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Lisbon
Lisbon1 stopR7 970
Funchal
Funchal2 stopsR18 079
Porto
Porto1 stopR11 518
Faro
Faro1 stopR12 320
Ponta Delgada
Ponta Delgada2 stopsR15 405

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Flight from Cape Town to Lisbon

FAQs - booking Portugal flights

  • How long is the flight to Portugal?

    An average direct flight from South Africa to Portugal takes 21h 44m, covering a distance of 13659 km. The most popular route is Johannesburg - Lisbon with an average flight time of 13h 10m.

  • What is the cheapest flight to Portugal?

    The cheapest ticket to Portugal from South Africa found in the last 72 hours was R7 970. The most popular route is Johannesburg OR Tambo to Lisbon Humberto Delgado and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was R7 970.

  • What are the most popular destinations in Portugal?

    Based on KAYAK flight searches, the most popular destination is Lisbon (71% of total searches to Portugal). The next most popular destinations are Funchal (15%) and Porto (12%).Searches for flights to Ponta Delgada (0,9%) and to Faro (0,9%) are also popular.

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Top 5 airlines flying to Portugal

Need help choosing which airline to fly with from South Africa to Portugal? 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.
8,1
EmiratesOverall score based on 3642 reviews
8,1Comfort
8,3Entertainment
7,9Food
8,2Boarding
8,3Crew
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We waited over an hour to check our bags in and get boarding passes. We arrived 2 and 1/2 hours before the flight, and it was still very slow. That crew was very friendly and very helpful

8,0 ExcellentAnonymous, Aug 2024PVG - DXB
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We waited over an hour to check our bags in and get boarding passes. We arrived 2 and 1/2 hours before the flight, and it was still very slow. That crew was very friendly and very helpful

No Vegetarian options onboard, made to wait for a long time for boarding

POOR CREW BEHAVIOR. RESTRICTIONS ON FOOD. FEELS LIKE ECONOMY CLASS.

Food was good, great communication by Pilot and Co Pilot, Crew very friendly. Slow beginning drink and meal service - over 2hrs into flight which disrupted overnight flight sleep. Entertainment systems was 3 Stars, my wife's was nonfunctional and had to call attendant 3 times to get it reset, mine the headphones and jack we're twitchy and keep going to muted volume.

Plane was old and seats uncomfortable but staff were friendly and helpful

The plane was very old and uncomfortable. Service was very slow!

The internet connection did was not functioning as per normal.

I didn't travel from the start I changed my ticket long time ago

Different rules going from Dubai to Ahmedabad vs going from Ahmedabad to Dubai Horrible, only 1 baggage was allowed to carry on and no personal bag, i had to put personal bag inside carry on

The IFE was unstable the entire flight seats are very dated for business class and meals were not good.

Easy boarding Seats were very uncomfortable no room arm rests didn't even go up all the way

Bad, my family luggage. did not make t with us. Now my family’s arrived but not mine. No contact from the company or emails acknowledging the problem. Still not even where it is.

This time I was very unsatisfied, due to the tickets, been overbooked from Zürich to Budapest for my children. All four of us had to get a defender out and arrive to put up past nine hours later than originally participated. They did give us different ticket in Miami however, if I would’ve seen this ticket on the Internet I would have never purchased it. We took this because we had no choice. At the airport in Miami during check-in, we were informed that my children’s tickets were sold to someone else and their tickets were canceled. They basically give us no choice but to go with booking.

I have been traveling with visa for 25 years and this was the first time when we find out in Miami that my children’s connecting flight were overbooked and been canceled by Swissair from Zürich to Budapest. The results of that they re booked us at the Miami airport. The new route was Miami to Zürich ,Zürich to Amsterdam, Amsterdam to Budapest. We had over six hours layover in Zürich and arrived to Budapest nine hours later. There should never be in a situation where a ticket that I purchased over 7 months ago was sold to somebody else and instead of removing those two people we had to do this journey, I’m contacting customer support and requesting a refund shortly.

So disappointed, the flight from Zurich to Sarajevo was delayed for two hours for no reason, they were also shifting gate several times prior taking off

I paid extra for more leg room and I was put in a regular seat. I couldn't change it and I didn't get a refund. SUPER LAME

In row with endlessly screaming toddler and should have been reseated as there were open options

Everything was good. Although I was certain that I paid for checked bag for my husband and checked bag for myself at the time of booking. And I was told I did not pay. Therefore I had to pay at check in. ☹️

Everything was fine except for very old audio video equipment. I couldn’t use my own headphones because there’s two-port audio plug and the headphones provided are useless. The displays are really old as well. Definitely need to be updated.

Delayed two times Parked far Bad communication All connections list

Before the flight I received an email from LH that our seat were changed to other comparable seats. At boarding however we found our reassigned “comparable” seats were directly by the toilet. They sure were no “comparable “ seats and we were quite disappointed!

Staff are really not attentive. Seem rather disinterested in attending to the customers in general.

Crew was nicer to some people than others for no apparent reason. I had to get an older lady’s attention because she was too busy talking to passengers.

Two things to note here. First, Lufthansa separated me from my small children. Apparently you need to pay extra to ensure that your children are not abandoned. This is different from KLM-Air France, where children sit with their parents automatically, and I usually fly KLM-Air France. I didn't realize Lufthansa was different on this score and is willing to leverage the wellbeing of small children to generate more revenue. Second, my flight arrived 3 hours and 54 minutes late, so I am entitled to financial compensation as per EU passenger rights regulation. From other aspects of Lufthansa's behavior during this trip, I expect that their approach to this is to start a war of attrition with their passengers to avoid giving compensation as much as possible - again, very differently from KLM-Air France. But we'll see, maybe I'll be pleasantly surprised.

Lost my luggage and still not found to this point.

Crew had connection details for only 2 other flights and gave less than empathetic guidance.

The smell of vomit from the previous flight was overwhelming for a 9 hour flight. There must be a chemical or product to kill the smell before the next flight boards??!!!

Great, wonderful crew, comfortable flight. I had an excellent experience!

They canceled our flight right before it was to take off and then we stood in line for four hours to make other arrangements. It completely ruined our trip.

It departed late from Frankfurt. It was diverted to Toronto because of the storm. Stayed in the plane for 4 hours hoping to make it back to Newark on the same aircraft. After finally getting off the plane, it took another six hours at the airport to get the luggage and get a hotel room nearby. Still don’t know when I am flying back to my destination.

Overall American Airlines are good. For a long haul flight I would have appreciated if they had offered water durning the flight, as they don't provide individual water bottles. I applaud their recycling efforts onboard.

On this flight I was in BA business class. I am used to flying United Airlines Polaris class and I was underwhelmed by BA’s business suite class. A few things: - the lounge at LAS was very basic and crowded and the LHR/T3 lounge a bit better, but still not like the Polaris lounges - boarding was chaotic, no one knew what group was supposed to board - the suites were nice, but the padding was not really made for sleeping on - crew were friendly, but only really one tray/serving for the dinner service. None of “drink first, then dinner with 1-2 pourings of wine, then dessert”. UA might not be known for the best service in the industry, but compared to BA they are super attentive. During the BA flight there was no one checking in on you after you got your one tray. - arrival at LHR was busses taking us back to the terminal, surprising for a long flight. Once again chaotic. The bus for First/Business was completely packed with anyone who could get on and the driver was screaming at passengers to get every inch packed before he drove to the terminal. By the time I arrived I felt like BA had sold me a superior flight experience and delivered a mediocre economy class experience just because they can and do not really care about their customers. Very disappointing.

The flight attendant kept bypassing our row when serving drinks and food. And the. He spilled water on me. And spilled a chicken tikka masala on the aisle floor right by my feet.

Wheel chair assistance was requested but found very poor status at London.

The crew were friendly and helpful, really appreciated. The food was pretty nice. a smidge more leg room would always be welcome but when you buy cheap you get what you get :)

The flight was uncomfortably warm. We asked a member of the crew to adjust the temperature, and they said they would but it didn't make a noticeable difference. They really cram you into the plane, too, in economy. It was quite uncomfortable for an 11 hour flight.

Not that good, flight delayed almost missed connection to NY. No help from BA

The crew was attentive. The food was tasty for the most part. However, some ingredients indicate heavily processed ingredients. Also, lots of disposable plastic items, plus packaging doesn't seem to be recycled.

The 7 hour delay in Johannesburg was extremely tiresome, with poor communication at check-in and a sad R120 voucher as compensation. All in all sitting for 10 hours on an airport was pretty bad. At arrival the baggage arrival took 2 hours. All in all, a very, very long trip.

Tv didn’t work till the last hour of the flight. Staff was rude and on a couple occasions was arguing with each other. Food was possible the worst I’ve had on a flight.

Short lay-overs and total flight times. Everything else could have been better.

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Recent return flight deals

4/11Mon
1 stopSWISS
20h 10mJNB-LIS
19/11Tue
1 stopSWISS
16h 45mLIS-JNB
R7 970
4/11Mon
2 stopsSWISS
18h 20mJNB-LIS
19/11Tue
1 stopSWISS
16h 45mLIS-JNB
R8 523
26/12Thu
1 stopLufthansa
15h 20mJNB-LIS
15/1Wed
1 stopLufthansa
19h 00mLIS-JNB
R9 806
27/10Sun
1 stopLufthansa
15h 20mJNB-LIS
12/11Tue
1 stopLufthansa
19h 00mLIS-JNB
R9 842
11/10Fri
1 stopTAAG
21h 05mCPT-LIS
19/10Sat
1 stopTAAG
14h 00mLIS-CPT
R10 823
25/10Fri
1 stopTAAG
16h 05mCPT-LIS
26/10Sat
1 stopTAAG
14h 00mLIS-CPT
R11 233
21/10Mon
2 stopsBritish Airways
28h 20mCPT-LIS
5/11Tue
2 stopsBritish Airways
25h 50mLIS-CPT
R17 348
22/9Sun
1 stopEmirates
18h 55mDUR-LIS
2/10Wed
1 stopEmirates
18h 20mLIS-DUR
R33 876
11/10Fri
1 stopBritish Airways
17h 15mJNB-FNC
21/10Mon
1 stopBritish Airways
17h 45mFNC-JNB
R36 212
12/9Thu
1 stopEmirates
26h 00mDUR-LIS
20/10Sun
1 stopEmirates
25h 20mLIS-DUR
R111 382

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9/10Wed
1 stopTAAG
21h 05mCPT-LIS
R5 474
16/10Wed
1 stopTAAG
21h 05mCPT-LIS
R5 830
18/10Fri
1 stopTAAG
21h 05mCPT-LIS
R6 098
2/12Mon
2 stopsSWISS
18h 55mCPT-LIS
R8 523
2/12Mon
1 stopSWISS
19h 15mCPT-FNC
R10 127
19/10Sat
1 stopBritish Airways
27h 10mJNB-LIS
R10 573
3/12Tue
1 stopLufthansa
28h 45mCPT-FNC
R10 787
17/9Tue
1 stopLufthansa
15h 00mJNB-LIS
R11 732
29/11Fri
1 stopBritish Airways
23h 50mCPT-FNC
R17 206
12/9Thu
1 stopKLM
24h 00mCPT-OPO
R20 076

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10/9Tue
multi-stopLufthansa
17h 25mJNB-LIS
21/1Tue
multi-stopLufthansa
26h 30mLIS-JNB
R11 482
10/9Tue
multi-stopLufthansa
17h 25mJNB-LIS
21/1Tue
multi-stopLufthansa
17h 20mLIS-JNB
R11 839
10/9Tue
multi-stopBrussels Airlines
17h 10mJNB-LIS
21/1Tue
multi-stopBrussels Airlines
17h 45mLIS-JNB
R11 999
13/9Fri
multi-stopKenya Airways
22h 35mJNB-LIS
14/11Thu
multi-stopKenya Airways
26h 25mLIS-JNB
R13 123
13/9Fri
multi-stopSWISS
28h 35mJNB-LIS
21/1Tue
multi-stopSWISS
19h 35mLIS-JNB
R16 439
13/9Fri
multi-stopSWISS
28h 35mJNB-LIS
21/1Tue
multi-stopSWISS
42h 35mLIS-JNB
R16 617
14/9Sat
multi-stopKLM
21h 00mJNB-LIS
14/11Thu
multi-stopKLM
26h 15mLIS-JNB
R20 665
14/9Sat
multi-stopKLM
21h 00mJNB-LIS
14/11Thu
multi-stopKLM
15h 00mLIS-JNB
R21 057
10/9Tue
multi-stopTAAG
13h 05mJNB-LIS
21/9Sat
multi-stopTAAG
14h 40mLIS-JNB
R82 516
12/9Thu
multi-stopEmirates
26h 00mDUR-LIS
20/10Sun
multi-stopEmirates
25h 20mLIS-DUR
R111 382

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