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R6 042 Find Cheap Flights from Zurich to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg

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Cheapest return fare
R9 151
Typical prices: R11 411-R18 270
British Airways
Sun 26/4Tue 5/5
ZRH - JNB • 1 stop
Cheapest direct flights
R17 421
Typical prices: R20 201-R25 017
SWISS
Thu 26/2Thu 12/3
ZRH - JNB • Direct
Top airlines
British Airways
Cheapest • from R9 151 (return)
KLM
Best reviews • 7,7 score
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June
Cheapest • 19% price drop
April
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Cheap Flights from Zurich to Johannesburg (ZRH-JNB)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for return flights from Zurich to Johannesburg 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 Zurich to OR Tambo

Sun, Apr 26 - Tue, May 5
British Airways Logo
18:20 - 9:25
ZRH
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JNB
15h 05m
1 stop
British Airways Logo
21:15 - 14:40
JNB
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ZRH
17h 25m
1 stop
R9 151British Airways
Mon, Mar 9 - Wed, Mar 18
Etihad Airways Logo
21:35 - 8:20
ZRH
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JNB
33h 45m
1 stop
Etihad Airways Logo
9:50 - 12:50
JNB
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ZRH
28h 00m
1 stop
R9 199Etihad Airways
Mon, May 25 - Fri, Jun 12
Condor Logo
11:20 - 7:30
ZRH
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JNB
20h 10m
1 stop
Condor Logo
18:35 - 20:50
JNB
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ZRH
26h 15m
1 stop
R9 279Condor
Thu, Feb 19 - Wed, Mar 11
Etihad Airways Logo
10:45 - 8:20
ZRH
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JNB
20h 35m
1 stop
Etihad Airways Logo
9:50 - 6:30
JNB
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ZRH
21h 40m
1 stop
R9 600Etihad Airways
Mon, Mar 2 - Mon, Mar 16
Etihad Airways Logo
21:35 - 8:20
ZRH
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JNB
33h 45m
1 stop
Etihad Airways Logo
9:50 - 6:30
JNB
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ZRH
21h 40m
1 stop
R9 648Etihad Airways
Sat, Apr 25 - Thu, May 7
British Airways Logo
15:35 - 7:00
ZRH
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JNB
15h 25m
1 stop
British Airways Logo
21:15 - 12:10
JNB
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ZRH
14h 55m
1 stop
R9 936British Airways
Thu, Mar 12 - Mon, Mar 16
Etihad Airways Logo
15:10 - 8:20
ZRH
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JNB
16h 10m
1 stop
Etihad Airways Logo
9:50 - 6:30
JNB
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ZRH
21h 40m
1 stop
R10 000Etihad Airways
Tue, May 12 - Wed, May 20
Etihad Airways Logo
16:15 - 8:20
ZRH
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JNB
16h 05m
1 stop
Etihad Airways Logo
9:50 - 18:55
JNB
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ZRH
33h 05m
1 stop
R10 017Etihad Airways
Mon, May 25 - Sat, Jun 6
Etihad Airways Logo
22:35 - 8:20
ZRH
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JNB
33h 45m
1 stop
Etihad Airways Logo
9:50 - 18:55
JNB
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ZRH
33h 05m
1 stop
R10 097Etihad Airways
Mon, Mar 9 - Fri, Mar 20
Etihad Airways Logo
21:35 - 8:20
ZRH
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JNB
33h 45m
1 stop
Etihad Airways Logo
9:50 - 18:20
JNB
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ZRH
33h 30m
1 stop
R10 113Etihad Airways
Booking Insights

KAYAK's insights & trends for Zurich to OR Tambo flights

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

How much is a return flight from Zurich to Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport?

This analysis is based on the cheapest return trip price found on KAYAK in the last 12 months by searching for a flight from Zurich to Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport departing in April.

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

The average price of all round-trip flights from Zurich 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 Zurich to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg, look for departures on Thursdays and avoid leaving on a Friday, 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 Zurich 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 Zurich 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 Zurich to Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport is June, where tickets cost R11 715 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and July, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is R19 007 and R16 988 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Zurich 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 Zurich 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 Zurich to Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport, you should book around 1 week before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 22 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonJune
Cheapest flightR6 042
Best time to beat the crowds (20% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly (9% more expensive on average)
Flight from Zurich to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg

When to book flights from Zurich to OR Tambo

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Zurich to OR Tambo based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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FAQs for booking Zurich to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg flights

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

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Zurich to Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport was R6 042 for a one-way ticket and R9 151 for a return.

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

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

  • Which airlines offer Wi-Fi service onboard planes from Zurich to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg?

    Lufthansa, and SWISS offer inflight Wi-Fi service on the Zurich to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg flight route.

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

    The Airbus A340-300 is the aircraft model that flies most regularly on the Zurich to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg flight route.

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

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

  • On which days can I fly direct from Zurich to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg?

    There are direct flights from Zurich to OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg on a daily basis.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Zurich to Johannesburg, Condor or KLM?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Zurich to Johannesburg are Condor and KLM. With an average price for the route of R11 981 and an overall rating of 6,4, Condor is the most popular choice. KLM is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of R14 111 and an overall rating of 7,7.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Zurich 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 Zurich 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 Zurich 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 Zurich 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 Zurich 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 Zurich with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Zurich 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 Zurich up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

Prefer to fly direct from Zurich to Johannesburg OR Tambo?

 
Nonstop data is based off flight results for the next 60 days. Find direct flights from all airlines flying nonstop from Zurich to Johannesburg OR Tambo.
Find which airlines fly direct from Zurich Airport to Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport, which days they fly and book direct flights.

Direct departures

Zurich to Johannesburg OR Tambo

Monday

SWISS

SWISS

Tuesday

SWISS

SWISS

Wednesday

SWISS

SWISS

Thursday

SWISS

SWISS

Friday

SWISS

SWISS

Saturday

SWISS

SWISS

Sunday

SWISS

SWISS

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Direct returns

Johannesburg OR Tambo to Zurich

Monday

SWISS

SWISS

Tuesday

SWISS

SWISS

Wednesday

SWISS

SWISS

Thursday

SWISS

SWISS

Friday

SWISS

SWISS

Saturday

SWISS

SWISS

Sunday

SWISS

SWISS

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Reviews of the top 4 airlines flying from Zurich to OR Tambo

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Zurich 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.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Zurich to OR Tambo? 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.
7,7
KLMOverall score based on 1450 reviews
8,4Crew
7,3Food
7,8Boarding
7,1Entertainment
7,6Comfort
Airline reviews

I’m grateful for the KLM Air France shuttle bus service to Ottawa. However due to construction and other issues related to the chaotic Uber pickup system at YUL, it’s a challenge to find the Kelios bus service to Ottawa. The signs are not clear or even available. No staff to guide passengers. It’s a stressful experience.

4,0 OkayShereen, Dec 2025
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I’m grateful for the KLM Air France shuttle bus service to Ottawa. However due to construction and other issues related to the chaotic Uber pickup system at YUL, it’s a challenge to find the Kelios bus service to Ottawa. The signs are not clear or even available. No staff to guide passengers. It’s a stressful experience.

Flight was on time, staff are friendly and helpful onboard.

Terrible last row seats many seats available but no offer to move to better seat

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.

The baggage drop-off in Stuttgart is bad: after online check-in you cannot use the automated baggage drop off as indicated on the website. You can use the terminals but have to cue to 1 of three open and slowly working counters to drop the bags. took about 45 minutes wait time.

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

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

Legroom not all it could be, especially when the seat in front is reclined. Otherwise it was good, food and beverage were nice.

You should not have to pay for WiFi in business class

Great flight. I didn't watch the entertainment. I used my iPad the whole flight. But, staff was great, smooth flight, comfortable seat (business seat 7A) and food was really good (I'm a vegetarian).

The flight was very nice but the food selection for the people in the last rows was limited to vegetarian meals only. I think vegetarian meal should not be offered as a main selection.

Drinking water could be in more sustainable packaging than plastic bottles

They lost my luggage on December 30th. It is now January 3rd and i still don’t have it. I’ve called lost and found multiple times and they cannot provide an update. They keep saying one day and then it gets postponed again. This is ridiculous and unprofessional. It’s infringing on my vacation. I have stressed how important it is for me to have my suitcase right away. It should have been resolved within 1-2 days.

Made us gate check carry ons Then didn’t get them on the plane. Service they used didn’t deliver our carry ons for more than a day Total mess

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

At boarding, the locations where we had to have our passports checked prior to boarding were very unclear. Occasional staff wandered around telling people, but in busy area of the terminal this was not obvious. It was also located well after the check in desk in terms of walking to the gate. The Premium Economy service was attentive and warm. The only big draw back was lack of restrooms, and no division or even curtain between PE and Economy.

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.

Everything was fairly easy just hard when you get to Heathrow not know your Gate number until an hour before but otherwise really everything great. Did not get my texts in time though to do me any good but that is why I still like everything the old fashioned way and print everything out.

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

The flight went well. However the leg room in coach class is very very tight. We arrived early but could not get to the gate early….sadly. Also something about off loading cargo- we had to wait to deplane. There was not clear explanation for that.

Flight on time and priority boarding worked. I travelled economy although business was available as no flights are cheap these days and at least with BA loyalty card I get a baggage allowance for nothing. That made the flight comparable or even cheaper than the ‘budget’ alternative. As for catering and entertainment - not on a BA short haul economy ! At least we were offered biscuits and water! Catering for economy short haul has been reduced to the minimum - no tea or coffee or other drinks than water (from a large bottle with a paper cup on offer). They will say this is better for the environment, which it is, but proper waste management is still needed for empty packets etc. so actually it’s a money saver.

Audi visual not working for a whole group of seats in first class. How does a plane leave the main hub in such poor condition? How much that we can’t see so immediately is also compromised?

One of the worst experience given the middle seat even asked for the change no one honored,boarded at the end and overall one of the worst experience

Good shuttle to Europe. Face check boarding needs overhaul. 2 stations for 200 people and still with passport check. Why have both? Why is this now slower than 5 years ago?

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

I was a bit disappointed that checked in luggage was not included in the ticket. That should be a standard thing for most international flights.

Had a nice little suite although I couldn’t close the door (but I didn’t ask anyone to help). 5K is a nice seat and very private (you look in on first class). Enjoyable flight and nice crew.

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.

Flight was delayed. Though I checked in with BA live chat three times, our special meals were not provided.

The flight was canceled and airlines did nothing to accommodate the passengers. After few hours they booked me randomly on a flight that had long layover and didn’t provide any compensation or effort to help. The crew was rude, no representation on the airport. Everything needs to be on call and agents there had no knowledge or control. For everything, they were like we can’t do it and you need to file a claim later. That was not helpful at all and will not make my travel experience any easier. Very disappointed in their service.

Great plane and flight attendants. The person next to me had a DISGUSTING smelling mouth and breath, so that was nasty to deal with the whole flight. Brush your teeth, people! Condor was amazing, though :-)

It would be nice to have a cleaner facility, it was hard to access it. It was always full of people working in that space. The covers and especially the matt of bad quality and old. Many times reused. I would not use it. Food: the bread rolls were old, and food had strange choices. Chicken was terrible.

There was some nice staff when I entered and left, but the thrre flight attendants who served us were very brusque and rude. I have celiac and when I checked in, I tried to find the option to make sure my meals (stick on a 10+ hour flight after a 3 hour flight and short layover) were gluten free because I didn’t have time to get anything. Couldn’t find the selection for it, and every part of the meal and purchase options were gluten, so I didn’t get to eat. During check in the allergies section should be easy to identify and check so this doesn’t happen. Having more options for gluten free at this time should be easy.

Internet was advertised in-flight but not accessible. The foot rest in premium economy was stuck. For both nobody I asked was able to provide an answer/solution. However, this will not stop me from booking premium economy again, which I upgraded from my initial economy I had booked for my outbound flight YYZ to FRA.

Great flight, nice options for food and beverages. Fairly comfortable seats for a large person

Business class: or fist class: Seating absolutely terrible, same seats as everyone else , no space, we could not fit our knees in. I was sitting sideways since nobody else booked this business class. I wish we would have an option to select a business class for the main journey between USA and Europe, but regular class for the short flights in Europe.

The seating was exactly same as the rest of the plane. We had no space for our knees. In fact it was the tightest spacing of the seats I ever flew with, on a very old plane. (and we flew all over Asia and Europe) The same chairs. We were the only passengers in business or first class. Obviously funny.... The only difference was, we got a sendwich and we were offered a drink. Rest of the plane got a bottle of water.

The crew was great. Good etc was unacceptable for an overseas flight. Wine with a meal should be complimentary. Seat comfort /space horrible and I am 5‘3“ with heels on. Short haul probably ok but not on long haul flights

It was extremely difficult to upgrade my partners flight over the Internet from economy to economy, plus. Then it said clearly the checked luggage can be 32 kg. At the check-in counter in Hamburg, we had to pay 100 Euros ( $122.17) for the only 31kg peace checked luggage. We were told because the change was made less than 24 hours before the flight , the luggage weight would not be upgraded. Then they offered me that for €90 I can upgrade at the counter from economy to economy, plus so we can sit together on the flight from Frankfurt to San Francisco. I happily agreed and was charged. €99.($120.95), which I noticed too late. Especially about the Euro 100 up charge I feel upset and it’s a unfair way of doing business!

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