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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 Cape Town, with a price of 372 ﷼ 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

7.6
GoodBased on 113 verified guest reviews
8.3Crew
7.3Comfort
6.7Entertainment
7.9Boarding
7.4Food
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9.0 Wonderful
JFK-JNB
Pros:Amazing crew
Cons:Entertainment
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10.0 Wonderful
JNB-CPT
Pros:Business Class on the Code Share, South African Air was superb
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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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7.0 Good
ACC-IAD
Cons:My bags never arrived on time.
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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.
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9.0 Wonderful
DUR-JNB
Pros:Crew were amazing
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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.
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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
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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
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

South African flight status

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

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All South African flight routes

Flight #Departure AirportArrival AirportDurationSunMonTueWedThuFriSat
56Accra (ACC)Abidjan (ABJ)1h 0m•••
56Johannesburg (JNB)Accra (ACC)6h 5m•••
57Abidjan (ABJ)Accra (ACC)1h 5m•••
57Accra (ACC)Johannesburg (JNB)5h 55m•••
40Johannesburg (JNB)Victoria Falls (VFA)1h 35m•••••••
303Johannesburg (JNB)Cape Town (CPT)2h 10m•••••
41Victoria Falls (VFA)Johannesburg (JNB)1h 40m•••••••
190Johannesburg (JNB)Port Louis (MRU)4h 0m•••••••
527Johannesburg (JNB)Durban (DUR)1h 5m•••••
572Durban (DUR)Johannesburg (JNB)1h 5m•••••
25Harare (HRE)Johannesburg (JNB)1h 40m•••
24Johannesburg (JNB)Harare (HRE)1h 35m•••
59Kinshasa (FIH)Johannesburg (JNB)3h 50m•••
281Perth (PER)Johannesburg (JNB)10h 55m•••
372Cape Town (CPT)Johannesburg (JNB)2h 0m••••••
62Johannesburg (JNB)Lusaka (LUN)2h 0m••••••
63Lusaka (LUN)Johannesburg (JNB)2h 0m••••••
77Windhoek (WDH)Johannesburg (JNB)1h 45m•••••••
76Johannesburg (JNB)Windhoek (WDH)1h 55m•••••••
226Cape Town (CPT)Sao Paulo (GRU)8h 55m••
222Johannesburg (JNB)Sao Paulo (GRU)10h 30m••
223Sao Paulo (GRU)Johannesburg (JNB)8h 50m••
191Port Louis (MRU)Johannesburg (JNB)4h 25m••••
410Port Elizabeth (PLZ)Johannesburg (JNB)1h 35m••••
405Johannesburg (JNB)Port Elizabeth (PLZ)1h 35m••••
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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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