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Istanbul
Istanbul1 stopR9 174
Dalaman
Dalaman2 stopsR13 890
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Bodrum2 stopsR13 450

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FAQs - booking Türkiye flights

  • How long is the flight to Türkiye?

    An average direct flight from South Africa to Türkiye takes 18h 27m, covering a distance of 12534 km. The most popular route is Johannesburg - Istanbul with an average flight time of 9h 55m.

  • What is the cheapest flight to Türkiye?

    The cheapest ticket to Türkiye from South Africa found in the last 72 hours was R6 342 one-way, and R9 248 round-trip. The most popular route is Johannesburg OR Tambo to Istanbul and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was R9 248.

  • Which airlines fly to Türkiye?

    Turkish Airlines & Thai Airways fly the most frequently from South Africa to Türkiye. The most popular route is from Johannesburg to Istanbul, and Turkish Airlines and Thai Airways fly this route the most.

  • What are the most popular destinations in Türkiye?

    Based on KAYAK flight searches, the most popular destination is Istanbul (98% of total searches to Türkiye). The next most popular destinations are Bodrum (2%) and Çanakkale (0,4%).Searches for flights to Dalaman (0,4%) are also popular.

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Top 5 airlines flying to Türkiye

Need help choosing which airline to fly with from South Africa to Türkiye? 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 3759 reviews
8,1Boarding
8,0Comfort
8,3Crew
7,9Food
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More than two hours delay I could not do my tax refund because of the delay to check in They lost my luggage

2,0 MediocreNoemi, Jul 2024MAD - DXB
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More than two hours delay I could not do my tax refund because of the delay to check in They lost my luggage

Boarding in the bus was slow and extremely hot. The flight attendant in the area of row 21 was extremely rude and had the attitude of not wanting to be at work for the day. Emirates you can do better than this

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.

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

All was good. Emirates should restart allowing fast track immigration for business class at Manchester airport. Saves a bit of time

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

My last few flights with Emirates have always been delayed at least a half an hour. When my layover is only an hour and a half to two hours, 30 minutes makes a big difference. I’m going to check out other airlines.

I see I gave my review for this flight on my flight Zürich to Dubai rather than Dubai to Singapore.

As gold member there is no priority checkin. Meaning you either have to board with your zone or last with business class pax. As economy pax all the baggage bays are filled by the time you arrive

Staff was very friendly. There is no on board entertainment, but it’s such a short flight that it doesn’t matter. We also got a meal which was nice and unexpected due to the length of the flight.

Food was good, attendants were friendly. Seats were not comfortable. Did not receive any amenities such as eyemask or earplugs that would have helped sleep. Additionally a large group of passengers boarded very late into boarding and were a disruption for almost the whole flight. Flight attendants did their best but the kids were making so much noise, kicking seats, and half the time no adult was sat with them so they weren’t being managed.

The flight was good but my neighbor had the vent open full power for the whole flight and because the air was blowing from the side instead of from the top and I got very cold and ended up with a sore throat.

Bad experience with the delay n long wait time for connecting flight after missing the connection flight from Doha.

They shld improve and provide a lunch or dinner in an international leg

Wore experience due to delay and took me 3 days to reach my destination.

Polite and helpful crew. My son developed fever. Crew members came and gave him medication and also came and enquired about his health several times.

Very very poor service. Authorities must take action against this airline immediately. Total failure to follow the rules and regulations of an international airline

I would advice everybody not to fly by Indigo, no entertainment in flight, rude behavior of staff, worst experience of my life

I love it, the internet is bad even i paid for it

Awful. They cancelled my seats and demanded $1360 to rebook me

I was flying with Turkish Airlines from Tashkent to Dallas and from Dallas to Tashkent. In both directions the flights were late. I missed my connecting flight from Istanbul to Dallas in Istanbul airport because of that. That led to a no show case with a rental company in Dallas and I lost 460 US dollars. On the way from Dallas to Tashkent with a layover in Istanbul the plane was also late and I almost missed my connecting flight to Tashkent. Then my bag did not arrive with the same plane and only on the next morning flight from Istanbul. I was about to leave Tashkent the same day to Astana in Kazakhstan and then from there for work in Saudi Arabia. Luckily I had an excess in time before the next flight and I manage to get my bag back. Otherwise I would have missed 3 flights automatically because I couldn't travel for work without my bag and all valuables in it. So, overall, very bad experience with Turkish Airlines. Will never use these airlines again.

On the positive side, Turkish airlines had a direct flight from Dallas to Istanbul. The check in process was fine and the flight crew was very nice. In terms of improvement, despite paying for better seats, the seats were very cramped. The food was terrible.

On my flight the menus showed different food and different was available. I think that was a miscommunication maybe. Other than that flight was wonderful.

Request for “strict vegan” as in the airlines meal selection was not strictly adhered to. My two travelling partners with their Asian vegetarian meals said that their meals were not Asian.

My originating flight by Turkish Airlines was late, so I missed my connecting flight to Dallas I was supposed to pick up a rental car on my arrival and because it was a no show case for this car rental company they cancelled my bookings and charged 368 USD. So because of Turkish Airlines I lost 368 US dollars. Will never fly again with this company.

I took a nine-hour flight in economy class, and the seats were quite comfortable. I even managed to take a long nap, which rarely happens. There was a good selection of movies, and the complimentary kit included socks, ear plugs, a sleep mask, lip balm, and a toothbrush with toothpaste.

The plane is very small according to distance flight . Seat not comfortable according to the class of business class realy very bad ..

We waited 4 hours in the flight to take off but then the flight was cancelled.

I still cannot find my luggage. I need my luggage.

I did not receive my luggage This airline is not good. My luggage is missing please you guys need to find my luggage. It’s been three days now I cannot get my luggage. This is not a good business I

The cabin crew members were so exceptionally good. They were always respectful to us the passengers and were professional. I also enjoyed the meals.

Customer service and the food was great. If the announcements in English could be said slower for the customer to understand what is being said. Due to ascent, it is difficult to understand. repaeting would help.

Again, entertainment system didn't work. 50% of aircraft don't seem to have a functional entertainment system and the crew is absolutely uninterested in fixing. They just say Addis needs to fix it. Well, Addis had better get off it's butt and fix their aircraft.

Bathrooms were absolutely atrocious. Absolutely third world. Unusable. From non-flushing toilets to poor maintenance - missing toilet paper, dirty with mess, etc. Horrifying. Does Ethiopian Airways expect customers to clean the bathroom before use. For sure inconsiderate passengers don't do anything to clear/clean after use.

My entertainment screen wasn't working and they couldn't fix it.

The gate was changed at the very last moment and no one informed us. The flight was one hour late and the screen broken, the remote control not working. One toilet was out of order . the other toilets were also not totally functioning, because the washbasin was plugged and the water couldn't flow away.

The flight was one hour late. The food is mediocre and the screen was broken

It is just ok, the sits are very uncomfortable, the temperature too low and there weren’t blankets. The food is mediocre and there are no screens to watch movies.

Seat selection screen while online check-in could include free seats to choose from and show the options before we proceed. Currently, it is auto-allocated and there are no options for free seat selections.

Lovely crew - comfortable journey despite it being an older plane.

The business class experience is fantastic. The crew were polite but often unavailable even when I tried to call them! I even found myself bringing my used dishes and cutlery up to the crew because no one had come to collect it after over an hour.

Online was good boarding also but a child was crying all the way with no intervention from crew member.

1st of all on February 27th Abu Dhabi to Delhi flight the seat wasn't comfortable at all, coming back the Lounge at Abu Dhabi didn't have anything. Than the Food in the flight

Overall mediocre experience. Check in was good. They're were discriminatory. They were not attentive, food choices were not vegetarian friendly. The food served was frozen.

1st time with. Etihad Airways and it was amazing from check in to crew. Great flight.

Good range of movies but lacking decent tv shows. Wifi was really expensive on this flight, considering flights under 7 hours have a $9.99 USD charge for streaming, to jump up to $24.99 for a 7 hour 40 flight seemed a little bit of a rip off. Staff are inattentive, and really need to improve on the customer experience. The new airport is fantastic, as is the new lounge, a huge upgrade from the old airport and lounge!

Good range of movies but lacking decent tv shows. Wifi was really expensive on this flight, considering flights under 7 hours have a $9.99 USD charge for streaming, to jump up to $24.99 for a 7 hour 40 flight seemed a little bit of a rip off. Staff are inattentive, and really need to improve on the customer experience.

It has been a couple of years since I flew with Etihad last, after having a unpleasant experience with them coming out of the pandemic. I can say that the experience has uplifted, but I can’t really rate the service. At Barcelona airport the service was great, with their dedicated Etihad staff very helpful. The onboard experience wasn’t great, not very personalised and it really makes sense why Etihad doesn’t feature in the top 10 2023 Skytrax awards. The crew just seemed to be inattentive and almost absent from the cabin. I felt that I had to keep getting their attention. Even after I’d finished my meal, an hour went by before I had to call them to clear the tray/plate etc.

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10/10Thu
1 stopEtihad Airways
19h 25mJNB-IST
20/10Sun
1 stopEtihad Airways
26h 10mIST-JNB
R9 174
4/9Wed
1 stopEtihad Airways
26h 25mJNB-IST
24/9Tue
1 stopEtihad Airways
18h 50mIST-JNB
R9 358
7/11Thu
2 stopsQatar Airways
23h 25mDUR-IST
15/11Fri
2 stopsQatar Airways
21h 45mIST-DUR
R9 541
14/11Thu
1 stopQatar Airways
21h 30mJNB-SAW
21/11Thu
1 stopQatar Airways
15h 00mSAW-JNB
R9 560
7/10Mon
1 stopEthiopian Air
13h 15mJNB-IST
5/11Tue
1 stopEthiopian Air
14h 00mIST-JNB
R10 129
8/10Tue
1 stopEthiopian Air
11h 50mJNB-IST
5/11Tue
1 stopEthiopian Air
14h 00mIST-JNB
R10 734
6/8Tue
1 stopEmirates
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9/8Fri
1 stopEmirates
22h 30mIST-JNB
R10 973
6/8Tue
1 stopEmirates
27h 30mJNB-IST
8/8Thu
1 stopEmirates
19h 40mIST-JNB
R10 991
12/8Mon
directTurkish Airlines
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25/8Sun
directTurkish Airlines
11h 10mIST-CPT
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2 stopsQatar Airways
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R4 973
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5/8Mon
1 stopEtihad Airways
26h 25mJNB-IST
R5 651
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29/7Mon
multi-stopEtihad Airways
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24/8Sat
multi-stopEtihad Airways
18h 50mIST-JNB
R10 184
28/7Sun
multi-stopEmirates
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28/7Sun
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24/8Sat
multi-stopEthiopian Air
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R18 752
28/7Sun
directTurkish Airlines
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directTurkish Airlines
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R21 762
28/7Sun
directTurkish Airlines
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R22 147
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Türkiye - South Africa

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