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Cheap Flights to John F Kennedy Intl

 
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Recent return flight deals to John F Kennedy Intl

Thu, Oct 30 - Thu, Nov 6
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9:50 - 9:40JNB-JFK
29h 50m1 stop
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14:25 - 8:20JFK-JNB
34h 55m1 stop
R13 615Etihad Airways
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Sun, Oct 5 - Sun, Oct 19
Etihad Airways Logo
9:50 - 16:05JNB-JFK
36h 15m1 stop
Etihad Airways Logo
14:55 - 8:30JFK-JNB
35h 35m1 stop
R13 650Etihad Airways
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Thu, Oct 9 - Thu, Nov 6
Etihad Airways Logo
9:50 - 9:00JNB-JFK
29h 10m1 stop
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14:25 - 8:20JFK-JNB
34h 55m1 stop
R13 667Etihad Airways
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Mon, Nov 24 - Mon, Dec 1
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1:35 - 6:35JNB-JFK
36h 00m1 stop
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12:45 - 15:50JFK-JNB
20h 05m1 stop
R13 841Kenya Airways
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Tue, Sep 30 - Wed, Oct 8
Kenya Airways Logo
12:10 - 7:35JNB-JFK
25h 25m1 stop
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13:45 - 0:25JFK-JNB
28h 40m1 stop
R13 858Kenya Airways
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Sun, Sep 28 - Sun, Oct 19
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20:40 - 21:25JNB-JFK
30h 45m1 stop
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8:30 - 19:40JFK-JNB
29h 10m1 stop
R14 309Virgin Atlantic
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Thu, Oct 2 - Sun, Oct 19
Virgin Atlantic Logo
20:40 - 18:45JNB-JFK
28h 05m2 stops
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8:30 - 19:40JFK-JNB
29h 10m1 stop
R14 431Virgin Atlantic
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Wed, Oct 15 - Wed, Oct 22
Emirates Logo
18:40 - 8:50DUR-JFK
44h 10m1 stop
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11:20 - 16:35JFK-DUR
23h 15m1 stop
R20 518Emirates
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Thu, Oct 30 - Thu, Nov 6
Emirates Logo
19:10 - 8:50DUR-JFK
43h 40m1 stop
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23:00 - 17:10JFK-DUR
35h 10m1 stop
R20 570Emirates
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Fri, Dec 26 - Sat, Jan 10
British Airways Logo
10:55 - 18:40DUR-JFK
38h 45m2 stops
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21:35 - 10:20JFK-DUR
53h 45m2 stops
R21 472British Airways
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Our data shows that travellers who book at least 2 weeks in advance save around 11% compared to booking last minute.
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December
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Cheapest return fare
R13 615
Overall average: R14 829
Etihad Airways
Thu 30/10Thu 6/11
JNB - JFK • 1 stop
Cheapest one-way flight
R8 638
Typical prices: R8 776-11361
Kenya Airways
Tue 25/11
CPT - 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 May, where tickets cost R14 639 on average for return flights. On the other hand, the most expensive months are January and August, where the average cost of tickets from South Africa is R17 986 and R17 362 respectively. For one-way flights, the best month to travel is February with an average price of R16 547.

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 2 weeks before departure, which saves you about 11% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 16 weeks before departure.

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When to book flights to John F Kennedy Intl

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 round-trip tickets can be as cheap as R14 968. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Sunday, where round-trip prices are R15 797 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 round-trip flights cost R809 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 R1 132.

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Direct departures

South Africa to New York John F Kennedy Intl

Monday

ANA, ASKY, Aer Lingus, +85 more

ANA, ASKY, +86 more

Tuesday

ANA, ASKY, Aer Lingus, +84 more

ANA, ASKY, +85 more

Wednesday

ANA, ASKY, Aer Lingus, +86 more

ANA, ASKY, +87 more

Thursday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aerolineas Argentinas, +82 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +83 more

Friday

ANA, ASKY, Aer Lingus, +83 more

ANA, ASKY, +84 more

Saturday

ANA, ASKY, Aer Lingus, +88 more

ANA, ASKY, +89 more

Sunday

ANA, ASKY, Aer Lingus, +83 more

ANA, ASKY, +84 more

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Direct returns

New York John F Kennedy Intl to South Africa

Monday

ANA, ASKY, Aer Lingus, +85 more

ANA, ASKY, +86 more

Tuesday

ANA, ASKY, Aer Lingus, +84 more

ANA, ASKY, +85 more

Wednesday

ANA, ASKY, Aer Lingus, +86 more

ANA, ASKY, +87 more

Thursday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aerolineas Argentinas, +82 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +83 more

Friday

ANA, ASKY, Aer Lingus, +83 more

ANA, ASKY, +84 more

Saturday

ANA, ASKY, Aer Lingus, +88 more

ANA, ASKY, +89 more

Sunday

ANA, ASKY, Aer Lingus, +83 more

ANA, ASKY, +84 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 3336 reviews
8,1Boarding
7,9Food
8,2Entertainment
8,0Comfort
8,3Crew
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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.

6,0 GoodGraham, Sept 2025DXB - JFK
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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?

Some Crew were distinguishably fake in their interactions with passengers.

The flight overall was good. The attendants did a good job except that 1 female had too much fragrance on. The other things that made the flight unpleasant were out of the airlines control.

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

Overall the experience was neat with crew being nice and caring especially to parent with kids. The free snacks option was okay. The kiosk at Philly airport didn’t work.

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.

The flight was smooth Thank God but the delays and changing gates for 3-4 times made me so tired of walking back and forth with heavy bags I thought I was going to pass out with heavy headaches but Thank God finally found the final gate and home safe. These delays happen anytime for important reasons so just be patient when you come across these situations.

Worse fight I ever take since I start flying , still have even made home , and crew abandon us half way home . No water no food and no even anyone to answer our questions

All the crew members were too slow and rude. Most of the times the registers were empty, while hundreds of customers were waiting in line, and it was impossible to get a supervisor. Despite being in line on time, I missed my freight, plus a some customers who were ahead and behind me.

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.

The crew was excellent as ever on Virgin. The special meal was poor unfortunately. More significantly when we arrived at Manchester Airport there was no air bridge provided and we had to exit the plane down a rickety stair case. This is unacceptable for a transatlantic flight. Whilst I understand that this is the airport’s fault at the end of the day the airline is responsible for our transportation and needs to do something.

Super friendly and helpful staff, from check-in desk to cabin crew.

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.

Was very good, was happy with the way staff were smiling and how they were approachable

what would have been better would have been that my booking not been canceled by the system and had I been informed that the booking had been cancelled by the system I could have immediately rebooked and not found out that there was an issue when I was told by the system that I needed to book in. It would have also been good if either the booking agent or BA or anyone been in anyway useful. In the end I had to rebook a flight at an additional cost of $350. So no I'm not impressed by BA any of the other parties involved.

Boarding was poor. Why are first class passengers not boarded first?! Bus to the plane and then held on a packed bus because we were waiting for people on the bus before to finish boarding. Seat belt on the fist clas seat is very uncomfortable, cutting into your neck. Other than that crew, seating and food were all excellent. Entertainment, as usual - rubbish.

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

Flight was delayed but my previous flight was as well so It worked to my advantage. This was my first time in first class. I don't think they ever stopped feeding us. The seating area was very spacious and comfortable. The attendants were wonderful, warm, friendly and very personable.

Some how my flight was canceled, neither BA or Justfly.com accepted responsibility. I only found out about this the day before when I tried to check in. I had to book another flight which due to the time ( day before) cost me $300 more. I was still receiving notifications about the flight even when I was on another flight from you. So no my flight to London was not good.

We had a pretty good experience. Enjoyed both the flights. Crew was very good and helpful.

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.

3/4 bags delayed and 1/4 damaged at the other end. Flight was freezing

After boarding we were waiting in the plane for more than one hour to take off without AC with very high temperature inside

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