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R5 984 Find Cheap Flights to Manchester

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Cheapest return fare
R10 974
Overall average: R13 494
Etihad Airways
Wed 21/1Sun 25/1
JNB - MAN • 1 stop
Cheapest one-way flight
R5 984
Typical prices: R6 250-R13 378
Qatar Airways
Sat 17/1
JNB - MAN • 1 stop
When to travel
February
Cheapest • 17% price drop
July
Most popular
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Cheap Flights to Manchester

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for return flights to Manchester 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.
Discover the best prices for you by selecting your travel dates on KAYAK.

Recent return flight deals to Manchester

Wed, Jan 21 - Sun, Jan 25
Etihad Airways Logo
9:50 - 6:10
JNB
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MAN
22h 20m1 stop
Etihad Airways Logo
13:40 - 8:20
MAN
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JNB
16h 40m1 stop
R10 974Etihad Airways
Wed, Jan 21 - Sun, Jan 25
Etihad Airways Logo
9:50 - 12:15
JNB
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MAN
28h 25m1 stop
Etihad Airways Logo
8:25 - 8:20
MAN
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JNB
21h 55m1 stop
R11 007Etihad Airways
Tue, Jan 27 - Thu, May 21
Lufthansa Logo
10:10 - 23:20
JNB
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MAN
15h 10m1 stop
Lufthansa Logo
7:00 - 6:40
MAN
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JNB
22h 40m1 stop
R11 123Lufthansa
Wed, May 6 - Wed, May 20
Lufthansa Logo
8:45 - 23:15
JNB
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MAN
15h 30m1 stop
Lufthansa Logo
17:55 - 6:40
MAN
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JNB
35h 45m1 stop
R11 239Lufthansa
Fri, Feb 6 - Fri, Feb 20
SWISS Logo
9:25 - 8:20
CPT
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MAN
24h 55m1 stop
SWISS Logo
18:45 - 7:30
MAN
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CPT
34h 45m1 stop
R11 554SWISS
Sun, Feb 15 - Sun, Feb 22
SWISS Logo
9:25 - 8:20
CPT
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MAN
24h 55m1 stop
SWISS Logo
18:55 - 10:50
MAN
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CPT
13h 55m1 stop
R12 831SWISS
Fri, Feb 13 - Fri, Feb 20
Emirates Logo
13:40 - 18:35
CPT
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MAN
30h 55m1 stop
Emirates Logo
8:50 - 16:45
MAN
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CPT
29h 55m1 stop
R13 013Emirates
Fri, Feb 13 - Sat, Jun 27
Emirates Logo
13:40 - 6:45
CPT
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MAN
19h 05m1 stop
Emirates Logo
9:50 - 16:40
MAN
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CPT
29h 50m1 stop
R13 328Emirates
Thu, Jan 22 - Mon, Jan 26
Qatar Airways Logo
7:00 - 7:05
PLZ
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MAN
26h 05m2 stops
Qatar Airways Logo
14:05 - 17:45
MAN
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PLZ
25h 40m3 stops
R22 395Qatar Airways
Thu, Jan 22 - Mon, Jan 26
Qatar Airways Logo
7:00 - 6:00
PLZ
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MAN
25h 00m2 stops
Qatar Airways Logo
14:05 - 17:45
MAN
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PLZ
25h 40m3 stops
R23 506Qatar Airways
Booking Insights

KAYAK's insights & trends for flights to Manchester

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

What is the cheapest month to fly to Manchester?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights to Manchester, 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 Manchester is February, where tickets cost R11 504 on average for one-way flights. On the other hand, the most expensive months are April and September, where the average cost of tickets from South Africa is R15 748 and R15 533 respectively. For return trips, the best month to travel is February with an average price of R10 974.

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

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights to Manchester, 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 65 days before departure.

Good to know – Book Cheap Manchester Plane Tickets

Low seasonFebruary
Cheapest flightR5 984
Best time to beat the crowds (16% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly (13% more expensive on average)
Flight from Johannesburg to Manchester

When to book flights to Manchester

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

  • How far is Manchester Airport from central Manchester?

    The city centre of Manchester is 14 km from Manchester.

  • What is the name of Manchester’s airport?

    When flying to Manchester, you'll arrive at Manchester Airport (MAN). The airport is also known as Manchester or Manchester Intl.

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

    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 Manchester.

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

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

    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 Manchester 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 Manchester?

    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 Manchester 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 Manchester

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

Prefer to fly direct to Manchester?

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

Direct departures

South Africa to Manchester

Monday

ANA, AccesRail, Aegean Airlines, +74 more

ANA, AccesRail, +75 more

Tuesday

ANA, AccesRail, Aegean Airlines, +73 more

ANA, AccesRail, +74 more

Wednesday

ANA, AccesRail, Aegean Airlines, +73 more

ANA, AccesRail, +74 more

Thursday

ANA, AccesRail, Aegean Airlines, +73 more

ANA, AccesRail, +74 more

Friday

ANA, AccesRail, Aegean Airlines, +73 more

ANA, AccesRail, +74 more

Saturday

ANA, AccesRail, Aegean Airlines, +74 more

ANA, AccesRail, +75 more

Sunday

ANA, AccesRail, Aegean Airlines, +70 more

ANA, AccesRail, +71 more

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Direct returns

Manchester to South Africa

Monday

ANA, AccesRail, Aegean Airlines, +74 more

ANA, AccesRail, +75 more

Tuesday

ANA, AccesRail, Aegean Airlines, +73 more

ANA, AccesRail, +74 more

Wednesday

ANA, AccesRail, Aegean Airlines, +73 more

ANA, AccesRail, +74 more

Thursday

ANA, AccesRail, Aegean Airlines, +73 more

ANA, AccesRail, +74 more

Friday

ANA, AccesRail, Aegean Airlines, +73 more

ANA, AccesRail, +74 more

Saturday

ANA, AccesRail, Aegean Airlines, +74 more

ANA, AccesRail, +75 more

Sunday

ANA, AccesRail, Aegean Airlines, +70 more

ANA, AccesRail, +71 more

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Reviews of the top 5 airlines flying to Manchester

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying to Manchester. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline from South Africa to Manchester. 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 Manchester? 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 3449 reviews
8,1Boarding
8,3Crew
8,2Entertainment
8,0Comfort
7,9Food
Airline reviews

Child’s meal was great along with other nice touches for kids.

10,0 ExcellentJessica, Dec 2025
KUL - DXB
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Child’s meal was great along with other nice touches for kids.

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

Crew were excellent and the bar service and chat fantastic. Cheese board delicious. Amenity kit good, very disappointing not getting pyjamas on this leg of the flight and needed to reuse from earlier flight.

No kids provided. Instead we were told to have contacted the airline that we have kids and require kids meals. We were not the only ones who inquired about kids meals. It’s odd. Emirates and other airlines give kids meals as standard and before the adult food comes out. The rice in our meals was gluggy and under cooked. The chicken was also raw. Sadly not the best experience with Finn Air. The hostesses tried to compensate with the snacks and drinks but missed the mark by a long way. Especially when paying Emirates/Qantas prices

the seat is quite narrow compared to others. entertainment and food were very good

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.

I had a good experience flying with Emirates. All of the flights were on time staff was very professional and kind. So I had a positive experience..

Hospitality is good. Should improve on buggage handling because l lost a suitcase. Layover in Dubai was too long , 6 hours

We travelled in economy, were very satisfied with the comfort and keg space of the seats. Food was great compared to other airlines, the crew were very helpful and friendly. Since i was travelling with kids, i needed assistance multiple of times. Will be definitely taking long flights with Emirates from now on.

We’ve never been more uncomfortable on a flight than we have on this particular one. The seats in front of us reclined so far back that when the person reclined their seat of broccoli, it almost hit me in the face and left me with literally no room to move that said I had to recline my seed in which made the person behind me upset. It seemed like the seats also would recline without even pressing the button in the armrest and would unrecline as well for that same reason, and it also seemed that some seats reclined more than others. The bottom cushions of the seat were so thin that even after one hour of an 11 hour flight, our tailbones were so sore. It seemed like an overall old airplane. It also didn’t have individual air vents and it was extremely hot the entire flight. Several passengers were commenting on how hot it was. The breakfast was some kind of flavorless triangle, puffy egg, laying in a watery bed of steamed peppers and onions and spinach. It was not appetizing at all. The flight crew was extremely nice so that was a nice thing this flight attendant. They let us try different types of Swiss sodas, which was really nice and the dinner was actually delicious but still overall given the other considerations. It was pretty much a miserable flight without basic seat comfort.

Zürich-NY part of the trip was really good! Enjoyed professionalism and courtesy of the crew, comfort and cleanliness of the aircraft.

Best international flight I have had in a while! Far superior accommodation, services, food and general experience compared to U.S. airline companies.

Everything was fairly easy just hard when you get to Heathrow not know your Gate number until an hour before but otherwise really everything great. Did not get my texts in time though to do me any good but that is why I still like everything the old fashioned way and print everything out.

We flew an Air Bus 330 airliner from Zurich to Boston. Our seats were terrible. I am 6'5" with long legs. I tend to refuse paying extra for extra seat room, usually it's tolerable. We were side by side in row 40, with my wife in the window and me in the aisle. The internal arm rest only rose to 45 degrees, I thought it was broken. I ended up standing by our seats in the aisle for an hour. A stewardess finally approached me and asked if I was feeling sick. I told her that it was the worst seat comfort I had ever encountered. She left and shortly came back telling me that there were center row seats two up from us where only one passenger was sitting out of the 4 seats. I took her advice and sat there most of the flight. I put m legs sideways in the adjoining empty seat. But the arm rests there as well only rose to 45 degrees, so it's a feature, not a defect. The arm rest position really limits our position. It's a horrible seating design, what are the air craft designers thinking?

Food used to be better and comfort was not attainable after 5 hours everything starts hurting.

Well it was a 2h delay flight so that said it all. With very little if any information. Boarding took for ever with long waits at the terminal and then in the finger. To top it off and increase the delay we had to take a bus in Zurich. A trip to forget

Swiss is the. Only airline I use when I go to Europe. They are on time and they are fantastic!

I can’t even the whole trip was a catastrophe

I purchased a one way business class ticket from Geneva to Miami but the check in agent said I had an economy ticket and later upgraded to business class. This was not the case, I had a single business class transaction. I was forced to pay for my second checked bag. I am unsure of why this happened. But I won’t use Kayak again for business class tickets.

It was very good. It was a long flight and being a tight with little leg room.

I always fly with Qatar air and you are the best. Keep up the good wor, after travelling with Qatar Air More than 80 times, you never offer to upgrade me.but it happened to my friend companion some time. Any how i still enjoying travelling with Qatar air and wait one day to upgrade me too. Best Regards

Qatar maybe considered one of the best ailines in the world but nowadays it is much of a muchness with the rest

Very efficient and professional staff. Food was good and so was entertainment selection.

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

Lobster starter in business class was not good, tough, served cold, and without butter. Movie selection was missing latest releases, did not offer older classic, high quality movies

First keep the airline as you promise. Reason for travelling from Orlando to Tampa is to go with Qatar Airline. We end up with American Airline. As expected the service was horrible.

Not sure how we end up with American Airlines instead of Qatar Airways. From Philadelphia to Qatar they boarded us then they asked us to unload. After 30 minutes later they board us again. The inside the plane it was burning hot and we were sweating like crazy. Crew members are absolute rude. The way they served the passengers were horrible. One of the crew members hit my knee with food cart and kept going. I was holding an ice pack for almost 2 hours. I am still with the pain.

I felt that when I was rerouted it should have been to business class.

Terrible experience resolving missed connection after flight was delayed. 3 hour queue at transit desk, not enough staff, no organisation, worst ever flying experience.

A bit more space? Not practical, I know. I felt squished in but part of that could have been the man sitting next to me.

The flight was delayed. No information was provided as to the reason for the delay. There was only water offered during the flight.

It was good although we could not land in Munich due to weather and we had to go to Stuttgart. Missed our second flight. They did get us on another flight but the seats where not the ones I paid for in the flight that we missed.

The crew was exceptionally polite and caring. The plane was comfortable. Great experience. Will fly more on Air India because of this experience.

It was good service. The very low economic seats where not comfortable

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

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.

It was my first experience in business class. It was everything I expected and more. Service was impeccable, food was delicious and I felt rested once I arrived to London

Flight was late, with scheduled 50 min layover at Frankfurt. Arrived at gate A54, had to get to B5. We now had 35 min layover with delay, at top speed it took 30 min to get to B5 hot and bothered. Not good. Boarding in Lyon was normal chaos, shoving, and total disrespect for anyone beyond group 2. Boarding for Milan flight was more civilized as we all had to take a bus to plane.

It was excellent. I upgraded from premium economy to business and it was totally worth it. We were on a 747 and I sat upstairs and enjoyed the privacy. The crew was incredible especially the woman who had been working with you all for 30 years.she was absolutely spectacular as was her cabin. The food was delicious. I would just serve bread with the meal. Don’t take it away!

The airline was not clear about a new departure time so we got to the airport early anyway. The flight left early which was great because of weather. The check in process was very easy and staff were friendly and helpful. The crew was great and our flight was very good.

Gate agents were late…flight was late and air attendants unhelpful.

Awful it always is unfortunately is the only way to fly direct to london

The flight went well. However the leg room in coach class is very very tight. We arrived early but could not get to the gate early….sadly. Also something about off loading cargo- we had to wait to deplane. There was not clear explanation for that.

Awful. Flight was late. Follow flights cancelled. No person at the British airways counter for hotel voucher. Awful service.

Need thicker and wider blankets. Food was below standard especially in the fist leg.

I travelled in business class and was disappointed by lack of service, curt and borderline rude time of the crew and to top it off, all of my luggage was delayed. It was like pulling teeth to even report the missing luggage and recover it the next day from the airport.

Boarding was poor. All groups called immediately one after the other resulting in a long queue in the jetty/jet bridge. Seats were very hard and and did not recline on a 4.5 hour flight. No food was available. Plane was cold. There was no entertainment.

The cramped seats are cruel and unusual punishment and may violate the Geneva code.

Big queues on arrival at airport despite having already checked in and only needed to drop bags off. Flight delayed which impacted on connecting flight.

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