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Cheap Flights to John F Kennedy Intl

 
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Recent return flight deals to John F Kennedy Intl

Wed, Nov 19 - Sun, Nov 30
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9:50 - 9:00JNB-JFK
30h 10m1 stop
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22:00 - 8:20JFK-JNB
27h 20m1 stop
R13 637Etihad Airways
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Tue, Apr 21 - Wed, May 6
Kenya Airways Logo
17:00 - 7:35JNB-JFK
20h 35m1 stop
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13:45 - 0:15JFK-JNB
28h 30m1 stop
R13 672Kenya Airways
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Sat, Dec 13 - Sat, Jan 10
Kenya Airways Logo
1:35 - 6:35JNB-JFK
36h 00m1 stop
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13:45 - 10:55JFK-JNB
38h 10m1 stop
R13 758Kenya Airways
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Sat, Apr 4 - Fri, Apr 24
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20:15 - 12:05JNB-JFK
21h 50m1 stop
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8:10 - 10:15JFK-JNB
20h 05m1 stop
R14 624Virgin Atlantic
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Mon, Dec 1 - Mon, Dec 8
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19:20 - 17:15JNB-JFK
28h 55m1 stop
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16:40 - 22:05JFK-JNB
22h 25m1 stop
R14 728KLM
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Tue, Dec 2 - Tue, Dec 9
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19:20 - 10:45JNB-JFK
22h 25m1 stop
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22:30 - 12:10JFK-JNB
30h 40m1 stop
R14 831KLM
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Fri, Dec 19 - Thu, Jan 15
Virgin Atlantic Logo
21:30 - 12:05CPT-JFK
21h 35m1 stop
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8:30 - 19:15JFK-CPT
27h 45m1 stop
R15 368Virgin Atlantic
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Mon, Nov 17 - Mon, Feb 16
British Airways Logo
20:35 - 17:15CPT-JFK
27h 40m1 stop
British Airways Logo
8:05 - 17:20JFK-CPT
26h 15m2 stops
R18 414British Airways
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Wed, Mar 11 - Sun, Mar 15
Emirates Logo
7:00 - 18:55DUR-JFK
41h 55m3 stops
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11:20 - 19:50JFK-DUR
26h 30m2 stops
R22 498Emirates
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Wed, Mar 11 - Sun, Mar 15
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7:00 - 18:55DUR-JFK
41h 55m3 stops
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23:00 - 19:50JFK-DUR
38h 50m2 stops
R22 619Emirates
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September
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Cheapest return fare
R13 637
Typical prices: R14 641-R18 154
Etihad Airways
Wed 19/11Sun 30/11
JNB - JFK • 1 stop
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R8 670
Typical prices: R6 905-R8 878
Kenya Airways
Wed 26/11
JNB - JFK • 1 stop
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KAYAK's insights & trends for flights to John F Kennedy Intl

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

What is the cheapest month to fly to New York John F Kennedy Intl Airport?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights to New York John F Kennedy Intl Airport, 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 New York John F Kennedy Intl Airport is February, where tickets cost R16 389 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 R21 650 and R20 612 respectively. For return trips, the best month to travel is September with an average price of R14 451.

How far in advance should I book a flight to New York John F Kennedy Intl Airport?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights to New York John F Kennedy Intl Airport, 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 39 days before departure.

Good to know – Book Cheap New York John F Kennedy Intl Airport Plane Tickets

Low seasonFebruary
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Most popular time to fly (11% more expensive on average)
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Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel to John F Kennedy Intl based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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FAQs - booking New York John F Kennedy Airport flights

  • How far is New York John F Kennedy Intl Airport from central New York?

    The city centre of New York is 22 km from New York.

  • What is the cheapest day to fly to New York?

    Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to New York is Wednesday where tickets can be as cheap as R14 935. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Sunday, where prices are R15 762 on average.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights to New York John F Kennedy Airport?

    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 New York John F Kennedy Airport.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket to New York John F Kennedy Airport?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to New York John F Kennedy Airport 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 New York John F Kennedy Airport?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional return ticket. You could then fly to New York John F Kennedy Airport 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 New York John F Kennedy Airport?

    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 New York John F Kennedy Airport 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 New York John F Kennedy Intl Airport?

    The cheapest time of day to fly to New York John F Kennedy Intl Airport is generally in the evening, when flights cost R13 999 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to New York John F Kennedy Intl Airport is generally in the afternoon, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is R19 585.

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Direct departures

South Africa to New York John F Kennedy Intl

Monday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aerolineas Argentinas, +81 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +82 more

Tuesday

ANA, ASKY, Aer Lingus, +83 more

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Wednesday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aerolineas Argentinas, +83 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +84 more

Thursday

ANA, ASKY, Aer Lingus, +85 more

ANA, ASKY, +86 more

Friday

ANA, ASKY, Aer Lingus, +79 more

ANA, ASKY, +80 more

Saturday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aerolineas Argentinas, +85 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +86 more

Sunday

ANA, ASKY, Aer Lingus, +82 more

ANA, ASKY, +83 more

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Direct returns

New York John F Kennedy Intl to South Africa

Monday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aerolineas Argentinas, +81 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +82 more

Tuesday

ANA, ASKY, Aer Lingus, +83 more

ANA, ASKY, +84 more

Wednesday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aerolineas Argentinas, +83 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +84 more

Thursday

ANA, ASKY, Aer Lingus, +85 more

ANA, ASKY, +86 more

Friday

ANA, ASKY, Aer Lingus, +79 more

ANA, ASKY, +80 more

Saturday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aerolineas Argentinas, +85 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +86 more

Sunday

ANA, ASKY, Aer Lingus, +82 more

ANA, ASKY, +83 more

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Reviews of the top 5 airlines flying to John F Kennedy Intl

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying to New York. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline from South Africa to New York. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
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EmiratesOverall score based on 3401 reviews
8,0Comfort
8,2Entertainment
7,9Food
8,3Crew
8,1Boarding
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Sadly I couldn't get the food I requested as it was out. Also, if you don't want to be woken up make sure the crew knows it. My wife was woken on every service.

10,0 ExcellentJason, Sept 2025DXB - IAD
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Sadly I couldn't get the food I requested as it was out. Also, if you don't want to be woken up make sure the crew knows it. My wife was woken on every service.

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.

Similar to Hyd->Dubai this too was worst airlines. Bad seats, bad seating arrangement which created lot of confusion since family member were not given seat together. However most of them changed the seat and got with the family. Cheap tactics by Emirates.

The best ever, friendly and attentive cabin crew, amazing captains who utilised their expertise for less turbulence, just overall amazing

Overall I was quite pleased with the experience; the cleanliness; the polite and attentiveness of the cabin crew; and the delicious food options.

I would never have been able to make the transfer in time without asking for a wheelchair

Good food, real silverware, polite staff, smooth landing, charging plugs, good entertainment options.

Loved that I had an exit row seat, and there was no one else in the row! And again, I don' use on-line entertainment at all (I read or sleep) but I very much appreciate that I didn't hear anyone else's entertainment!

The entire crew was amazing. They went out of their way to make us enjoy a great travel experience.

Loved everything! This flight had premium economy and I didn't see an option to upgraded to premium economy OR buy premium economy tickets. How come?

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

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.

First of all we couldn’t check in online, then we learn at the airport we were on stand by for KLM’s mistake of overbooking. The seats were not comfy at all. Our luggage got lost.

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!

Our first flight was delayed so we missed our connecting flight. However it was easy to book a later flight on their app.

Klm start boarding while somw air issue in the plan

The service was great. However the lounge only gets passing grade

I appreciate that KLM was proactive in informing me of the 2 hour delay which enabled me to replan my travel. It was a bit stressful not knowing whether my connection from Montreal to Ottawa was happening. But the ground and air crew did a good job at comforting and assuring me.

Cabin crew were excellent, very proffesional, polite and friendly, in flight snack was underwhelming, a packet of cheese biscuits, im sure KLM could run to a sandwich!

Great staff great experience, made a 2 hour delay very bearable

Great staff, great experience, made a 2 hour delay very bearable

Food was the worst I’ve had on a VA flight. Normally it’s a lot better

I was my pleasure to fly virgin on my birthday for my first solo trip ever 🫶🏼

These are one of the older seat arrangements facing away from the windows! Not particularly convenient sets. No storage spaces. NO COAT HANGING HOOKS. Inconvenient business class seat compared to any other airlines of similar class. Staff are excellent! Extremely professional, friendly. Food is good too.

Overall, flight was excellent but check in was very slow for Premium Economy. Economy queue was shorter but we weren't allowed to use it.

The staff was not very polite but the flight was very very nice and comfortable and the entertainment was great

Great crew - old style upper class seats on the older fleet now feels dated

Premium economy more comfortable than economy, but not by much. Did was awful, do not try the omelette. Flight crew were helpful. Flight was delayed by over an hour. Overall but bad, arrived safely and thank God.

Food was excellent. Service was very good. Staff was very helpful to all passengers.

For a long haul flight, the seats were too narrow. Paid for extra legroom but wish I could have paid for width! I was pressed against another person for the whole donation of the flight.

Delayed flight made my day very long, but other than that KQ got me to my destination in good shape.

The nice treatment and lovely pilots who accepted my son inside for a photo.So lovely of them

Got delayed for over 24 hours. Fight was cancelled. Was put up at a nice hotel whose kitchen was unfortunately not prepared for the sudden influx of guests The headphone jacks on the seat were loose and sound kept getting dropped over the headphones. Food was good though. Certain items (Amarula) were not available for purchase over the on-plane duty free. Had been told i would pick my luggage at my final destination*wrong* had to pick it up in JFK and recheck it and then got charged for it**** too tired to argue with the Delta staff on the issue.... after a 15 hr flight.

This one is not bad even it is late, but they apologize and every time they announced the update.

I’m very disappointed for this trip and I will never travel again in this airline. In addition, I don’t recommend to any human being to travel to Kenya Airways. They keep me at Nairobi for 4 days without care. I was at Nairobi from 6 a.m Morning up to 10 a:m Thursday. For that reason, I have trouble for my work and may be I will lose my job. During for those 4 days I didn’t have my medicine, I didn’t have clothes to change because all my clothes were in my checked bags. On Thursday, when I got flight, they don’t even apologize for all consequences I had. During for those 4 days, I learned many things for this airline. It is their system to treat passengers like this because they had hundreds or thousands passengers around Nairobi waiting for their flights after their original flights cancelled. If I lose my job, I planned to file claim to the airline. This is not airline to travel with.

They weight duty free goods at check in and count the weight as carry on luggage. Results : for 4 bottles I had to opay $150. rip off. Be careful to avoid any duty free shopping at Dubai airport

The boarding was fast, the food was great; however, the seats & leg space were tight.

I enjoyed my flight I arrived safe with all my luggage

No complaints just improve on the food service. Provide enough dinner. People are complaining about that.

Airlines have to stop assuming passengers bring entertainment. Provide it like you used to in business class and above!! N

Great flight. One unique individual assisting in business class who should have not been there. Need more generic meals, not British centric.

Not my definition of first class. No leg room and barely any recline. The food was good. The crew was great. The comfort for the price I paid for London to Cairo was highway robbery. The Wi-Fi didn't work for me either.

There might be more food options for people who can't eat so much starch/sugar/bread/rice. Meat, cheese, walnuts/pecans for snack, maybe jerky or other kinds of meat-based snacks would be better than bread and rice and sweets. I had an extra chardonnay, which was fine. The entertainment was great.

Unfortunately, my flight was cancelled because of some sort of emergency over the Atlantic and had to return to London. While I think British Airways made every effort to mitigate the situation, I must say it was still pretty unpleasant. I do appreciate the fact, however, that British Airways put my safety first…and I think the effort to correct a bad situation was very sincere. But I think the process might be handled better in future.

1. The website didn’t allow me to checkin from London as I have Bangladesh passport with US permanent resident card. This pushed me to sit with my wife in the middle of two aisle seats, terrible experience! 2. BA should allow within 24 hours to checkin with other passport holders to choose better seats. A 2nd verification of travel documents can be done at the desk about immigration status. 3. Food options were poor for vegetarian passengers, try to introduce healthy options avoiding carb-dense food ingredients.

It was perfect. The service was exceptional. I would never want to cross the Atlantic in anyone else's sardine tins.

I paid for full WIFI- it was terrible, kept being in and out could not listen to a podcast

It was ok. Our flight was delayed 2 hours, and then again on arrival. The explanation given felt feeble.

The gate at London Gatwick had confusing signs for the different zones and the staff seemed harried because people didn't know when it was their turn to come to the desk. Plus, with there were too many carry-on bag travelers, myself included. The charge scheme for checking bags is frustrating. If you travel light, you want the freedom to leave as soon as you deplane. When you are forced to gate-check your bag simply because the flight is fully booked, you lose whatever time you'd hoped to save because you're still stuck waiting for your bag to come off the conveyor belt.

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