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FAQs about flying with South African

  • What is South African's carry-on size allowance?

    On board South African flights, cabin baggage should not exceed 56x36x23cm. If your hand luggage is bigger, the South African assistance team will most likely ask you to pay extra for checked luggage.

  • Where does South African fly to?

    South African offers direct flights to 17 cities in 12 different countries. Johannesburg, Cape Town, and Durban are the most popular cities covered by South African.

  • What is South African’s primary hub?

    South African concentrates most of its flight operations in Johannesburg.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on South African flights?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine, meaning that we continuously look across the web to find the best deals 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 all airlines, including South African.

  • What’s the cheapest route that South African flies?

    In the last 72 hours, the cheapest route flown by South African found on KAYAK was from Johannesburg to Port Elizabeth, with a price of ₱5,452 for a round-trip.

  • What are the most popular airports for South African flights to depart from?

    With 15 South African flights departing each week, Johannesburg OR Tambo airport is the most popular airport for South African flights to depart from. The most popular destination from this airport is Durban. The next most popular departure airport is Accra Kotoka airport, with 2 South African flights departing from there each week.

  • Is South African part of an airline alliance?

    Yes, South African is part of the Star Alliance airline alliance.

  • How many destinations does South African fly to?

    In total, South African flies to 17 destinations.

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South African customer reviews

7.5
GoodBased on 90 verified guest reviews
8.3Crew
7.3Food
7.9Boarding
7.2Comfort
6.5Entertainment
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7.3 Good
GRU-JNB
Pros:The food was good.
Cons:Check-in was extremely slow. Some of the screens for the movies did not work. This was not good. The maintenance on the plane is bad. That’s quite a scary thought!
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2.0 Poor
CPT-JNB
Flight was on time Seats ( business class) are terrible- you keep on slipping down as it doesn’t lie flat Food service is like economy class. Meals ( still wrapped in plastic) are just dropped in front of you
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10.0 Wonderful
JNB-CPT
Pros:Business Class on the Code Share, South African Air was superb
V
8.0 Very good
ACC-IAD
Pros:friendly crew
Cons:flight was delayed 2-hours, I pre-paid for a seat but was relocated to a different less convenient seat.
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6.0 Okay
IAD-ACC
Cons:Lovely Airbus 340-600, with no USB or electrical ports at any seat, and the screen at my seat was inoperative.
H
6.0 Okay
LOS-JNB
Not sure it was a basic airline so nothing much to like but what was annoying was they delayed so much we missed our connecting flight and we had to almost fight to be out on the next flight and also even get food
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7.6 Good
ACC-IAD
Cons:The big four-engine Airbus has no electrical outlets or USB ports at each seat. Entertainment screen was intermittent.
P
7.3 Good
IAD-ACC
Pros:it's nice to be on the same plane all the way to the US va flying through Europe or the Middle East and switching
Cons:old airplane had no power point at the seat
V
10.0 Wonderful
LHR-JNB
Cons:Absolutely nothing could be improved. The staff were the friendliest I’ve come across and the food was great too.
J
8.0 Very good
JNB-JFK
Pros:Courteous crew
Cons:Entertainment console only partially working. Toilet vacant/occupied indicator not working fully.

South African flight status

Tue 11/19

South African route map - Which destinations does South African fly to?

Find out which destinations you can fly to direct with South African by entering your departure airport. If you want to know if South African flies a certain route, enter both the departure and destination airport before hitting search.
Tue 11/19

All South African flight routes

Flight #Departure AirportArrival AirportDurationSunMonTueWedThuFriSat
56Accra (ACC)Abidjan (ABJ)1h 0m•••
57Accra (ACC)Johannesburg (JNB)5h 55m•••
56Johannesburg (JNB)Accra (ACC)6h 5m•••
57Abidjan (ABJ)Accra (ACC)1h 5m•••
362Cape Town (CPT)Johannesburg (JNB)2h 0m•••••••
319Johannesburg (JNB)Cape Town (CPT)2h 10m•••••••
558Durban (DUR)Johannesburg (JNB)1h 10m•••••••
551Johannesburg (JNB)Durban (DUR)1h 10m•••••••
61Lagos (LOS)Johannesburg (JNB)5h 55m•••
60Johannesburg (JNB)Lagos (LOS)6h 10m•••
422Port Elizabeth (PLZ)Johannesburg (JNB)1h 35m••••••
226Cape Town (CPT)Sao Paulo (GRU)8h 55m••
227Sao Paulo (GRU)Cape Town (CPT)7h 30m•
41Victoria Falls (VFA)Johannesburg (JNB)1h 40m•••••••
59Kinshasa (FIH)Johannesburg (JNB)3h 50m••••
58Johannesburg (JNB)Kinshasa (FIH)3h 50m••••
190Johannesburg (JNB)Port Louis (MRU)4h 0m•••
25Harare (HRE)Johannesburg (JNB)1h 45m•••••
24Johannesburg (JNB)Harare (HRE)1h 40m•••••
281Perth (PER)Johannesburg (JNB)11h 15m•••
280Johannesburg (JNB)Perth (PER)9h 35m•••
76Johannesburg (JNB)Windhoek (WDH)1h 55m••••••
77Windhoek (WDH)Johannesburg (JNB)1h 45m••••••
62Johannesburg (JNB)Lusaka (LUN)2h 0m••••••
63Lusaka (LUN)Johannesburg (JNB)2h 0m••••••
50Johannesburg (JNB)Lubumbashi (FBM)2h 30m••••
51Lubumbashi (FBM)Johannesburg (JNB)3h 5m••••
401Johannesburg (JNB)Port Elizabeth (PLZ)1h 35m••••••
40Johannesburg (JNB)Victoria Falls (VFA)1h 40m••••••
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South African information

IATA CodeSA
Routes34
Top routeCape Town to Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport
Airports served17
Top airportJohannesburg OR Tambo

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