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R10 624 Find Cheap Flights from Vancouver to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg

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Cheap Flights from Vancouver to OR Tambo (YVR-JNB)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for return flights from Vancouver to OR Tambo 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.
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Recent return flight deals from Vancouver Intl to OR Tambo

Sun, Feb 1 - Wed, Feb 18
Delta Logo
11:39 - 19:00YVR-JNB
45h 21m2 stops
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21:55 - 23:40JNB-YVR
35h 45m2 stops
R16 457Delta
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Sun, Feb 1 - Mon, Feb 16
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22:45 - 10:30YVR-JNB
49h 45m2 stops
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20:15 - 11:44JNB-YVR
49h 29m2 stops
R16 492Air Canada
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Sun, Feb 1 - Mon, Feb 16
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15:30 - 7:05YVR-JNB
29h 35m1 stop
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20:15 - 11:44JNB-YVR
49h 29m2 stops
R16 579Air Canada
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Sat, Jan 31 - Mon, Feb 16
Air Canada Logo
22:50 - 10:30YVR-JNB
49h 40m2 stops
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20:15 - 10:15JNB-YVR
48h 00m2 stops
R16 596Air Canada
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Sat, Nov 15 - Tue, Dec 2
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15:55 - 22:05YVR-JNB
44h 10m1 stop
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23:59 - 14:10JNB-YVR
24h 11m1 stop
R16 891KLM
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Sat, Nov 15 - Tue, Dec 2
KLM Logo
15:55 - 22:05YVR-JNB
44h 10m1 stop
KLM Logo
23:59 - 14:10JNB-YVR
24h 11m1 stop
R16 926KLM
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Sat, Nov 15 - Tue, Dec 2
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15:10 - 5:45YVR-JNB
28h 35m2 stops
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22:00 - 16:25JNB-YVR
28h 25m1 stop
R17 134Multiple Airlines
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Sat, Nov 15 - Tue, Dec 2
Multiple Airlines Logo
15:10 - 5:45YVR-JNB
28h 35m2 stops
Multiple Airlines Logo
22:00 - 16:25JNB-YVR
28h 25m1 stop
R17 186Multiple Airlines
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Fri, Jan 30 - Wed, Feb 18
United Airlines Logo
12:35 - 18:35YVR-JNB
44h 00m2 stops
United Airlines Logo
19:45 - 10:53JNB-YVR
49h 08m2 stops
R17 377United Airlines
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Mon, Feb 2 - Mon, Feb 16
SWISS Logo
10:20 - 10:30YVR-JNB
38h 10m2 stops
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20:15 - 20:50JNB-YVR
58h 35m3 stops
R17 950SWISS
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Delta
Cheapest • from R16 457 (return)
KLM
Best reviews • 7,7 score
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When to book
3 weeks
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Our data shows that travellers who book at least 3 weeks in advance save around 12% compared to booking last minute.
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January
Cheapest • 28% price drop
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Cheapest return fare
R16 457
Overall average: R15 034
Delta
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YVR - JNB • 2 stops
Cheapest one-way flight
R10 624
Typical prices: R12 586-R17 429
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Fri 21/11
YVR - JNB • 3 stops
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Vancouver Intl to OR Tambo flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Vancouver Intl to OR Tambo to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Vancouver to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg?

The average price of all round-trip flights from Vancouver Intl Airport to Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

If you are looking for a flight deal from Vancouver to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg, look for departures on Wednesdays and avoid leaving on a Thursday, as it's usually the priciest day. When flying back from OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg, Tuesday is the cheapest day to fly and Saturday is the most expensive.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Vancouver Intl Airport to Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Vancouver Intl Airport to Johannesburg OR Tambo 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 from Vancouver Intl Airport to Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport is January, where tickets cost R15 034 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and July, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is R27 654 and R24 026 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Vancouver Intl Airport to Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Vancouver Intl Airport to Johannesburg OR Tambo 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 on the flight from Vancouver Intl Airport to Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport, you should book around 3 weeks before departure, which saves you about 12% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 18 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonOctober
Cheapest flightR10 624
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 3% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 3% lower on average.
Flight from Vancouver to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg

When to book flights from Vancouver Intl to OR Tambo

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Vancouver Intl to OR Tambo 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. While we try to provide actual minimum prices for each date, some prices are predictions and actual prices may differ.

FAQs for booking Vancouver to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg flights

  • How can I get from the Johannesburg Airport (JNB) to downtown?

    You can catch a train from the airport to downtown Johannesburg. You can find the train at the airport on the upper level adjacent to Terminals A and B. The train ride to downtown Johannesburg will be under an hour. Taxis are also available but are more expensive. If you prefer to take a taxi into the city, exit the doors and look for the Central Waiting Area, where you'll see several taxis.

  • Vancouver International Airport (YVR) is a hub for what airline?

    When you fly from an airline hub, you'll have more flight options. Vancouver Airport is a hub for Air Canada, which has over 40 flights going from Vancouver to Johannesburg daily.

  • In what city will I have a layover when flying from Vancouver International Airport (YVR) to Johannesburg Tambo Airport (JNB)?

    That depends on the airline. If you're flying with KLM, your layover could be in Schipol (Netherlands), Salt Lake City (United States), Paris (France), or Seattle (United States). Flights with British Airways include layovers in London (England), Cape Town (South Africa), or Seattle (United States); and flights aboard Air France require layovers in Minneapolis (United States) or Paris (France).

  • What airlines use wide-body jets for cheap flights from Vancouver International Airport (YVR) to Johannesburg Tambo Airport (JNB)?

    Flying on a wide-body jet like the Boeing 747 or the Boeing 777 can be more comfortable. This is because these aircraft are more spacious and offer a smoother flight. Some airlines that use these aircraft include Swiss Airlines, British Airways, Air France, or KLM.

  • What is the cheapest flight from Vancouver Intl Airport to Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Vancouver Intl Airport to Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport was R10 624 for a one-way ticket and R16 457 for a return.

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from Vancouver to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg?

    On your way to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg, you’ll fly out from Vancouver Intl. You’ll be landing at Johannesburg OR Tambo.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Vancouver to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg?

    We unfortunately don’t have that data for this specific route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Vancouver to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg?

    SkyTeam, Star Alliance, and oneworld are the airline alliances operating flights between Vancouver and OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg, with SkyTeam being the most commonly used for this route.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Vancouver to Johannesburg, British Airways or KLM?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Vancouver to Johannesburg are British Airways and KLM. With an average price for the route of R20 458 and an overall rating of 6,7, British Airways is the most popular choice. KLM is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of R28 700 and an overall rating of 7,7.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Vancouver to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg?

    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 from Vancouver to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Vancouver to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg from Vancouver is likely to change within 7 days, so travellers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Vancouver to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg?

    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 OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg with an airline and back to Vancouver with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Vancouver to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg?

    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 OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg from Vancouver up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

KAYAK’s top tips for finding a cheap flight from Vancouver Intl Airport to Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport

  • Although there are no direct flights from Vancouver Airport (YVR) to Johannesburg/Tamba Airport (JNB), there are flights that will cover the trip in about a day. You can book a shorter flight with United Airlines, KLM, Lufthansa, and Air Canada. The flight will last about 24-25 hours with just one plane change. The layover is also short, lasting just two, three, or four hours.
  • If you need extra legroom or more comfortable seating or are carrying extra luggage, consider upgrading your airline ticket to a premium-economy or business-class ticket. Air Canada, Lufthansa, and British Airways offer these special flights. Business class offers more amenities but is more expensive than a premium-economy ticket.
  • Environmentally conscious passengers will want to fly with an airline that has lower CO2 emissions. KLM and British Airways have the most eco-friendly flights from Vancouver Airport (YVR) to Johannesburg/Tamba Airport (JNB).
  • If you're on a special diet, you can make a special meal request with most airlines with cheap flights from Vancouver to Johannesburg. They offer low-fat, low-salt, gluten-free, baby, and diabetic-friendly dishes. You can also order kosher, Hindu, and vegetarian meals when you fly with Qatar Airways, British Airways, or American Airlines.
  • You can pay to enjoy spending time in one of the premium lounges at Johannesburg Airport while you wait for your return flight to Vancouver. While waiting in one of the lounges, you will be able to relax in oversized chairs while watching television and sipping on a complimentary beverage.

Reviews of the top 4 airlines flying from Vancouver Intl to OR Tambo

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Vancouver to Johannesburg. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
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KLMOverall score based on 1405 reviews
7,6Comfort
7,8Boarding
8,4Crew
7,3Food
7,1Entertainment
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At the airport, terrible, I do not want to even remember it. It was too humiliating for a business class passenger.

2,0 MediocreElizabeth, Oct 2025CDG - AMS
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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

They forgot to serve food and the crew was very unfriendly. Never experienced such a bad KLM flight. Usually fly from Toronto. New York was different.

The immigration hall in Amsterdam was understaffed, so passport checking was slower than it should be for a major airport. They need to get the automatic readers up and running for non EU passport holders. Waiting in line after a long flight feels a bit abusive.

Ad experience - been flying many years with them but they are losing out to other carriers with their service and bagage / seating policy. My 2 12-yo kids were not placed with the parent. Absurdity.

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!

KLM remains a quality flag carrier airline which maintains its standards whilst all their competitors are lowering theirs.

My flight was delayed by 6 hours then I missed BOTH of my connecting flights, I then had to stay in the AIRPORT at JFK because soooooo many people also suffered from missing flights and there was no hotels available. I would like to be compensated for this experience! I had to stay in the airport for over 16 hours!

Klm start boarding while somw air issue in the plan

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

0lane 2qs on tim3. Very bad food. No free wifi, only for texts. Entertainment poor and hard to access.

We had seats between the bathroom and a screaming baby, and did not have enough room to lay my head down on the tray table. Not ideal.

My experience was wonderful. The professionalism of the crew was exemplary 🙂. The meals were wholesome and tasty. I have no complaints

As an ex airline employee in my home country of Jamaica, it was wonderful to see that Swiss Air has maintained it's exemplary service. The crew was both pleasant and professional. The meals were wholesome and tasty. My brother and I traveled and we both agree that our amazing vacation started with the excellent experience with Swiss Air. Continue to keep your standards high 🙂

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?

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

The flight did not take place because the flight was canceled and I still have not received a refund for the flight.

At the boarding gate, passengers were offered the option of checking in their carry-on luggage, as the plane was full. However, they failed to specify that they would not be dropping it off at the exit. Instead, everyone had to wait over 30 minutes at the airport carousel, and to everyone's surprise, not even the carry-on luggage, but the checked luggage, was the first to arrive. An hour later, we finally collected our bags. Lesson learned: I will never check my carry-on luggage with Swiss Air / Helvetic Airways again.

Not good. We returned on united airlines and the food was horrible.

The cabin was warm and few used the blankets. I should’ve upgraded.

The service and food was excellent. The remote control for entertainment did not function properly.

All was good, except my USB charging did not work, so my phone got drained and I could not charge it. Same happened to my neighbour.

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 plane (Mitsubishi CRJ) felt old, creaking and not very new. The crew was okay. Hot water provision was broken so hot beverages could't be served.

Not bad. We had preboarding tickets but the preboarding was badly managed. We lined up behind all the parents with little kids etc and when we got to the front of the line the attendant deliberately turned away from us and ignored us until I asked to be allowed to go to the gate. She started telling us that we had to wait until I told her we had preboarding then she let us through.

Our seat numbers took a long time to be given to us. We were not seated together and I was put in the middle seat with both people on either side of me taking too much space!

Everything well done and customer oriented There entertainment system is difficult to navigate

They delayed my flight from Toronto Pearson for one hour and Frankfurt to Abuja for 2HRS, So sad

The aircraft was old, there was no charging sockets, and the seats were narrow and uncomfortable even though I had exit row premium seats.

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.

They can separate the young children from people who want to have a rest. It had lots of crying and loud noises from the children.

They sat my 2 year old in the seat behind me, separate from myself and my 5 year-old daughter. When I asked them to fix it they told me to speak to the gate agent in London. When I asked in London they told me to talk to the cabin crew. Then a “Supervisor” stuck us in row 39 at the back of the plane when we were originally sitting in row 25/26. They ran out of food which was gross anyway, and the entertain didn’t work the first hour of the flight. Overall terrible experience.

The staff were fantastic and couldn't have been more accomodating; however, the air-conditioning was broken in our section of the aircraft, leaving us feeling extremely cold and unwell on arrival in Johannesbury. The head sets were also faulty, causing difficulty when listening to announcements and entertainment.

Terrible, We experienced massive delays and then couldn’t book a hotel through the link provided, nothing was available. We then went to the airport the next day and experienced further delays, almost no communication was given. We had dinner at lunchtime and breakfast at midnight. We then landed in Jhb at 1am and had to book another hotel as our flight to durban was at 8am. The experience was painful and very expensive.

I ordered short ribs for main course. It tasted sweet, really sweet. Horrible.

Poor check in rude attitude by a lady staff being we both of us are senior citizen and diabetic we have asked for seats in centre particularly not Window seat but she allotted Window seat such a rude and inhuman behaviours Really we are very sorry

Very bad experience they cancelled my ticket and no body bothered to even inform me, i was on the airport and it’s come to my knowledge that it was cancelled a week back,

Our original booking with Kayak -our first experience -was exactly what we wanted and worked well. Updates were friendly and reassuring as were the contacts with UnderPricer so a big win-win. We learned a lot on your reliability and will definitely put you on our organisational list for the future.

Flight was delayed and there was boarding pass and flight information errors resulting in confusion and stress

Boarding was efficient. Flight left on time. Wasn’t full so we could spread out a bit. Food was ok.

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