crowded, and offered virtually no seating. The long line of passengers moved slowly. The food in business class was awful. There was an air traffic controller problem that caused our flight to be significantly delayed, and many of the passengers had connecting flights at Heathrow. While the crew acknowledged our concern and promised to give us specifics about where to go when we landed, in fact, no announcements were made, so passengers in that situation were anxious about how to quickly find their connecting flights. Not a great look for BA.

Boarding was a complete shambles, groups in all the wrong places, queuing up before the crew had even arrived. Service was kind but slow, food was tasty and beautifully presented. Seat was comfy and private

The flight was fine but no food available apart from snacks like Pringles and olives which was a problem for me as I hadn’t eaten anything that day. But the worst problem was BA left 24 suitcases in Heathrow as the flight was too full but didn’t tell anyone. So we waited for ages at Toulouse airport with no information and finally found out from the one member of staff in the baggage collection area who explained what had happened and apologised for no announcement being made but said that was their policy. Then BA contacted me today to say they have found my luggage and can deliver it to me on Tuesday - half way through my holiday!!!! So a friend has had to make a four hour round trip in his car to go and collect the luggage from the airport so we can get it today. A TOTAL SHAMBLES AND DISREGARD BY BA FOR THEIR PASSENGERS’ BEST INTERESTS.

Terrible service especially for premium economy. Much more comfortable seats on other providers

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